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o Weather To'day - . cloudy and warmer to ' , night and Saturday. , afEMBE OF TBS ASSOCIATED PVK3S ' -Tha Auotiatra- Prw to ciciuntvaly cntltM t th bm far publication f all w di.paU-hoj arxllud 10 it or not oUwrwiw erodltad in thia Mm and abo tha local nawa publtahod. THE SALISBURY EVEN ING POST U a member of Tha Aaaoeistad Praaa aad tU tha afUrnoon reparta. ...... - . r-s r 1 1" - MrvrrvrrwrrrvarrArrwwv VOL. 16. NO. 39. '- rrr ' SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921 PRICE 2 CENTS CUT PREDICTED TO) ft ' 1 DAUGHERTY TO PASS ON PALMER'S WIME BEER OPINION "Whole Country" Inter ested Says New Attor ney General Wheeler Would Check It. (Br Tha AuoriatrJ Proa) Washington, March 11. An early review by Attorney General ' Daugherty of the recent ruling by Attorney General Palmer making valid prescriptions for beer as , medicine under the Volstead act is expected soon. Mr. Daugherty nays ha is aware the "whole coun try" is interested and he will give . the opinion careful study. Regulations to accord with the opinion handed down by Mr. Pal , mer last week were being drafted by officials of the internal revenun bureau but no date is set for it to become effective. Regarding the general subject of prohibition enforcement Mr. Daugh erty says the department of justice is not seeking additional powers and that it has not been suggest ed to him that his department take . over the enforcement work now un der the treasury department. He added that he had his own person al views on the subject but de clined to disclose them. Would Overcome Palmer Opinion. Boston, Mass., March 11. Throe ways to overcome What is termed the erroneous opinion of former Attorney General Palmer that beer and wine may be prescribed as ( medicine were outlined by Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for , the Anti-Saloon League of Ameri ca, who is in the city today. "First," Mr. Wheeler said, "we will ask the new attorney genera! to reverse the opinion. "Second, we will endeavor to get the remaining nine states that have -.' no enforcement codes to do what the other dry states have done and .'prohibit prascriping of ; beer for medicinal purposes, v , , "Finally, we ask congress to change the law in thfs respect, it is necessary to do so. "In the meantime the brewers cannot make any real beer "until the new regulations are made and then only in very small quantities as it can be used in only nine states and under strick limitations. CONGRESSIONAL RFCORD MAKES RECORD Washington, March 9. The Congressional Record outdid itself for brevity today. It consisted of one page, printed on both sides and devoted mainly to editorials and letters Inserted by Senators during yesterday's 10-minute ses sion. There was no leave to ex tend" remarks supplement or any other reminder of the usually weighty tone covering ft day's de liberations. The issue was said to be probably the smallest ever pub lished. . MANY UNDERGGRADS - ( , ARE MARRIED MEN Cambridge, Eng., March 11 Married men, have become quite numerous among the undergradu ates of Cambridge and Oxford Un 'i iversities since the war, . Prior to that time they were practically un known in the student bodies of those universities. Some of them bring their wives, and children to the university towns to live. One of the proctors here who was un aware of this unusual . situation was so astonished recently when he saw an undergraduate pushing ; a carriage containing a baby that he demanded an explanation. The tudent told him that the child was his and that his wife was living in Cambridge. Inquiry has since brought the fact that there are a number of married men in the r Cambridge University. . SEARCH WARRANTS ARE NOT NEEDED -- . (By Tha Aueciatod Preaa) Tampa, Fla., March 11. Feder al Judge Call ruled here today that a warrant was not needed to search business houses and auto mobiles for liquor, , The court held, however, that a' search .warrant was necessary , before ' entering private residences." : Gamo Wardens Fry , Dixon, 111., March 11 Federal game wardens swooped down in an airplane on six" hunters who were violating the closed spring season on ducks and gave them a surprise party. Favors were $35 fines. ': ' 'Denby Names Secretary ; ": Washington. March 11, -Secretary Denby announced today . the : appointment of James Mi Carey of this city, to be his private secre tary. Mr. i Carey served in the navy during the world war and is now an officer in the reserve forces. HARDING NAMES A NUMBER OFFICERS (Br Tha AaMciaUa' Praaa) Washington, March 1L Former Representatives John J. Each, of Wisconsin, and Frank Wa Porter, of. New York, were nominated by President Harding today to be members of the inter-state com merce commission. Fred Morris Dearing, of Missouri, was nom inated to be a member of the tariff commission, and William S.Cul bertson, of. Kansas, was renom inated to be a member of that com mission. Medical Director Edward R. Stitt was nominated to be sur geon general in the navy. At the same time the President named Capt. Chas. B. McDay, Jr., to be chief of the bureau of ordnance with rank of rear admiral. William H. Joyce, of Los Angeles, Cal., was renominated for membership on the federal farm loan board. Chap lain John Thomas Axton was nom inated to be chief chaplain of the army wtih the rank of colonel, and Ernest Lester Jones, of Virginia, to be director of coast geoetic sur vey. Thre brigadier generals in the marine corps were renominated to their present rank, these being, Smedley D. Butler, Logan Feland and Harry Lee. Vermont Governor Grasp Ink Stand As He Faces . State Highway Com missioner. Montpelia, Vt., March 11. Did Gov. James Hartness intend to hurl an inkwell at the head of State Highway Commissioner Stoddard B. Bates during a conference they had just before the governor start ed for Washington to attend the in augural T This is a question Ver mont legislators were asking today as . the governor returned to his office from the -national capital prepared to renew his fight with the legislature over the appoint ment of state highway commis sioner. The incident of the ink-; well was of very brief duration, and this appears to be what hap pend. , Mr. Bates, accompanied by Sen ator Willis N. Cady, as a witness, went into the legislative chamber to find out of the governor had made statements that he could get no information about his depart ment from Mr. Bates. Mr. Bates is reported to have told the gov ernor that he never refused him or any other citizen any informaton about the department, whereupon Gov. Hartness asked Mr. Bates, ac cording to the report, if he was try. ing to say that he lied. Mr. Bates sat unmoved. At this point the gov ernor's six feet rose up in the air and one hand clutched an inkwell in front of him. "Hold on, governor," cautioned his secretary, Julius A. Wilco. The governor's arm came down and the ink spilled over his hand and on the table. Mr. Bates and Senator Cady left the room. There is a disagreement be tween the governor and the legla lature over state highway commis sioner. The governor wants a com mission and it seems probable he will get it. - . , ' DEFER DECLARING R.R. DIVIDEND (Br Tha Aawiata4 Praaa) , Philadelphia, March 11. Direc tors of the West Jersey Seashore Railroad, which comprises Penn sylvania railroad lines to all South New Jersey points, have decided to-defer action on semi-annual divi dends "until b usiness and financial conditions, for the year "can be more, definitely ascertained. r , FIRST MONEY BELT It Was Blow Bandits Got With Chinese "Safe" J Junghsien, China, March '11. Chinese for years used lump silver as money. Carried it in a bag for swattingr robbers over the ; head. But not now. Silver dollars take the place of lump silver. Most ban dits have been beheaded. ; . - "Thus Dies an ancient custom," says , Yee Lin, Chinese banker J Many thousand ' years ago, all Chinese money was made in shape of a knife, for stabbing robbers. Value depended on weight of the metal. In time, as these-circulated in trade, v blade and handle broke off. That left a third piece, the round , guard that kept user's hand from -slipping down on the blade. It was the forerunner of all coins." ' : . ; , , 1 No Fog-Horn Needed ' Brisbane, Australia, March 11. Noisiest ship on the seven seas is steamer ? Mataram,- bound . for America with 18,000 parrots. Sail ors have taught them to swear. Cussing kept the waterfront awake when the Mataram pro ted here to take on coal. HQ BLOOD SPILLED IN ROW, ONLY INK RUMOR PLACES ALS WATTS CAUDATE FOR A STATE 1 - -J ,i in i ai ' Another Rumor is That a Woman is a Candidate a for Job of Commission er Maxwell., " (Br MAX ABERNEIUY) Raleigh, Marh 11. Dame Ru mor places in nomination at the capital the name of Col. Alston D. Watts, of Iredell county, as can didate for the newly created posi tion to be known as commissioner of taxation. The colonel , spent the closing week of the legislative session in Raleigh and watched the Neal sen atorial reapportionment bill pass thru the legislative hopper and incidentally heard his name' used somewhat' carelessly In connection with this bill and the lamented censorship of moving picture mea sure. It was not intimated that Colonel Watts would be "nominat ed" for commisisoner of taxation, however, until the 1921 session has adjourned sine die. Now the word is being circulated that the colonel, was here largely for thepurpose of seeing that the bill providing for the taxation po sition was successfully engineered to its destination. Colonel Watts did not indicate his mission at the capital and is not quoted as saying that he is a candidate or that he would not accept the place. The appointment will be made by Governor Morrison. Whether he intends to name Colonel Watts does not appear at this time. It was generally believed that Allen J. Maxwell of the State Corpor ation Commission, whose work on taxation heretofore has been highly commended by the governor, would be selected for the new po sition until - rumor sent . in the Watts nomination. The. tax com missioner. w)ll be appointed at an early - date and will begia-t,-werkX May I, .1921. , - v - Another interesting story that is in circulation today is that should Commissioner Maxwell be elevat ed to the tax commissioner's posi tion Miss Elsie Riddick, for many years file" clerk in the corpora" tion commission, will be a candi date for the Maxwell vacancy. Confirmation of the story is not easily made but it is known that Mis's Riddick would accept the po sition in the- event It is offered. Legislators of the 1921 sesison testify that Miss' Riddick indicat ed her .willingness to "make the race" for a place on the corporation commission, and she may be given the opportunity. v , State Superintendent E. C. Brooks has written a letter calling the city and county superintendents to be held in Greensboro on March 23 for the purpose of studying the new school law enacted at the late session of the General Assem bly. - i' The meeting is called to study the law and became acquainted with its provisions in order that the May budget may be properly prepared, he writes his superinten dents. , Among other things the legislature did the following re lating to the State's schools: , 1. The new board of education shall organize in April instead of July as heretofore. , ' 2. Election of a county superin tendent may be done at any time between April and July but the term of office will expire as of July. The State Superintendent urges the board to make the elec tion as "soon as possible. J 3. The salary schedule adopted for 1920-21 for all teachers prin cipals, supervisors and superin tendents will be continued in force for 1921-22. , 4. Larger . provisions have been made for county summer Bchools. At least one half the cost ox tne county summer school will be paid by the State but in those counties drawing from the equalizing fund as much as three-fourths of the cost may be paid by the State. . The State superintendent urges that each superintendent prepare at once for a county summer school as a means of improving the stand ing of the teachers, raise the value of their certificates and obtain for them an Increase in salary. Attorney General J. S. Manning interpreting the Bellamy law re quiring applicants for marriage to undergo and pass a physical and mental examination lays down the opinion that the physician making the examination in the judge , as to the applicants' fitness. Unless false statements are made by. the examining physician, he rules, no Senalty will be assessed even if le examination as made is faulty. The certifying physician is not an insurer of the statements of the certlncate,,, says the attorney gen eral He must be guided by sup posedly truthful and accurate In formation obtainable. ' No : great amount of difficulty is anticipated over the applicatioa of the new law.' CABINET ADJOURNS TO WHITE HOUSE DININO ROOM AFTER TWO HOURS WASHINGTON', Mnrch . 11. President . Harding intro ducod a new wrinklo in the cabinet meeting today when after a two-hour session ' ,tht official 'family adjourned from the cab inet room to the dining room of the White House. It wus said after lunch the session might The secretaries weut with the President directly from the executive wing of the White House and no intimation was given out ns to the subject under discussion. HIISCE1 TO CHALLENGE Rotary Club Will Be Chal lenged to a Baseball Game, Proceeds to the Local Ball Team. The Salisbury Kiwanis club un animously decided to issue a chal lenge to the Rotary club of the city for a baseball game in the near fu ture, the proceeds of which is to go to the Salisbury-Spencer baseball team. A committee was appointed to issue the challenge and arrange for the game. The ladies of the first Methodist church were given a vote of thanks for their excellent menu at the lun cheon today and at previous meet ings.. Dr. J. W, Young who is now living at Spencer spoke in regard to the heeds of the city for a gen eral hospital. He has arranged for ft number of prominent physicians and men of the state to put the subject before a mass meeting in the near future. Dr. Young has been living in Charlotte for, the past several years and beforo go ing to Charlotte practiced at Spen cer for twelve years. The club endorsed a movement to revivt the chamber of commerce of the City and recommended a meeting to be called by Secretary Brown of several organizations to discuss the matter. , The luncheon today was presid ed over by Mayor Strachan. Prizes were won by T.-W. Summersett, R, Lee Mahaley and, George Ellis. GERMAN REPARATION ' BILL IN COMMONS (Br rha Aaaociataa1 Prraa) ' London, March 11. The German reparation bill "to provide for ap plication of part of the purchase price of imported German goods toward ' the discharge of German obligations under the treaty of Versailles" was formerly introduc ed in the house of commons to day. The measure provides for a 60 per cent' levy. The second read ing of the bill will occur Monday when discussion of it will be al lowed. , , Real Beer Soon , ' New York, "March 11. Real beer not near beer soon will be ob tainable in New York as a result of a ruling by former. Attorney General Palmer, made public yes terday, whereby permits may be obtained for the manufacture of beer for medicinal purposes con taining more than one-half of one per cent alcoholic content. - Jacob Ruppert, president of a large brewing company, announced that his concern would begin man ufacture of real beer immediately. He declared that there was no question of the legality of such a course if the product is to be used as medicine. : " . . Other large brewers said they also would turn out some real beer. DAVIDSON CONSOLIDATING NUMBER RURAL SCHOOLS ' Lexington .March 11. Five communities in Davidson coun:y will vote this month and next on the question of school consolida tion. The first of these elections will be held March 19, when four school districts centering, around Welcome, a few miles north of Lexington, will vote on a special tax for the maintenance and estab lishment of a central elementary and high school at Welcome. ASSESS ILLEGALLY MILLIONS IN TAXES (By Tha Vlaaaciata Praaa) . ' Washington, ' March 11 Solici tor General Frierson in dosing the government's argument today in the . "corporate bond tax case" be fore the supreme court conceded formally that the internal revenue burea had erred in assessing as profit the difference between mar ket value of an investment on March 1. 1913 and that on subse quent date of sale. If the court accepts Mr. Frier son's view thousands of individual assessments upon which millions of dollars in taxes already have been paid will be annulled, y - , Raleigh Chauffeur On Trial - (Br Tka Aaaadataa' Praaal Raleigh, March 11. Ira Thomp son, a public chauffeur, was placed on trial in Wake Superior court here today charged with murder in the second 1 degree as a result of running over with an automobile and killing Dr. J. M. Pkkell, chief chemist at the state experiment station, several weeks ago. be ronewod. T THREE RED DRIVES Everything was Sacrificed to the Military Machine. Now They Are Up -Against It. London .March 11. Thruout the winter the Bolsheviks have been rushing military preparations for three conquests. 4 Everything else has been sacri ficed to the military machine. Food and transportation prob lems thave gone by the boards. Army discipline has grown more and more rigorous while conscription has increased. Now, partly as the result of this policy, Lenm and Trotzky face an uprising so serious that it is un likely they will risk carrying out their plans for three new conti nental wars. The offenses planned were: !-. 1 Against Poland, to crush the Polish state. 2 Against the Balkans, to' loot the Rumanian oil fields and the Rumanian and Hungarian grana ries, and to seize Constantinople. 3 -Against India thru the Cau casus, to capitalize Indian unrest and spread Bolhvism in the Near East. ... '. Favor Rebels Faced with this menace .Russia's neighbors are praying for the suc cess of the revolt.; So is western Europe. ; To France,. Bolshevism: means repudiated bonds. . . , :, -. V England Is '.having enough trounie in Ireland,' fcgypt and In dia without fighting a Red army at the . Indian border. . ? Russia's neighbors want an all Russian government wita which thev can live at peace. ' Half of Poland's troubles have been due to the Bolshevik wars and threats of War. President Pilsudski of Poland has spent weeks in Paris on a de fensive alliance. ' None of the Balkan states is prepared to meet a formidable Red army, Fate of Revolution The success of this revolt, which is said to be coming under the lead ership of Kerensky, depends on two things: 1 I First The loyalty of Trotzky's troops. ' . Second The attitude of the peasants. As for the . Petrograd region, military leaders say the Red army, if loyal, could easily put down the Kronstadt rebels. Reports, however, are that Red soldiers are joining the rebels. If the desertion movement grows, god-night, Bolshevik dicetators! Even if the revolt is crushed, military exnerts here incline to the belief that it will lead Trotzky and Lenin to abandon their three spring drives. . , ; This Judge Keeps Busy Huangyuen. China, March 11 This town boasts the most active judge in the world. He's magis trate Ki Lo, presiding over all court business in Huangyuen. In spare time he's building three schoolhouses and a Uenmiad or Coucius Temple. Real Snake Bites, Too. Bombay, India, March 11 Nearly 21,000 Hindus were killed by snake bites last year, the gov ernment announces. Ma n-eating tigers during the year killed 1162 'Hindus. Leapords killed 469, wolves 294, wild bears 201, croco diles 185, elephants CO and hyenas 33. ITS A TOUGH LIFE! Montana Bootleggers Work at Night and Are Robbed. Helena, Mont., March 11. nill4nnl - JL. blink on the rum rjnners. "Hiirh- jackers" are the felleows who lay in ambush and take the illicit car goes from them. The legal status of the high jackers is the same as that of any otner highwayman, but he is never reported. The man who is robbed would be held as a law violator. Here's the rub if a bootlegger abandon his auto the highpackers steal it as well as the hooch. Bootleggers, , highjackers and prohibition officers patrol the high ways at night in unllghted autos. Some of these nights there's going to be a mix-up in identity and then well, you ean see the possibilities of such a situation. America is ' sending - ready-cut wooden houses to France. RUSS RES HPS ULTIMATUM SAYS BOLSHEVIK MUST LEAVE PETROGRAD City Must Be Given Up March 25 or Bombard ment Will Start, Revo- tionists Warn Soviets. (Br Tha AaaaciaU4 Prtta) London, March 11. Revolution ary authorities at the fortress of Kronstadt have sent an ultima tum to soviet authorities in Petra. grad demanding the surrender of tne city before March 25.. If the city is not given up, the ultimatum declared a general bom bardment will be started, it is as serted in. Abo, Finland dispatches to the London Times. ' - ; ' Wholesale arrests and executions are occurring at Oranienbaum Sys terbak and Petrograd. , Kronstadt last night sent a wire less dispatch from that bolshevik! Stronghold denvimr that tha tar. tress was without food, a dispatch 10 oTocKnoim says. There is plen ty of food anil ammunition there, the message said. A great anti-Bolshevik! move ment in the vicinity of Minsk, White Russia, is reported in Ren ter's dispatches from Helsingfors. Soviet troons. it said, had led and murdered bolsheviki com missaries there.. Another dispatch mentioned street fiehtlnr between the Bnl. sheviki and anti-soviet units In Kief, BROWN AND WIFE PLACED IN PEN Deputy Sheriff Rankin and Chief of Police Kesler returned last night from Raleigh where they toosc R. R. Itown and wife, Jessie Brown, convicted at the last term of superior, court . in the diamond robbery case and sentenced to ten and-four years in the state prison. Tha trio was made without anv trouble, other than having ' , to transfer at Hilsboro and walk about a mile- on account of a freight derailment. . The officers state ' that the prisoners 'talked about the diamonds while making the trip but did not state as to what disposition they had made of them. On arrival at the state prison the man and woman were turned over to the warden, a re ceipt taken for their delivery and as they had been delayed on ac count of the wreck at Hlllsboro the officers had Yrv littln thnn tn spend in Raleigh and did not learn' lo.wnai ciass oz laoor crown and wife had been assigned. ; ; , PRICE OF MILK IS CUT IN RICHMOND (Br Tha Aaaactatat Praaa) Richmond, Va., March 11. Lead- inir dairv i-nmninim ham mnAa reduction in the. price of milk the last fpw AaVH mil annnnnAd tn. day still further reduction effective nexi xuesaay. uraae A Doitieu milk is to be 16 cents a quart and grade B milk 14 cents a quart after March 14. ' INJURED WHEN AUTO VAN TURNS TURTLE What came near being a fatal accident occurred on the States ville highway near second creek yesterday afternoon when an au tomobile moving van from High Point turned over with a load of household goods. ' Mr. A, B. Loflin of High Point and a companion were pinned beneath the load of overturned furniture, . Mr. Loflin sustaining a broken leg, his com panion , escaping with slight bruises.. The injured man was brought to Salisbury and placed in the sanatorium. The accident was due to the heavily loaded truck leaving the roadway, this occurring almost at the spot where Mr.- Lon McGinnis, of Lenoir, lost his life last year by drowning when a machine in which he and several others were riding left the roadway and plunged head long into the backed up waters of Second creek. AMERICAN POLICY AS TO GERMANY (Br Tha AaaaciaUa' Praaf) French Military Headquarters, Mayence, March 11. Maj.-Gen. Henry T. Allen, commander of the American forces of occupation, will follow the same policy regarding the collecting of customs along the Rhine as the one followed by the other nations. He will make the de cision of the Rhineland conference his orders to his army, according to information received here from Coblenx today. . , General Allen, it was stated, awaited notice of the commission's decisions. . IMPENDING STRIKE CONCERNS HARDING (By Thf A.tociatrd pnu) Washington, March 11. Secre tary Davis went to the cabinet to day prepared to take up with Pres ident Harding the impending strike in the meat packing industry due to wage cuts. He carried with him data regarding the industry which has been assembled by gov ernment agencies since 1917. It i regarded as likely that the secre tary of labor will order mediators to Chicago soon in an effort to pre vent a strike. SANITY IH DRESS Opinion of American Buy ers is That American Women Will Buy Only 'Quiet Models Paris. March , 11. A return to conservation in woman's dress is indicated in advanced displays for Spring and Summer now being held in Paris. Several hundred American buyers who have arriv ed for the. seasonal fashion shows are more pleased than they have been since the armistice because of the ease with which the ' new modes can be adapted to. American taste. -1 m ',- s. : to' show extreme effects in after noon and evening wear, but the majority of the gowns reflect a re turn to sanity in dress, such- is the view of American buyers. Ru vin or. hnvr. ia rewtrirtoA cause of the general depression in the United States. The business lull in America has led : to pur chase ,of the most quiet ' models, the theorv' hointr tha AmoiHAan women durinv th' rnWiliSo- Mimn will buy only simple things '"Which can oe worn on many occasions. The season is onlv half flniahml. but a general indication has al ready been given of the changes. une or tne most notable inniya tions is 'the tamrthimina- if iliWi at least one inch. French dress makers admit that this is a recog nition or American taste which has resented the extremely short skirt since it was introduced. - ' Barka an atill tiara TttU t. dressmakers have refused to alter. American buyers are purchasing these "bareback" models with a View to . riiridtv mnAitvirur tViar In America. ' k - Whlla th ntf B-nwna ' r la.. radical, buyers say they continue to be' eomntlraterl And nnuul.. With the reappearance of dyes of a pre-war standard, color domi nates atl eawns. The material may be simple but gold and silver and blue and nink combined to make it attractive. As one buyer described it, ."modern simplicity implies expense, old fashioned simplicity, dullness." Prices continue high, v Dress makers justify them by pointing to the artistry involved in their creations and also to the fact that materials used were purchased at top prices. For the eastern type of beauty the Season offers niur-h ' Thara nra draperies and turbans of all varie ty oi coior and Hong strings , of beads of all the colors of the rain bow. Beads are tn ha sively according to the arbiters of fSHhMN - The season's' effects have been built for the normally built wo men and the extremely plump and extremely thin women will have some rfifflcultv in - "J . W.VVOJ becoming gowns. 1 he corset has again been' ig nored. So serious and consistent has become this coolness to what was formerly fashion's basic prin- .!k1x .Ll. 1. M . wjjic, mat corset manufacturers are contemplating an extensive campaign to bring the' corset back innto its proper place. . Paris dressmakers av that mh.i simply impossible," if one desires tne utmost in smartness. . Feathers play a most important Dart in the nw hata rw,vv, plumes in particular are being - .. v V , v.. 1 usea on large hats. Hats for the most cart are m1I crushed down on the head in many shapes. . - Fruit is invading the realm of fashion. Bunches of fruit and flowers are worn at the waist and some of the gowns have belts of roses around tha waist. FlAwara are extensively used in many other vuiivuiiiauons. : v- The nroohecv rtt fnlTaW a!rt-t slowlv but aurolv cording to buyers. Although it is not yet xuny realized, the season's gowns are somewhat wider. The fraa shoulder strap, upon which so much depends,' persists in the new rrMt.inna Tha Ira... makers say they have strengthen ed it, so as to avoid "embarrass ing complications," but men buy ers sav it Still has danprrnua as pects. RETURNING PARIS SHOWS INDICATE HI EXECUTIVES FAVOR ACTION AS IN UNSKILLED Cuts of Unskilled Work ers Announced on A11 Western" Roads and Some m the East. (Br Th AinaclaUd Pma) Chicago, March 11. Steps to bring about reduction in the wagea of skilled employes will probably be taken by many railroads thruout the country as soon as the reduc tion can be made in the pay of un skilled workmen, according to offi cials of the association of railroad executives. 1 . Such reduction if made will be handled by the individual roads in the same manner that preceded the announcement of cuts in the pay of unskilled workers without any attempt at concentrated or simul taneous action by the roads. In line with this policy, it be came known today, that the asso ciation of railway executives at a meeting at New Haven, Conn., March 4 adopted a resolution that it was the. sense of the meeting that a reduction fn the pay of skilled employes were not consid ered objectionable by the .execu tives. .. : ' ; ; ' , . , The matter was then referred to the individual roads. Officials of the association predicted today that announcements of a readjustment of the wage scale of skilled men, similar to the one made a few days ago by the Pennsylvania line, soon would be forthcoming. , ) From the labor 'side )fttle com ment came on the announcement of the proposed reduction in unskilled employes' wages. It was said the matter would have to come before the railroad labor ..board And the union chiefs are -concerned in see ing that the roads act in accord ance with the transportation act., ; -, Move to Cut Wages Grows ' Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad yesterday held conference with representatives of, its 10,000 unskilled employes With a view to bringing. about , wage reductions. Hale Holden, president, announced today; - The conference ladjourned to March 22nd to allow the roads' proposition to be placed directly before the employes themselves. The road proposedva reduction of approximately 8 1-2- cents an houv Varying in certain districts, Mr. Holden said. This .would mat 3 the pay of unskilled employes ap proximately 40 cents -an hoar, the present rate being on an average of 48 l-2c,;he said.' n lkT V I-'- XM L .. - i J w ion, jnarcir ii a gener al move by the nation's railroads to cut war time wage scales, ', lon? forecast by all officials, aptpeared to be in full swing today. Follow ing the lead of several lines which put into effect proposed cuts, the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads in the east and virtually every railroad in the west announc ed reductions yesterday. K . j ; Futher statements from the lines which have not yet announced cuts are predicted today, , ; Officials of various lines affected were in conferences : with em ployes in an effort ti reach an agreement on the proposed reduc tions..: ' .;. sv;.r,. .-a '.-;;.;i;?-:J'i The plans announced effect only, unskilled and semi-skilled labor.' ilien emraeed in the actual mira tion of the trains, telegraphers and station agents are not included, CHI. AND ALTON -CUT i ' . Chicago, March 1L The Chi cago and Alton railroad will take steps within a Short time; to re duce the pay of, employes, W, G. Bierd, president of the road an nounced today, the reduction will be made to bring about the .ulti mate reduction in fregiht and pas senger rates which are now mora than the public can bear, Mr. Bierd said. - - k 20 Per Cent Cut Announced., .Chicago. March 11. .The Chica- on rt-rafit. . Waot enm. RqiIvaoH wMaV yesterday announced that it would seek a conference concerning wage: reductions - for its !- unskilled 1 em ployes, today announced that it proposed a 20 per cent- reduction: for every one emnloved bv -dhe road, trom president down. -';:,; v : ; - :s. -v V;';a -Boston & Maine to Cut? "i - Boston, Mass March Jl. The Boston & Maine Railroad issued a notice today of a proposal to re duce wages of different classes of employes, including clerks, main tenance of way men. machinists, carpenters, etc, an April 16th. !t was announced a conference wouM be arranged with representative of the employes to discuss the sit uation. ;, ; :vV:;!'v? : ' Elite Wear, Cotton. ' . Boston, 'March : 11. f,-"-leaders here , are . wearing- c stockings and low-heeled -v shoes. Some mean men sv ton stockings are. the vcr 5 , cause skirts are locker,
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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