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kVOL. XXIX., NO. 259.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAYiMORNING, JULY 9, 1913.
TRICE FIVE CENTS
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THE REPUBLICANS
Secures Analysis of Tariff Re
vision Bill Prepared by
Senator Smoot
AlOST OF ANALYSIS
IS ONLY ARGUMENT
Bill Will Probably go to the
Printer Tonight-Checking
up Now
WASHINGTON, July 8. Senator
fclmmons, chairman of tho finance
committee, turned a trtek on republ
ican leaders, when he got his hands
on a lengthy analysis of the demo
cratic tariff bill which had 'been pre
pared under the direction of Senator
femoot, pointing out what the repub
licans claim are serious defects In the
measure.
Senator Smoot had delayed for a
month the introduction of the analy
sis, despite insistence of Senator Sim
mons that it be printed. On the last
day of the caucus, when the republi
cans were assured the democrats were
through with th bill, Senator Smoot
.consented to send the document In
Kor the printer. But the democrats
Wve not yet printed their bill and
lhave a day or two to make correc
tions and laugh at their opponents,
Enasmuch as debate will not begin un
il next week.
hlmnions Studies Document.
, Knowing that the republican docu
ment might contain valuable point
ers, Senator Simmons directed the
finance subcommittees to go over
their schedules today, while (he
pored over the Smoot analysis to
check up with the subcommittee to
morrow. Senator gimmona heard
some weeks ago that republican lead
ers had cautioned Senator Smoot to
hold back the analysis. "Don't send
It in yet," they urged. "It will give
Us away." Then the finance commit
tee chairman determined to lay In
wait 'for the document and today he
pounced upon it before It went to the
printing office. He found the result
of Senator Sraoot's careful labors .of
1 e, niouui, kudu uj " i
and assistants. He saia some or ine
Analysis point out errors that could
be corrected, but that much of the
document was found to be argument.
The bill probably will not go to
the printer until tomorrow night as
the subcommittees still are checking
up for corrections. Meanwhile Sen
ator Simmons Is completing the com
mittee report on the measure.
Estimate of ltevcnue.
Senator Simmons today received
Ifrom the commissioner of internal
revenue an estimate of the revenue to
be derived from the income tax as re
vised by the democratic senate cau
cus. The house estimate, on the ba
sis of a fiat exemption of $4,000, was
470,000,000 a year. -On the basis of
a $3,000 exemption for single per
sons, $4,000 for taxable married per
sons, with an additional $500 each for
.-(Continued or .Page Two."
BARRIER IHT BQLL
WEEVIL 18 SOUTHEAST
Would Have Federal Gov
ernment Prohibit Cotton
in Wide Belt.
SAVE MILLIONS
WASHINGTON, July 8. Plans for
,tlie federal government to raise a
barrier against the boll weevil of the
enuthwi'stern cotton states invading
the Atlantic coast stales are being
drafted by Sennor Smith, of South
Carolina. Secretary Houston, at the
department of agriculture, id said tc
have given the proposition his tenta
tive approval.
Senator Smith's plan Is for the
federal government, with state co
operation, to prohibit the growing of
cotton In a belt which would separate
the Atlanrt'0 coast states from the
southwestern states. As the boll weevil
migrates only from cotton field to
cotton field, the senator believes thii
belt would save the states to the east
cf It from the pest, which has cost
cotton-.talflm.ift the ?fulhwest mil
lions of dollars annually.
The boll weevil already Iras swept
over Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Is said to be traveling
n.rward into Alabama. Senator
Smith is preparing to urge upon the
ecnate that this narrow belt will be
a practical barrier if Immediate ac
tion is taken to establish 1J. If effec
tive, It . would protect most of Ala
bama and all of Georgia, Florida,
South Carolina and North Carolina
from the weevil.
The barrier to be effective must be
fifty miles wide, It Is Relieved. The
growing of cotton In that zone would
be prohibited, but the farmers could
raise any other crops.
Senator Smith's plan Is to have the
erlf r,tl c&remmer.t, CQrwecta,. foe
farmers In this xonq tor., not Blasting
cotton
SO
SUM I
TURNS
RG1K
"LOBBY" COMMITTEE
SEES WALL STREET
WITH LAMAR'S EYES
Man Who Admits That He Band
ied Metis Names About on the
Streets Says He Was Only Play
ing the Wall Street Game.
WASHINGTON, , July . The sen
ate lobby Investigating committee
took a look at Wall street today
through the spectacles of David La
mar. The dapper operator on the
'bear side, who admits that he ban
died out In the market place the
names of men high In congress, took
the commltleo completely Into hl
confidence. For all the machina
tions he contrived there were, after
all, he swore, but two reasons. He
wished to cause an "explosion" which
would bring the Wall street men
whom he fell were antagonistic to
him "Into the open" and he wished
to Insure the re-employment of Ed
ward Lauterbach, his lawyer friend,
who had fallen Into disfavor with the
mighty of the street.
Xi Other Consideration,
Although the commlttoe tried to
develop that there might have been
some other consideration Involved,
Lamar denied such an allegation as
often as it was made. He was on the
stand for several hours and although
tlve senators wielded the scalpel at
various times, they uncovered noth
ing that Lamar did not wish to re
veal. Time after time he seemed to
be on the verge of soma admission
to which patient questioning had
brought him, but he veered away, and
no persuasive or lawyer-like threat
ening could bring him back again.
He was only playing Wall street's
game, he said, when he made such
frequent Ue of the telephone and
talked about .what might be done in
Washington through prominent mem
bers of congress. It was the game he
had known most of the twenty-five
years he had been In the street, he
said, but ho was through with It now.
He was sorry for the publicity that
had been given to the representatives
of influence in congress, but except
for that he thought thU the end Jus
tified, the means. The explosion had
occurred, he added, and his enemies
had been dragged Into the o-pea to
prove charges - circulated for many
years In the financial district against
himself and Lauterbach. He summed
up his whole story In a few words
when he said:
Tho Wall Street Game.
"It was the Wall street game I wss
playing. In Wall street you don't act
like you do on a New Jersey farm."
Later, he added bitterly:
"I am the only villain In Wall
street. All the others are actuated
by th6 highest motives and possets
the highest Ideals.".
Lamar's examination was finished
today and both he and Lauterbach
were allowed to go with the under
standing that if wanted they should
appear again.
With their departure the commit-
I L
State Must Know That
Road Will Be Completed,
Is Resolution.
CRAIG APPROVES
RALEIGH, July 8. In future rail
road companies that secure convict
labor from the stato in exchange fori-w r. was eiecieu maim
stock In the railroad must give bond i exalted ruler oi the Benevolent Pro
. , Mitective Order of -Bilks' to succeed
for the completion of the road, and , B ( Supwlort Wla
the convict lMor must represent onlyW. Leach was opposed by J. Cock-one-fourth
of the construction wont j roan Boy(J of Baltimore. The Vote
actually in progress. Th.s ui the eflcct . was ij(.a(;h i,ni), Boyd 392. Grand
of a resolution adopted by Governor ! Hecretury Fred C. Kobinnon, of Grand
Craig and council of slate in confer-- Duice, " loWa, " was re-elected In a
(slice today with prison director. The j tr,rCe--orriered light
only road thai has yet met the cur.- . Tno ejection the feature of the
dltuwts is U. Wau,.iga and VadiJn, : lllty'-s 8,;S!ii(jns f the grand lodge. At
which is to have 100 additional con- , the coriCi.iOItl adjournment was
victs. It is working 31 now. Oilier j taktn um:; tomorrow when the re
roads now using convicts are invest!- ; port of u,e 'committee appointed to
gating the possibility of meeting the tonHi(jer tr,e advisability of erecting a
conditions, "these being the Elkin and j new national home at Bedford City,
Alieghany, States Air Line anj the ' Va., was made a special order of
Transcontinental. ' business
The state's prison board of direc- j other officers chosen today are:
tors made pu.blio tonight Ha report I Grand esteemed : leading knight P.
and that of Superintendent y.ar.n op- j h. Shields, Clacksburg, W. Va.
posing any further state aid through; Grand esteemed loyal knight H. H
conv'lct labor In railroad construction, ; Jennings, Bridgeport, Conn,
and insisting that article V, section ! Grand Esteemed lecturing knfcht
of the state constitution directiv for-j e. Jl. Dlckerman, Tucson, Aria,
bids U unless approved by vote of j Grand inner guard, Edwin J. Kelly,
the people. However the council of Cheyenne, Wyo.
state is insisting on retaining the eye-j Grand trustee for five years, a V,
tem as to present contracts where j Perott, Indianapolis.
promoters are meeting the terms re-i Grand trustee for two years, to fill
quired by legislative, acts for such aid.
The prison directors report that the
prison is now absolutely without l Vs., James R. Nicholson, 8prlngf)e)d,
funda except the railroad stock, thatj Mass.
is pronounced worthless, and running judge John J. Mitchell, of St Paul,
expenses of the prison amount up-(Minn., was appointed" to the grand
wards of $15,000 pet month, and nojfrum by Grand Exalted Ruler Mills
revenue except this railroad stock for to succeed Perry A. Shanor, of Sis
labor in sight until far into the fall, . tersvllle,. Pa.
the staie to probably have to put up a grand treasurer was not elected.
183,000 or more for prison maimed a' choice will be made tomorrow,
name by January 1. On the other j Atlanta withdrew from the race for
hand there are numbers of appllca-the lff'14 convention before the grand
tlons for convict labor at 11.60 cah lodge went Into session and the dele-
1 ccr fl&T that, wumd au;cKly.erea,i,B.l,lga,ifa.lweri iinanlmtma fox re.aver,
surplus for the prison as the railroad
fetock contracts were terminated,
tee took up sugar lobbying again for
three hours with a short excursion
Into the land of the wool lobby,
Charles D. Westcott, a Washing
ton attorney, who lives In Cuba took,
took up the sugar story again. He
told of an unsuccessful effort he
made to get Cuban planters to put
up $25,000 (or the expense of a fro
sugar campaign In Washington te
offset the efforts of th antl-fraa
sugar. II declared thai his effort j
failed after he had believed H sue-1
cessfully launched and gave It as his
opinion that the "sugar trust" had
been responsible. He said the "trust"
accomplished this end by Its Inllu
enoe with Cuban banks, which eould
force the growers to do what they
wished by refusing to extend -them
necessary credit. He added that the
Agrarian league, to which every Cu
ban grower feels obliged to belong,
was dominated by the "trust" and
that acting In compliance with the
"combines'" wishes It had opposed
a free sugar campaign.
Cross Examination.
Westcott was put through a search
ing cross-examination by Senator
Cummins about these statements. He
finally said that he personally did
not know anything about trust domi
nation In Cwba, but his statements
were made on Information given by
growers.
He read to the committee a letter
from K. It. Hawley, president of the
Cuba-iAmerlcan Sugar company of
New York, which he tild was allied
with the "trust" In which Hawley
opposed free sugar, arguing that
Cuba benefited more by the preferen
tial no enjoyed 'indr reciprocity than
he would with free sugar.
Senator Nelson caused much
amusement when he questioned West
cott aibout a letter he wrote "to Sec
retary to the President Tumulty In
the winter, urging that Mr. Wilson
keep tip the fight tor free sugar. The
witness said that shortly after he
wroto the letter the lines of the tree
sugar advocates in .the ways and
means' committee of the house were
"stiffened."
"Your letter stiffened up the free
sugar tiring line?" said Senator Nel
son. "Well, It stiffened shortly after 1
wrote It."
"Are you sure the president ever
read it?M
"No, sir." ;
Acted as Starch.
"Well It acted as a sort of starch
on those wavering members of the
committee," continued Senator Nel
son, while the chairman of the com
mittee," cotninued Senator Nelson,
Continued on Page Seven.)
EDWARD LEACH ELECTED
GUI EXftLTEO RULER
OF CUIDIODEE If ELKS
Given Great Majority Over
Only Opponent Robin
son Again Secretary.
OTHER OFFICERS
ROCHESTER, N. Y July .
Grand Treasurer Edward Leach, of
vacancy caused by death of Mayor
Charley C. Schmidt of Wheeling, W-
t Esurller In the day the grand bfil-
cers made their annual reports.
i'tJ- ilSfA.
vyJ
SECRETARY M'ADOO WILL ASK FOR
AN INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED
IRREGULARITIES IN TWO BANKS
Decides to Refer the Investigation to the Department of
duct the lnve8tigation'Prompt Action of Secretary Restores Con fi
dence in Pittsburgh Kuhns Resign, .
WASHINGTON, July I. Secretary
McAdoo will ask Attorney General
MoReynolda within a few days to In
vestigate-alleged Irregularities In the
conduct of the Ftrst-tiecond National
bank of Pittsburgh, which closed Its
doors yesterday, 'The secretary today
definitely decided to refer the situa
tion to the department of Justice and
is now engage! in the collection of all
the facts connected with the manage
ment of the big bank to prepare the
attorney general for an Inquiry. John
Skelton Williams, assistant secretary
of the traajufyv 'edey . returned from
Pittsburgh, where he "superlntendtd
the closing of the bank and reported
that the Institution had been "freely
mismanaged," necessitating a refer
ence of tho conditions to the depart
ment of Justice. Thomas P. Kane,
acting comptroller of the currency, by
long distance telephone late today
advised Secretary McAdoo that the
receivership was progressing satisfac
torily and reiterated that the gen
era I banking conditions In Pittsburgh
were sound. Treasury official con
tinued not only confident that there
would be no more trouble, but m
phaeised the belief that the closing
of the First-Second bank actually had
Improved conditions In Pittsburgh by
removing a doubtful element from
the financial system.
The latest reports to the treasury
department Indicate that the lowiee
of the First-Second bank may reach
1 5, ft 00, 0 00, because the entire capital
and surplus of the l.ank now seem to
have been wiped ot. These advices
were accompanied by assurances from
officers of the bank that tho deposi
tors, whoso claims total about $38,
000,000, probnMy Would be paid In
full, br nearly In full, through reali
zation on the hunk's asaets.
SHELL PASSED CLOSE TO
THE PfiESjDENT'S YACHT
President Has lilade No
Complaint or Comment
on "Near Accident."
WASHINGTON. July S.While both
the officers of tne president's yacht,
the Mayflowtr, and officials of the
navy department are reticent con
cerning the "near accident" to the
vessel luit week, when a" shell from
the proving grounds at Indian Head.
Md wan said to have narrowly miits
ed the ship, which had President
Wilson on board, It is believed an i
vestigation of the affair will be o:
dcred.
It was declared today the shell
itself passed over the Mayflower at
safe height, but that the danger was
cauced by the dislodgment from the
shell of the rotating band, which fell
close to the veiwit. So loud was the
screech of the shot that the May
flower's crew is said to have rushed
on deck to ascertain the trouble.
At the time President Wilson was
aid to have been sitting on the after
deck with Dr. Cary L, Grays, his
physician. Ho far as Is known the
president made no comment or com
plaint on his return to the white
house. Numerous protests have been
made In the past against the firing
of the big guns at Indian Head. River
captains declare the lives of their pas
sengers and crews are endangered by
the trials, and although no accidents
have yet occurred, contend that there
have been many narrow escape from
disaster. ,
THE VYKATIIER.
WASHINGTON, July . Forecast
for North Carolina: Fair and warm-
u canrwnY; I nursaaT. fair airep;
showers exxreme west portion; light
4 noderata.Mutheaxt to south wIaos.
We Jfave With Us This
CONDITIONS ALMOST NORMAL. I
PITTSBURGH, July I. To the de
cisive statement of Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo, Issued last night
is attributed the restoration of almost ,
normal conditions In financial Pitts
burgh tonight, despite the closing yes
terday of the door of the First
Second National bank, an institution
which had been accredited one of the;
strongest in the country. While the
situation was tense in the financial
world yesterday and little Information
as to possible developments was "ob
tainable, the flat statement of facts
of the secretary mvrti'td develop an
overnight optimism that grew as to
day advanced. The closing of the
FIrt-8oond bunk was naturally fol
lowed by suspension of Its affiliated
hank, ths First National, of McKees
port, and the appointment of re
ceiverships for the banking house o(
J. H. tt W. 8. Kuhn, Inc., whose prin
cipals were the majority stockholders
of both Institutions and a like action
with the American Waiter-Works and
Guarantee company, an enterprise
fathered by the Kuhn Interests.
Run on Bank.
Another Kuhn Interest which was
affected the Pittsburgh Hank for
Savings suffered somewhat from the
complication, a run being started on
It yesterday, chiefly by, small deposi
tors. This continued and somewhat
Increased early today, but It appeared
to abate as the day wore on. Crowds
assembled uiBotit the bank building
and the sidewalk about the building
was roped off with mounted police
prancing their horses within the lines
on the sidewalk. . The people were
forced outside the ropes into the mid
dle of the street. The crowds were
made up mostly of curious specta
tors. The small groups of depositors
MEAT PACKING BUSINESS
BILL BEJNVESTIBATED
Thorough Inspection of All
Establishments Through
out Country Planned.
WASHINGTON, JULV 8. Meat
packing establishments throughout
; thB country are to bo subjocted to
t sear?hing inspections by well known
i experts elMd by the swretary of
; agriculture, from outside of the gov
i ernment service. This step follows
j criticism of federal meat Inspection
torn various sources, and Hfiretary
' Houston announced today that Its ob
ject fcas to Increase the efficiency of
the service and U foster public onfl-
! dence.
j. The secretary made public the
names of three college professors who
have twen' chosen to visit and report
to him personally upon conditions ex
isting In packing plants In New York,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois
and Missouri.
l)T. W. T. Sedgwick, profi-ssor of
bacteriology and sanitary engineering
In the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Is to Investigate plants at
Boston, Worcester and Brlghtwood,
Mass, and New Haven, Conn. Dr.
W. A. Moore,- professor of pathology
at Cornell university, will got to Phil
adelphia. New York, Buffalo and
Pittsburgh and Dr. J.. A. Connaway,
of the Missouri Agricultural college,
to Kanw City, fit. Louis and fit, Jo
seph, Mo., and National Slock Yards,
Illinois.
"Jt la my desire," said the secre
tary In his Instructions to experts,
"that you report to me fully and!
frankly the conditions as you find
them at the various packing estab
lishments, together with such recom-
ment co ths servlc as in vour Judg
ment may teem best"
Week" -
Justice Which WW Con
that entered the hank were promptly
paid 160 upon demand, aa yesterday,
and required to give the legal notice
of 10, 10 or 10 days' notice to with
draw other amounts ' abovs stated
figures. Yesterday MT.009 was with
drawn from the bank, while the de
posits were (27,000. Today's figures
In this relation were not obtainable,
but It Is 'assured the withdrawals to
day were under yesterday's figures.
There were report that a million
dollars had been shipped to ths PUts-
burgrh Bank for 'Ravings today from
Philadelphia, but this WMjtot verified
snd -wa dlacredtted by clearing" house
members who verify the statement of
the bank made yesterday that this
bank has 15,000,000 ' In cash and
18,000,000 In qulok assets, enabling it
to meet any stress or emergency.
, Killing Resign.
About noon the announcement waa
made that J. 8, Kuhn, the president
and W. 8. Kuhn, the vice president
hud resigned and that W. J. Jones,
tho former secretary and treasurer
of the bank, had been made presi
dent, with A. N. Voegtly, former as
sistant to Mr. Jones, m secretary and
treasurer, while L, M. Plummer, a
director, was made ytc president
From the time of this announcement
during the rest of the banking hours
the run perceptibly abated and the
crowd disappeared, until at closing
lime the streets near the bank dlf
fered from no other business thor
oughfaree.
Expected statements aa to the
American Water-Works and Guar
antee company were not forthcoming
today, the delay being attributed to
the delay in the appointment of the
fourth receiver, which Federal Judge
( Continued on Page Sli) ,
Military News Lacking to
Some Degree -Bulgarians
Said to Be Retreating.
LONDON, July I. The Balkan war,
having rfow been regularised by for
mal declarations, It Is understood that
the powers will make no attempt to
meditate.' The official gazette at Bel
grade published tonight notice of a
formal declaration of war against
l llulgarla.
Military news was lacking today,
Servian dispatches admit a strong
Bulgarian column has Invaded Servia
at Konagevats, which town they oc
cupied after setting Are to the adja
cent village. Cholera has been
brought to Belgrade by the wounded,
orjiclal Greek dispatches claim a
great victory at Dolran, where the
Bulgarians, recently reinforced, were
In superior strength to the Greeks.
The latter assert that a whole dl
vision of Bulgarians was destroyed
and that the Bulgarians fled In such
confusion that they even left behind
loaded guns. This victory Is consider
ed of great importance because
Dolran was the Bulgarian victualling
center and ail the provisions fell Into
the hands of the Greeks. It Is re
ported from Sofia that the Tenth
Bulgarian division, which reinforced
General Jvaiiofr, was brought from
the Tshatalja district This would In-
dVcate compliance with Turkey's de
mand that the Bulgarians evacuate
Turkish territory.
ha.. Bulgarians .are taking Uieof-
ferwlve against Ntsh, according to an
nouncement front 0ofl
1
IS
KILLED If FULL
OF HIS BIPLANE
High up In the A!r. tho Md
chine Collapsed and
Plunged Earthward
TENTH AVIATOR IN
SERVICE TO DIE
"Warm Air Current" Bellevo6
To Be Responsible for
Call's Death
UOC8TON, Te, July I, Lieut,
Lorsn JL call, of the United Stales
aviation corps, waa killed early today
by the collapse and fall of his biplane
north of Texas City. He had started
his flight from the aviation field in
the second army division mobilisation
camp.
The accident occurred several miles
from the troop camp, Tho machine
was completely wrecked and the of
ficer w dead when plckl up.
Lieut Call was regards as one el
the beet army aviators. Yesterday he
made a tt-mlle flight In IS minutes,
Warm Air Current. ;
The dangeroue thing, known lo
aviators as a "warm air current" Is
held responsible for Cull's death. The
young lieutenant rose from" the avln.
tlon field bordering the gulf early :ba
morning, turning his biplane noi !i
ward and flew over the level streWhea
near the artillery camp at an altitude
of bout 00 feet. He was plainly vis
ible to several soldiers who salt liU
biplane seemed to be running smooth
ly. Without warning it turned its
noae downward and plunged almot
straight to the earth. The Imnt
broke nearly every bone l.i Call'g
body.
The "warm air" theory was adani
ed by officers of the aviation cm in,
who were familiar w.th the tevitrr
over which Lleutatint Call flety.
While a hoard Will be named to In
vestlgate, the view Is expressed tr-nt
nothing remains about the wreckage
te show the accidents real cause
TKNT1I FATIMTT.
WASHINGTON, July I. The esi,
t Lleutenaat Call today makes & total
of ten in the Interest of government
aviation work, nine fatalities being
credited to. the army and one to ths
navy, since experiments in aerial nav
igation waa started with heavier than
air machines at Fort Myer, Va., H
10, The list la a follows!
Lieut Thomas K. Relfrldge, deshed
to death at Fort Myer, Va., Septem
ber IT, 10.
Lieut E. IS. Kelly, (round to dratn
beneath his machine, Hah Antonio,
Texas, May 10, 1911.
Lieut. Lelghton W. Haalehurst,
plunged to death at College Park, Md.,
June 12, tilt,
A. L. Welsh, professional lhstrm9r,
killed In fall at ChlCAgo, Beptomber
11, lilt. ' "- -
Lieut L. C. Rockw-ll, killed when
plane refused to wort at College T'erk,
Md., September tl, lflJ, -
Corporal Frank fl. floott, killed In
(Continued on Page W
PEACE OVEHTURES CEASE
TBIMHMEtSl
Believed That 100,000 Me?
, Will Walk Out After
Meeting Saturday. -
MEN ABE BEADY
NEW YORK, July I. Peace vir,
tures here today between forty-five,
eastern railroads and one hundrej
thousand members of the ' Order of '
Ituitroad Conductors and the Brother
hood of Kallray Trainmen, after the
employes' . representatives In corrfsr.
ence with the railroad managers an
nounced that ninety-five per cent or
the men had voted to strike for in
creascd wages. . ;
Final action on the proposed tie up
remains with the general committee
of one thousand of the conductor and
trainmen's organizations, and a meet
ing lias been called for Saturday, Jl
is the unamlmous opinion In operating
circles that the strike vote will be
ratified unless the companies offer In
creased wages or agree to arbitration.
During negotiations today the Erie
railroad and two subsidiaries, the New
Jersey and New York, and the New
York, Susquehanna and Western,
withdrew, leaving forty-two roads In
the conference. The Erie system .
claims the increase , demanded repre .
sents an' annual cost to three roads
of 1200,000 and that the system 1 1
paying this sum would suffer In safety
appliances and equipment'
The managers' conference commit
tee will meet Monday to consider the
decision of the employes' general com
mlttee. The railroads are then ex
pected to make their ultimatum.
It was said today that the Erdmas
arbitration act was not mentioned at
the conference but comment among '
railroad and union representatives to.
night hwe4 - a general , ejepectatioa .
that the men would appeal for arbU
1
AVIATOR
traUoQ before deciding: to walk out.