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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-10-14
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank most heartily
those who so kindly assisted us dur
ing the illness and death of our be-
loved daughter and sister, Belva, and
for the many beautiful flowers and
plants given her both before and after
her death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas H. Dye and family.
Notice of Dissolution Of Partnership
Notice is hereby given the public,
that the co-partnership existing be-
tween R. e. Mulligan and N. H. Nell
son, known as the Moscow Storage
Battery and Ignition Co., is hereby
dissolved.
All accounts due the firm are to be
paid to N. III. Nelson.
R. E. MULLIGAN,
N H. NELSON, 1917
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-10-14

If you have a job that some uniyer-
sity boy or girl can do don't let it
go by default. Just call the univer-
sity and have one of these worthy
young people get on the job.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Roads Can't Bear Labor
Charge, asserts Iuy Lee

Ivy l.. Lee, the Pennsylvania Rail-
roads publicity expert, laid the case
of the railroads before members of the
League for Industrial Rights at their
dinner last night at the Waldorf As
toria Hotel
Admitting that there had been time
when capitals slogan was call the traf-
fc will bear" and its returns were un-
justly large, Mr.. Lee said that at pres
ent labor, owing to the national agree
ments made while the government con-
trolled the railroads, was getting "more
than the traffic would bear"
Railroad earnings on invested capt.
tai had not been more than 515 per
cent since 1917, he said, and last year
were less than / per cent This condi-
ton was due not only to a slump in
business which was general and to be
expected, but also in large measure, he
said, to the ineQuitable national agree
ments with labor.
Cooperating expenses he said, "are
absorbing practically the entire income
of American railroads to-day
"In 1917, out of every dollar the rail-
roads received 23.3 cents remained after
paying operating expenses and taxes,
this sum being available to pay the
interest upon the money invested. In
1920 out of each dollar the railroads
received only l cent remained after
paying operating expenses and taxes.
'ln 1917 our railroads represented a
property investment of $500 900 900
and they earned net nearly 81 900 ,OO0.-
600, or about 5h per cent as the return
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19

ON investment. In 1920, with an IN
vestment stated by the Interstate Conn
merce Commission to amount to $1S.-
900, 900 900. the railroads earned about
$50 0OO, 900, or return on the invest
ment Of .0079 per cent.
"The operating costs Of running tho
railroads include charge for labor
that cannot he sustained under existing
conditions; labor is charging more than
the traffic will bear.
"There was time when capital was
obtaining more than it's sheare of the
earnings of some railroads; to-day
labor is being paid more than It's share
of the earnings Of all railroads"
Jersey Central's Wage Cuts
The Jersey Ccntral's wage reductions
will cut from five to fifteen cents an
hour from the pay of freight yard men,
baggage porters, laborers and trim
mers, who now get from SO to 81 1-2
cents an hour. Asn-pit men, coal ham
dlers, fue- blowers, tool handlers. car
shop laborers, stove helpers, truckers,
transfer men and ticket handlers will
be reduced from SO to 38 cents an hour
Track men, tunnel men, bridge, grade
crossing and gate men are reduced
from 48 1-2 to 35 cents an hour. A %
per cent reduction is made in the pay
of janitors, matrons, lamp tenders and
other unskilled employees.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Women Prepare Campaign

From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 18.-The cam
paign of the new National Woman's
party for the passage by Congress of
blanket bill removing all sex discrim-
nations in law will be opened on April
6, the day on which President Harding
has agreed to receive the party's first
deputation, it was announced to-day.
The remaining forms of "subjection"
of women against which the delegation
will make formal protest include the
matter of making citizenship of Amer
lean women independent of the nation
ality of their husbands, removing all
determinations against women in the
civil service and inequalities in the
laws OF the District of Columbia.
The delegation will be headed bv
Miss Elsie Hill, chairman of the Wom-
ans party, and will include Miss Maud
Younger, of California;; Mrs. Donald
Hooker, of Maryland; Mrs. Sophie
Meredith, of Virginia; Mrs. Florence
Boeckel, Of the District of Columbia,
and Miss Anita Pollitzer, of South
Carolina.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Unions System Blamed
For Shutdown of Plant
Piece Work Plan Pernicious.
Says Big Maker of Women's
Coats. Closing Shon

MAX Welnstein, president of We;,-
stein Brothers, Inc, of ia East Two,
ty-third Street. the laroest manufsc-
turers of women's coats IN the United
States, which in normal times did an
annual business of $4,000, 900. an
nounced yesterday that his companv
has been forced to shut down com
pletely "by the pernicious activities of
the international Ladies' Gsrmen&
Workers Union" He said he NAV re-
tire from the garment industry on a.
count of the attitude of labor.
Compulsory introduction in 1919 bv
the union of the week-work plan in
place OF the piece work system OF com
pensation has caused the firm enor-
nous losses, says the manufacturer in
statement issued through his counsel
Gordon, Tally & Gordon These losses
he continues, were drought ahout
by most deliberate and willful lay-down:
by our inability to dispense with the
services of the idlers; by the constant
stoppage of work on most vital matters.
the incessant wrangling in our facto-
RES and other intolerable and unbeley
able practices too numerous to specify"
Mr.. Weinstein declares the needle
work industries will be wrecked bv the
piecework system, and the unions will
force a return to sweat-shop practices.
because the largest firms will be forced
out of business"
The unions answer to the charges is
that they are false and made for the
purpose of binding the public to the
real issues dealing d serious blow to
the unionism in this industry.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Packer Employees
Vote for Walk-Out.
2l,482 to 2O7
Chicago Ballot Effective if
Union Chiefs or Govern
ment Fail to Induce Res
toration of 8-HOur Day

CHICAGO, March 1S.-By a vote of
81 ,482 to GOT, union workers in Chicago
packing plants went on record to-day
in favor of strike if they are "un-
able to induce the packers to main
tain the eight-hour workday." Tele-
graphic reports at union headquarters
were said to indicate similar strike
majorities in other packing house CEN
ters throughout the country.
The exact wording of the ballot on
which the workers voted follows:
"Do you favor and authorize a strike
in the event that the government or
our organization is unable to induce
the packers to maintain the eight-hour
workday and compliance with the
agreement entered into with the United
States Department Of Labor?'
The agreement referred to was a
r-time ruling which submitted all
wage and hour disputes between the
packers and their employees to Fed
eral arbitrator, Judge Samuel Alschuler
having occupied the position during the
war period. The packers withdrew from
the agreement on February 26 on the
ground that the war was over. The
unions claim that the war has not off
cially ended.
After Withdrawing from the agree
lnent, the packers announced wage re-
ductions of from 1919 to Is PEI cent
and changed the workday from hours
to 10 hours before overtime would be
paid.
The present strike ballot. it was said
by union leaders, is worded in such a
way as to make it possible for the
strike to be averted at the packer
labor conference called by Secretary
of Labor Davis to meet in Washington
on Monday. The union leaders taKe me
position, however, that if the packers
refuse either to restore the former wage
scale and hours or to submit the whole
disagreement to the Federal arbitrator
the officials of the unions will be
forced to order walk-out.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Socialists Abandon Plan
To Picket White House
Satisfied at Present With Har.
ding's Decision TO Have the
Debs Case Reviewed

WASHINGTON, March 18.-Announce-
ment was made to-day by Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Blatch at Socialist amnesty
headquarters here that there would be
no picketing of the White House in
Socialist efforts to have amnesty ex-
tended to those imprisoned under the
espionage act.
"Now that the President has asked
Attorney General Daugherty> to review
the case of Eugene V. Debs,' she said,
'it is all the more imperative for us
to continue our work of securing a
widely signeI petition in order to show
the Administration how general the
demand is over the country for amnes-
ty to political prisoners.
"We want a general amnesty law
passed by Congress, and on April 13
delegations will come to Washington
to present in a perfectly orderly fash
ion the petition which has been rolled
up asking for the release of political
prisoners"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Kellogg and Mccormick
For Foreign Committee
Will Get Important Assignments
if Membership Is 10; Norris
10 Go on Agriculture

From The Tribune's WASHINGTON Bureau
W WASHINGTON, March 18.-Senators
Kellogg, of Minnesota, and Mccormick.
of Illinois, will both be put on the
Republican side of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, according to present
plans Of the Committee on Committees.
The competition for places on this
committee has been keen. To-day the
Committee on Committees discovered
that if the major committees were cut
to fifteen members, nine Republicans
and six Democrats, as first planned,
there would not be enough places for
each Senator to be on major or first
class committee. 1t was determined to
recommend to the caucus that the
membership Of the first-class commit
tees be made sixteen, ten Republicans
and six Democrats. This will make the
task of the Committee on Committees
easier.
If this arrangement is carried out
as it doubtless will be, there will be
two Republican vacancies to be filled
on Foreign Relations. Senators Kel-
logg and Mccormick arc slated to get
them.
One of the difficulties of the Com
mittee on Committees arose in connec-
ton with the charmanship of Agri-
culture. movement was begun to
prevent Senator Norris, of Nebraska
from being made chairman and to
make Senator Page, of Vermont, chair
man instead. The defeat of Senator
Gronna left the Craftsmanship vacant
Western agricultural Senators threat
ened to carry the matter to the floor
of the Senate and stir up a fight if
Norris were not given the chairman
ship. The committee finally decided to
make Senator Norris chairman to avoid
a controversy
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
aid to q counry with which we are

aid to counry with which we arc
technically at war.
"Thc Germans have to live, and my
chief DESIRE replied Mr.. Hoover, "is
to see the commodities move. How
ever, cannot venture an opinion. The
War Finance Corporation is not in
volved in European affairs. Their job
is to make sure they have good guar
antors in this country"
The matter of the resumption Of
trade with Russin, Mr.. Hoover said,
has been discussed, but there have
been no conclusions"
Secretary Hoover also announced
that in furthering his plan to cstab-
lish closer relations between home in
dustries and foreign marketing
agencies, he will confer this week with
executives of tho United States Cham
Der of Commerce, who expect to carry
out cooperation scheme through
which there will be formed in each
trade group definite advisory commit
tee. Such committees, with the aid of
the government, will keep in direct
daily touch with foreign commercial
relations and domestic commercial con-
ditiOns
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Coordination of Soldier Aid
Planned for Extra Session

From The T1'ibune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Defnite
plans for legislation at the extra ses-
sion to consolidate the Bureau Of War
Risk Insurance and the activities of
vocational rehabilitation and the Pub
lie Health Service, in so far as they
relate to veterans of the World War
will soon be worked out in a White
House conference.
Representative Sweet of the House
Committee on Interstate Commerce
who headed the subcommittee which
has dealt with legislation on such mat
ters, already has prepared bill He
has broached it to President Harding
who not only approves the principle
but will make recommendation for
it in his message to the new Congress
The President and Mr. Sweet will GO
over the proposed bill in detail soon.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19

peace times. 1t is suggested now that
this measure be broadencd to include
frozen meats and two or three other
commodities in which the farmers are
vitally interested.
The President has authority under
his war powers to lay an embargo. He
is known to be reluctant to exercise
war powers in times of peace, but it is
said he may do this ii no other way
can he found to afford the necessary
relief within reasonable time.
At the Cabinet meeting there was
submitted information that 100000, ,00(
pounds of wool now is on the sea
being shipped to this country. 1t is
being sent here to beat tariff duties
and because of the advantage of the
for so much foreign goods in addition
to wool being rushed to this country
is the high value of the American dol
lar in other countries. The bill, which
the Administrator already has in
dorsed. providing that duties shall bs
levied on American values instead Of
foreign values, is expected to equalizt
the difference in exchange.
The anti-dumping bill, which also ha.
Administration approval will be Of lit
tie aid in bringing relief to the farmer
This measure is to prevent foreign
goods being dumped into this coun.
try at lower prices than sold at home
1t would not reach the real trouble
now. The bill, however, will be rushed
through Congress as part of the emer,
gency program.
Further Rate Relief Seen
The Administrator is fully awar
Of the transportation problem as i
hits the farmer. 1t is being hammered
fully as hard as members of Congress
for reduced rates on farm products
The fact that the Interstate Commerc.
Commission has granted some relief t.
the cattle industry is taken to indicate
that other suspensions of this natur,
may follow. Just how far the Admins
tration can go solely in behalf of tn,
farmer is yet to be answered. Certain
ly other shippers will object if tn,
farmer is singled out as the only on.
to get relief from the rates. The view
at the White House is that he is ths
hardest hit, and therefore is entitled
to the first consideration.
Every one in official circles here
seems to want to get freight rates
down. General reductions, however
await Strengthening out of the tanglt
over general reduction in wages. So Ions
as the wage question remains in the
air it seems probable the rates fol
the most part will 60 untouched.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19


he was not a practical railroad man.
although ho vas director Of four
railroads, ten banks and other CORPORA
tions.
Publicity matter attacking national
agreements sent out under Mr.. Cuyler's
name was prepared by publicists, he
saId, but had his thorough concurrence,
and ne declared emphatically that he
was opposed to all national agreements.
III lle SAD the association appropriated
PlI5,o0O year for publicity
Mr.. Walsh clashed with his witness
several times, and kept the big crowd
IN such confusion that the chairman
several times threatened to clear the
room. Mr.. Cuylcr, however, maintained
ms objections to national agreements
ana blocked every effort of the unions
to show that strife existed in the as
sociation over that question.
1t was expected, labor leaders said,
to draw out from the executives placed
en- the stand an alleged divided stand
on the national agreement question.
Carl Il. Gray, president of the Union
Pacific. and w. w. Atterbury were on
hand, but their appearance was post
poned until tomorrow.
Assails Railroads Attitude
Mr.. Jewell, in presenting labor's bill
of rights, said:
"lf machinery is to be successfully
established for the peaceable settle
ment of disputes, these fundamental
principles are an absolutely necessary
preliminary.
We have no doubt that the Railway
Labor Board will sanction these funda-
mentals. We know the public will
support them when it really knows the
truth.
Our reasoning for summarizing
these fundamentals at this time is to
demonstrate how easy it would have
been had the railroads been sincere
to meet with those who have been
selected and instructed by the rank
and file of railroad employees to adjust
the whole matter of national agree
ments.
"Well-roundcd and smooth running
machinery would now be in operation
and peace on railroads and goodwill
between management and employees
would prevail where now exists grow
ing distrust, dissension, dissatisfied ton
and increasing rumblings of fast ap-
preaching, costly and vicious conflict
Even now if the representatives of
the railroads were sincere in their at
titude and not engaged in misguided
attack upon railroad employees, all
questions as to national agreements
and national adjustment boards could
be quickly settled"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Daugherty to See Aspirants
Will Look Over All Possible Ap.
pOintees to Higher Offices

WASHINGTON, March 18.~-Attorney
General Daugherty is going to look
over personally all possible appointees
as Federal judges or district attorneys
before selections are made In making
known his intention Mr.. Daugherty said
to-day that he intended to call to
Washington each man who came up for
serious consideration in the districts
and see them himself before making
any appointments.
Another policy for the Department
of Justice was announced by Mr..
Daugherty, who said he did not in
tend to institute any suits unless his
assistants agreed that prosecution
should be brought. All the cases now
pending before the department, he
said, are being investigated to de-
termine whether any should be
dropped.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Robbers Take All Cash i'm Banks
Made Official Hand Out So. 900

NILES, Mich, March Is Three
armed bandits entered the private bank
of G. A. Blakeslee, at Galien, Mich,
twenty miles from here, at noon to-day.
and, after forcing the cashier into a
corner, escaped with all the available
cash.
Theorn Chilson. assistant cashier WAS
alone in the institution when the rob
bers entered One of them fired a shot
through glass partition to jntimidate
Chilson, and then compelled him to open
the safe and hand out $4,000 in cur
rency and Liberty bonds, valued at
about $4,000. The men escaped in an
automobile.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Solicitor General Fricrson
To Keen Office Until Ma,

WASHINGTON, March 18.-Appoint-
ably will await the conclusion in May
Of arguments to be heard at the pres
cnt term of the Supreme Court, Attor-
ney General Daugherty said to-day.
Solicitor General Frierson, Mr.
Daugherty said, had prepared himself
on number of cases to be heard by
the court and had agreed to continue in
office until arguments in these cases
had been presented
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Reduction, ON Reading
Takes Effect April 20
Management asks Conferences
With Employees to Reach al,

SrS 1bAPCOyCSS ~ ANCuIsC uII
agreement on Rates Of Pay
PHILADELPHIA, March 1S.-Notices
were issued to-day by the Philadelphia
& Reading Railway Company that the
proposed reduction in wages for. all
employees would become effective April
rs.
In the meantime" the notice says, at
is the desire of the management to
have conferences with their employees s
who are duly designated and authorized
to represent the employees for the pur-
pose OF reaching an agreement as to
what constitutes just and reasonable
rates of pay in the light of present
conditions.
Employees Reject Erie Proposal
HORNELL, N. Y, March 1s.-Clerks
and station employees of the Erie Rail-
road, through their representatives
here, to-day rejected the proposal of
the railroad company to reduce wages
approximately 20 per cent April is.
The answer was given after an ex-
tended conference with Erie executives
headed by Robert w. Parsons, general
manager.
This afternoon the Erie officials con-
sldered similar proposal with repre-
sentatives of tho telegraphers, dis
patchers and telephone employees.
ST. LOUIS, March 1s.-Oficials of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad and rep
resentatives of the SYSTEMS unskilled
labor conferred here to-day on a pro-
posed wage adjustment, but adjourne I'd
without any action Representatives of
approximately $4,000 employees con.
ccrned attended. j. F. Murphy, gen
efal manager, said the agreement was
mutual to defer action until both sides
had an opportunity to gather data for
basis of discussion.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Rail Unions
Present New
Bill Of Rights

Continued fran pauo ous)
New-York tribune., 1921-03-19
Considers German ProbIem

Secretary Hoover was asked about
the situation that would be created
should the War Finance Corporation
finance expectations to Germany. 1t
was pointed out that such action would
be in the nature of extending financial
Evening journal., 1921-07-01
Girl Wins As Dealer
in Men s Clothing

SALTNA, Kan.-Seven years ago.
Ada Smith, then II. returned to the
old home town" Her family was
engaged in the mems clothing bust
ness and their store was ION the
rocks"
Miss Smith had been working as
a stenographer in Chicago and go
ing to night school. She had saved
S5S7 for a course in the University
Of Chicago to become a welfare
worker.
Miss Smith stayed home TO take
charge OF the store. It's debt aggre-
gated $4,000. II was on wholesalers
black lists. It owed 5000 back rent
The girl paid creditors So TO $50
from her savings. After much argu-
ment she obtained a credit OF 500
for latest style haberdashery to
change the tone" of the shop.
Today she has paid off all debts,
has refurnished the store with mod
ern fixtures. has an up-to-the- minute
stock. and is doing an annual bust
ness OF SOS. 900 to $75,O 900.
Il was told that a woman couldn't
succeed in a mems clothing busi-
ness" says Miss Smith. Il told them
! would show 'em, II they'd give me
the chance.
Evening journal., 1921-07-01

ting out and you save both tine and
flour.