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NEW CABINET BEING
SLATED IN HUNGARY
Socialists Get Three Seats
Archduke Contented.

PARIS. Aug. a5.-The resignation Of
the Hungarian Government of Arch
duke Joseph, previously reported in
press advices, was announced in mes
sages received by the Supreme Council
to-day. The messages indicated that
the resignation occurred at o'clock Sat
urday night, and that the process Of
forming a new Cabinet had been begun
In the new Cabinet the dispatches
state. Paul Garami, Minister of Justice
in the Peidll Cabinet. will be Minister of
Commerce, while former Premier Peidlf
will be Minister Of Food. Karl Payer,
Minister Of Home Affairs in the Peidll
Government, Is designated as Minister
OF Labor in the reconstructed Ministry,
and Count NJ Granny as Minister of For
eign Affairs.
Archduke Josephs resignation followed
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WAR CLOUD AGAIN
OYER THE BALKANS
Relations Between Serbia and
Rumania Reported Near the
Breaking Point.
CLASH WITH JUG0SLAVS
Firm Attitude by Peace Con-
ference Necessary to Re-
lieve Situation.
CLASH WITH JUGOSLAvs
ny LAURENCE HILLS.
Stor Correspondent Of THE suN.
faa.,r.,kt 1910 Ill .fagfs ressrr<d

Copyright 1912 all rights reserved.
PARIS, Aug. 25.-From information OBJ
tanned to-day from Serbian and Rp-
manian sources 1t seems that unless the
Peace Conference takes an Immediate
and Arm hold on the present situation
Europe will find itself facing new
war in the Balkans. Relations between
Serbia and Rumania are nearing the
breaking point and both nations are on
the edge OF a brink of not only involving
themselves but their friends and enemies
living around them, all of whom are In
terested in the bloody struggle for dom
nation in the Balkans
Clashes between Rumanian and Jugo-
slav forces have already occurred in
Temesvar. the Jugoslavs Withdrawing
beyond the line which the conference
fixed as a tentative frontier &nd from
which the Rumanlans now threaten to
expel them so all of Banat will come
under Rumanian domination.
The Serbians are working feverishly
to reconstruct the remnants,of their old,
tired army by replacing the ten year
veterans with younger recruits and to
keep 1t in readiness for anticipated prov
ocations of the Rumanians. Serblans
here characterize Rumania's assertion
that she will be In possession of the
.
At the same time they vehemently de-
clare that Rumania is playing with fire.
Let Rumania not forget we are not
Hungary, and that our army isn't as
weak as the Magyar force. which offered
| weak resistance to the Rumanian in
| vasion and occupation of Budapest,
said a Serbian official to-day. Incl
dentally it became known that Rumania
is sending all the troops she can spare
to join the $4,000 men now in Banat.
The Rumanians, on the other hand,
| charge the Serbians with assuming the
aggressive. The Rumanian Minister
said the Jugaslav troops were completely
Bolshevised and that they are trying to
open a social war on the Rumanian
troops, who so far have resisted both
Russian and Hungarian Soviet infiu-
ences.
In diplomatic circles. where the prob
| lem OF maintaining Balkan peace Is
| causing endless concern, there runs a
| general feeling that some solution would
| offer itself In a change of the present
Rumanian Government Rumania is in
very uncomfortable interna tional
situation to-day, and this is attributed
to Premier Bratiano. whose Levantine
diplomacy is in conflict with new
methods.
! "A new. rational. "Europeanized" gov
eminent II is commended would do much
Ito bring to an end the series of clashes
| between Rumania and the Allies and
pave the way for an amicable adjust
ment of the formers problems.
That Premier Bratiano is chiefly to
blame for his courtry's troubles is the
cry of many Rumantans themselves. who
say he has preached the gospel OF "a
great. all powerful Rumania 10 replace
the 'd<funpt Russian. Hungarian influence
in Oriental Europe and that he pro-
ceeded to set Rumania up as protector
of the Siavs.
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NOIE-These hgures represent only the prin-
cipal classes.
"This demand was considered by the
board of railroad wages and working
conditions, = board constituted last year
by the Railroad Administration to con-
sider wage matters, and consisting OF
three representatives of labor and three
representatives of the railroad manage
ments On the question of any general
Increase TO the chop men the board
divided equally. the three labor mem
bers favoring an increase to basis Of
so cents and the three management
members opposing any general increase
whatever although expressing the opin-
ion that unless the cost OF living could
be controlled there would need to be a
further general increase in wages.
First Division I'm the hoard.
This is the first time when this
board has thus divided on the question
OF a general wage increase presented to
It. In every other case the board has
been In agreement upon the proposition
that there ought to be general in
crease, although in some cases It's mem
bers have been slightly apart as to the
extent of the general increase. In this
case three members of the board, who
In all other cases have been in favor of
a general increase, have thus opposed
any increase whatever for the entire
class of employees.
81 believed it would be more salts
factory both TO the employees and to
the public to have this grave problem
considered and disposed OF by a COM
mission created by new legislation.
Recommendation to that effect was sub
mitted to the appropriate committees OF
the Senate and the House. but the
unanimous adverse action Of the Senate
committee made 1t clear that such a
course would not be pursued.
"It is also true that the employees
themselves vigorously objected to my
suggestion and insisted that the matter
should be decided by me.
"Since the subject must be dealt with
and no other method has been or is II
be provided. 1t follows that 1t must b.
dealt with by the Director General under
the powers conferred upon The Presiden.
by the Federal control act. and this
must be done without the aid of any
action by the wage board
II approach this matter with the
dearest conviction that the railroads
must be conducted now and for all time
In the future in sudh a way as to give
the railroad employees an adequate con-
pensation and liberal share in the re-
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=
(Note--These figures do not include, as
| understand II, members of office forces
but only ineiude the men enEsged in ship
eating shops and all other shops actually
a part Of the shipyard plant)
1T 10 perfectly clear to me that the
people OF. the United States cannot be
committed TO the policy that the wages
OF railroad shopmen in every city. town
and village in the United States must
be brought up to a basis created in an
emergency and in largely temporary
war undertaking. concentrated In a
comparatively few densely populated in
dustrial centres where living conditions
are exceptionally expensive and diff
cult 90 that l conclude that the princl-
pal contention Of the shop employees
cannot be adopted
selves were willing to accede to a plan
| whereby the wages OF railroad shop men
in each community should be made with
reference to the average wages In that
community. other considerations would
have weight But the employees are
insistent that the same wage scale shall
be paid in every place in the United
States. regardless of it's size or OF local
| living conditions and as this principle
has been adopted II necessarily follows
that exceptional conditions, in excep-
| tIonal communities cannot be taken az
the standard for the wages of railroad
shop men.
Naval Work Not Controlling.
The conditions in the navy yards
and arsenals cannot, largely, for the
reasons already stated, be taken as con.
trolling moreover, 1t has generally been
recognised that the rates therein should
reflect local conditions In the particular
/ M T1aFfl IN nA 10,
standardized at all except for a tempo
rary Standardization for the war to cor
respond with the shipyard rates.
1T is further urged by the employees
that the rates they receive are below
those paid in private industries for sim.
liar labor. The employees cite various
instances of rates in excess of so cents
for work of this character. but these ci.
tatinos merely refer to conditions In spe.
cific communities. 1t must also be re-
membered that to a large extent private
| industries themselves were Influenced &c
an exceptional degree by the war con.
ditions, enjoying the most exceptional
profits and paying unusually high wages
to meet emergency requirements. But M
convincing evidence has been presented
that the average of the wages paid IN
private industries generally, or in those
paying union scales of wages throuRhou
the United States for similar labor wa.
or is substantially higher than the rate!
paid by the Railroad Administration.
Il myself have collected the available
information from the Department of La
bor, and that indicates that averag,
wage paid the principal metal trades IL
private Industries having union scales Of
wages was at May Is. 1919. probably no
more than 8 cents in excess of the 81
cent rate paid to the railroad shop en-
ployees. 1t is a question whether ever
as TO private industries the advantage
of work In railroad shops. including tn,
advantages of substantial amounts o
free transportation. do not make 4
reasonable at any railroad shops to hav'
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SENTRY TELLS HOW
REDS KILLED GEAR
Says Jourovsky and Nine Let's
Shot Royal Family With
RevOlvers.
SETS DATE AS JULY II, 10
Crown Prince, Only One Who
Survived. First Attack, Was
Shot Once More.
SETS DATE AS JULY II, 10

LONDON. Aug 25.-Alleged authentic
| details of the killing of Emperor Nicho
las Of Russia and the other members
of the Russian royal family at Yekate-
! rinburg, July II. 1918, was contained In
report drafted by an unnamed French
officer who had been employed In an
official capacity in southern Russia, was
made public to-day by Reuters, Linz
tied. The story purports to have been
told by sentry who guarded the royal
family while its members were under
detention.
Under the orders OF Commissary
Kourovsky. the account runs. the Em-
peror, the Empress, Crown Prince
Alexio and the Grand Duchesses Olga.
Anatasia, Tatiana and Xenio,. together
with Court Physician Botkine And three
servants. were taken to an underground
room. No interroeatory took place.
The Emperor carried his son in his
arms because of the boys inability to
walk in consequence of Illness.
Jourovsky, another Bolshevik leader
and nine Lettish soldiers, the account
| continues, entered the room and imme-
diately killed all the occupants with
revolver shots.
The sentry, on hearing the reports
| dashed into the room, he says, and saw
eleven bodies lying on the floor. Only
the Emperor's son was still alive. See
| ing this. the narrator added. one of the
| Bolshevik party killed the Crown Prince
| with a pointblank shot.
Gen. Denikine. commander of the anti
| Bolshevik forces in south Russia, has
| captured the town Of Berislav, on the
| Dnieper River, in the Government OF
| Kherson, according to a despatch to-day
| from Taganrog, In the Don Cossack ter
| ritory on the Sea of AZov
vladivostok Is surrounded by insur-
gents and the town is filled with refu.
gees according to a Bolshevik wire
| less report received here. II states that
q japanese squadron has arrival al
| Vladivostok.
CoPENHAGEN, Aug. 25.-The Estho'
nian Press Bureau officially denies the
| report recently printed by the Notiond
| Tidende that Great Britain is seeking
| a railway concession through Esthonis
to Russia or that negotiations are undei
| way for the lease of the islands OF
! Dagoe and Oesel.
| The National Tidende declared thai
negotiations were proceeding for thu
lease OF Dagoe and Oesel, in the Baltic
Sea, to England for the construction o.
a commercial port. The paper alsc
F.. stated that England was seeking
railway concession through Esthonia t
| reach the Russian market.
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road Administration, but they will
amount to almost S45,0O0,00O- n year,
: according to the best estimate, as
compared with the 65.000,000 de-
manded. The maximum Increases de-
manded was % cents an hour, or al
most 80 per cent, for car repairers
and car inspectors, They were given
the largest increase of any other
craft, 70 cents an hour. This was
done TO bring their wages up on an
equitable basis with the other shop
employees.
The National Unions of shop. EN-
ployees claim a membership of APP
proximately 100000 in the United
States. The best estimate of the
number of men actually employed in
the railroad shops, however, runs
considerably under this figure. With
100000 men actually employed each
day on an eight hour basis the wage
increase would total $12S,000 n day
on all of the railroads of the country,
figuring a four cent advance an hour
for all of them and lec wing out the
additional cents an hour granted
car repalrers and ms. cctors,
The increases granted will put the
shop employees on q general basis
of 70 cents an hour Nor an eight hour
day The general rate for men in
similar employment III private indus
tries, outside of navy yards, ship
yards and war plants, is something
like II cents an hour.
Assured That Word Ia Final.
After their lengthy conference at
the White House the union leaders.
headed by Mr.. Jewell. called upon Dr.
rector General of Railroads Hines.
They asked him II the word given them
by the President was final The Di-
rector General told them that it was
absolutely final. In answer to further
questions he made it clear that moth
ing further could be said or done.
Interest centres on the return OF
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor from
Europe tomorrow. Shopmen officials
are expected to confer with him be-
fore announcing future action.
II is apparent that all negotiations
are concluded and the Issue Is squarely
drawn between the Administration and
the public on the one hand and the
shop employees on the other.
Mr.. Jewell refused to make any
t1o A1s
when they left the White House, and
later when they left the Railroad Ad-
ninistration in answer to one inquiry
MIR Jewell 'queried in return, What
can we say?"
His only statement was that in due
course a formal statement would be
prepared and given to the public
There was very little possibility of its
being prepared before tomorrow, he
said, and possibly not then
Report OF Mr.. Hines.
Director-General Hines's report and
Recommendations which were approved
In full by the President follow:
MY DEAR Nh. PRESIDENT In view Of
tho Importance both to the railroad EN-.
ployees and TO the public OF the wage
demands Of the shop employees. and II
view of the intimate relationship be
tween that subject and the all important
subject OF the cost of living, feel 1t m,
duty to make this report to you fol
action by you IL you wish to take per
sonal action in regard to II.
The responsibility rests upon me L
decide upon las merits the claim of tn,
railroad shopmen for the following in
creases in wages
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steady Employment offered.

The work in the railroad shops not
only offers year in and year out ode
spite the fluctuations incident to changes
In the volume of buBiness) reasonably
steady employment, but also offers a
practically permanent career. On the
other hand shipbuilding represents to a
large extent temporary employment.
This is brought out clearly by the fol-
lowing showing. which is actual up to
August Is, 1919. and estimated beyond
that date, as to the employees who have
been and will be employed in the ship
yards so far as the present government
al programme is concerned.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. ga meeting OF
general chairmen and officers OF the
order of Railroad Telegraphers to formu-
late demands for increased wages will
be held here September I. 1t was an
nounced to-day. The organization has
a membership of $4,000 railroad teleg-
raphers in the United States and
Canada
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turns from railroad operation. This is
not only Justly due to the employees
who make possible the rendition of the
service, but 1t IL obviously in the inter-
est OF good service. 1t Is true now. and
Il will be true to q continually increas-
ing extent in the future, that a state OF
contentment on the part Of railroad
labor will be indispensable to efficient
railroad service and this contentment
cannot exist unless the evidence OF fair
treatment Is so clear that II Will carry
conviction to the railroad employees
themselves.
Conclusions He Has Reached.
Il have, after the most careful pos
sible study, and after considering every
thing presented on behalf Of the railroad
shop employees, reached the Following
conclusions:
THE main contention of the shop en-
ployees is that their demands are Just
because OF the rates paid In the ship
yards, navy yards and arsenals, The
basis rate in the ship yards was 80 cents
ut the time the shopmen presented their
demands, and an increase effective Octo-
Der / next has just been made in an
agreement Ito which the Government
was in no way a partly between the en-
cific coast. After the most careful con-
sideration can see no escape from the
conclusion that the rates paid in the
shipyards cannot be adopted as a meas
ure for the rates to be paid in the rail-
road shops.
THE clnditions are fundamentally
different. The work performed by EN-
ployees classed as railroad shop en-
ployees Is performed in every city and
in every railroad town of considerable
size in the United States. The principal
railroad shops are not In the largest
cities, and many Of the principal shops
are in towns or cities OF relatively small
size. At the urgent instance of the en-
ployees, the rates for all these shopmen
throughout the United States, whether
in large cities. small cities or towns, or
virtually rural communities, have been
standardized on uniform bases. 1t can
not be, therefore, that these standardized
rates can be put so high as to reflect the
| conditions prevailing in the relatively
few industrial centres where shipbuild-
| ing was developed under high pressure
during the war.
Not. only are the shipyards practi-
cally without exception in densely pop.
ulated centres. but employees had 70
be attracted to those yards in time OF
war in competition with munition plants
ard others paying exceptionally high
wages. and the employees who were at
tiaoted to those yards had to estab-
fish themselves in these densely popu-
lated centres with particularly costly
| living conditions In order to meet the
keen competition of other war industries
| and to build UP the forces of men in the
Ehipyards exceptional rates had TO be
provided.
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BELGIANS POSSESS MALMEDY
District Was Coded to The
Under Peace Trenty.

PARIS, Aug 25.-BelEian authorize
to-day took official possession Of tie dis.
trict of Malmedy.
1t was ceded to Belgium by Gerna =
under article "a OF the peace treaty
The Malmedy district is a small strip
OF territory near the southern end OF tie
boundary between Belgium and Rhensh
Prussia, with Its western EXTREMITY
forming an indentation In the Belgian
province Of Liege.
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THE exceptions above referred TO, as
to freight car repairmen and as to car
inspectors, are as to such employees
at outlying points other than shops and
main line terminals, at which points the
work. generally speaking. is not con-
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differential under the rates paid in
other private industries. This question,
however. need not be decided. because
the decision made below will make the
rates for the railroad shop employees in
excess, II anything, Of average rates
shown in the evidence thus obtainable
from the Department of Labor for pri-
vate industries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-12

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streets just below You; hot-watsr heat.
electricity, gas colonial pOrches cement
can be bought now for Sc, 900
NOW VACANT-I.arge 3-story brick, on
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Real estate Of all kinds for sale at bot
tom prices
J. D. GARNAN.
District Nat. Bank Bldg 10
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Price $4,000

North Carolina avenue S. E between
81 and I'd A l0-room house occupied by
the owner, who has promised possession
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is modern. in perfect condition. has a
frontage Of 20 feet with side entrance.
Terms $500 cash. balance t25 per month.
to include interest and principal
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Price. $1,000

fe2 10th street S. z Eight rooms I'm
mediate possession given This Is sub
stantially built house in every respect and
the neighborhood is FIRST class. An out
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this house and We will submit any reA-
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Price $1,000

nth II. s f. north OF Pa ave A J.
room house. with lot 25Tl1S 20 alley The
owner Of this property has instructed US
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$500 cash, balance $50 per month. to in
elude interest and principal.
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Price. $4,000

10th street n. z. near Maryland ave-
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Price, $3.50

IS sth street n E A S-roon. brick
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Of $3.50 cash. balance $50 per month, to
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These Houses Are South of
Florida Ave. N. w.

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1912 New York Avenue.
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Price. $3.50

D street 8. e, near 18th. G-roonn.
modern brick house that can be sold
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