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The New York herald., 1922-11-02
HOOPER SAYS LIVING
WAGE IS GUESSWORK
Railroad Labor Boards Chair
man Answers Criticisms
of Decision.'
THEORY MEANS DISASTER
Such Scale, He Says, Would
Exceed National Income
by Billions.
THEORY MEANS DISASTER

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.--Replying to criti-
cisms of the United States Railroad
Labor Boards recent decision on a liv-
ing wage in the maintenance of way
case Ben w. Hooper. chairman of the
board. tonight issued statement re-
asserting that the board has served the
best interests of both labor and the
public.
The decision in the maintenance of
way case was issued late Saturday 1t
raised the minimum rates of pay from
23 and 80 cents to rs and 81 cents an
hour. Employees sought 48 cents an
hour minimum
After asserting that he spoke only as
an individual Mr.. Hooper's statement
said In part
"A wage award which would crush
the railroads would ruin their EN-
ployees
"A wage award which would create
an enormous deficit in every railway
treasury would necessitate the imposi-
ton Of higher freight rates on the farm
ers producers ana shippers Of this
country.
The living wage idea presented to
the Labor Board called for a 72 to rs
cent per hour minimum for common la
Dor all over the United States and the
maintenance of proper differentials for
skilled labor. On the basis of the rail-
way income for 1921 this would have
created a railway deficit of $2.241, ,639.-
51S
"A living wage is not the thing for
which the theorists contend. They want
the living wage which. according to
their dogmatic formula, means at their
lowest estimate about s1,650 yeat
for a section man. The budget upon
which this wage was predicated was de-
clared by two of the expert representa-
tives of the employees to be guess
and a makeshift and yet the board is
criticized for not adopting it. A wage
scale built on that basis for all indus
tries would exceed the total income of
the United States by multiplied billions
of dollsrs.'
Mr.. Hooper also strongly assailed the
attitude of Edsel Ford, automobile
manufacturer Samuel Gompers, presl-
dent OF the American Federation Of
Labor. and William r. Hearst, all OF
whom had criticized the position of the
labor board in regard to the living wage.
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
FRESHMAN HAS TO WORK
ELEVEN HOURS A NIGHT
Gym Too Much for Him; He
Asks Release.

ANN ARBoR, Nov 1.-When Ralph
Warner is. a freshman in the Unver-
sity of Michigan, applied for permission
to drop gymnasium work. which is re-
quired of all first year men. he gave as
reason that he worked eleven hours
each night in a factory to earn money
with which to put himself through
school.
He is taking sixteen hours of work
each week in the university, four morn
ings and four afternoons week he is
in class or laboratory until > o'clock.
He is at the factory at 80 o'clock in
the afternoon and quits at 80 in the
morning.
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
Continued from First Page.

consisting of seven business men. We
are developing a plan for the mobili-
zation OF all our national industries
and resources so that we may be
ready for getting guns, munitions,
trucks, supplies. airplanes and other
material things as soon as war comes
If not too soon. 1t is great organi-
zation of industry and resources. !
think that / shall urge Hoover as the
head of the work. His Belgian expert
ence has made him the most COM
petent man in this country for such
work. He has promised to come to
me as one of my assistants. but the
other work is the larger, and | can
get on with a smaller man. He will
correlate the industrial life of the
nation against the day of danger and
immediate need. France seems to be
ahead in this work. The essentials
are to commander all material re-
sources of certain kinds (steel, copper
rubber, nickel, &c.; then have all
drawings, machines. &C, necessary in
advance for all munitions and sup
plies; and know the plant that can
produce these on a standard basis
The Army and Navy are so set and
stereotyped and standpat that l am
almost hopeless as to moving them to
do the wise, large, wholesale job. They
are governed by red tape-worse than
any union.
The chief of staff fell asleep at our
meeting to-day-Mars and Morpheus
in one!
To-day's meeting has resulted In
nothing, though in Mexico. Cuba,
Costa Rica and Europe we have
trouble. The country is growing tired
of delay, and without positive leader
ship is losing its keenness of con-
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
Cabinet Members Felt Humil-
lated.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 [19

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 1871.
Another cabinet meeting and no
light yet on what our policy will be
as to Germany. We evidently are
awaiting for the "overt act which, l
think, Germany will not commit. We
are all, with the exception of one or
two pro- Germans, feeling Inundated
by the situation, but nothing can be
done.
McAdoo brought up the matter of
shipping being held in our ports. 1t
appears that something more than half
of the normal number of ships has
gone out since February 1, and they
all seem to be getting over the first
scare, because Germany is not doing
more than her former amount of dam
age.
We were told of intercepted cables
to the Wolfe News Agency in Berlin
in which the American people were
represented as being against war
under any circumstances-sym
ing strongly with a neutrality that
would keep all Americans off the seas
Thus does the Kaiser learn of Amer
lean sentiment! No wonder he sizes
us up as towards!
The second installment of Mr..
Lanes letters will appear in The
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
PIE EATING, SILLY TALK,
IN CHARGES OF HAZINC
Four Fourth Class Men Ac-
cuse Midshipn7on Gilneer.

Special Dispatch to TIE NEw York HERALD.
ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 1.-Midshipman John
p. Gilmer Jr., of the first class, will go
to trial tomorrow morning, charged
with hazing four midshipmen, one of the
stunts specified being pie eating test.
Other specifications are that he required
them to take long continued physical
exercises and that he engaged them in
foolish conversation.
The last is. called running" a well
known and traditional form of hazing.
though the midshipmen distinguish be-
tween it and physical hazing.
The midshlpmen alleged to have been
hazed by Gilmer. all fourth class men.
are Joseph G. Bonifant, Powhatan. Va. I;
Karl J. Biederman. Oneonta, n. Y. (:
Ethelridge Grant, San Mateo. Cal, and
Neil r. Campbell. Big Rapids. Mich.
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
Death of a Cat Starts
$4,000 Legal Battle

~ OSTON, Nov. IA cat having
Is died. $4,000 is thrown into
the courts for a decision re-
garding it's disposal. Eighteen
years ago Miss Ellen f. Barnard
left her estate in trust for her pets
seven cats, two dogs. two cam
aries. parrot and a cockatoo.
'Mewsy." a cat, survived all the
rest and stood in the way of sue
cession to the estate by Mrs. Leslie
Wood Bond, to whom it was to go
on the death of the pets.
Now, with the cat gone, eight
nephews and nieces, cut off with
$40 each, seek equal shares in the
estate, contending that their aunt
was of unsound mind and was in
fluenced In making her will Trial
of the contest began before Su-
perior Court jury to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-11-02

The second installment of Mr..
Lanes letters will appear in The
New York Herald Tomorrow.
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
DAVIS FOR SAVING WAGE"

PORTLAND. Ore, Nov 1.-Secretary OF
Labor James ]. Davis in an address
here declared himself for Saving"
wage for labor in opposition to "liv-
ing" wage.
"I believe" he said. every man
should be entitled to an eight hour day
and a wage which not only permits him
to bring up his children as a rlan's
children should be brought UP but
should permit him to put aside small
sums regularly from his pay envelope
to provide him against emergency and
old age"
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
SAMOAN CHIEF DEAD.

PAGoPAGo, American Samoa, Nov. l.
-Leiato, a high chief of Tutuila. is
dead. The chief was one of the original
signatories to the cession of Tutuila to
the United States. When he heard of
the death of President Mckinley he
ordered his people TO perpetuate his
memory in American Samoa by building
a road on the south side of Tutuila. call
ing It the Mckinley road.
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
RESOL WE'D NOT
TO OFFEND GERMANY

science and becoming Injured 10 in
suit. Our Ambassador in Berlin is
held as hostage for days-our Con-
sul's wives are stripped naked at the
border, our ships are'sunk, our people
killed-and yet we wait and wait!
What for do not know. Germany is
winning by her bluff, for she has our
ships interned in our own harbors.
The New York herald., 1922-11-02
SILVER FOXES SENT HERE.

SUMMERsIDE. =. e. J., Nov. IA
shipment of 1853 silver foxes left here re-
Gently for points in the United States
Despite the new duties levied by the
United States recently there appears to
be constantly increasing demand for
the best Prince Edward Island standard
bred foxes for foundation breeding
stock
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Hold! Hands and feet"

Hold! Hands and feetT
Stephen turned his head and saw
that Breuil. too, was toppling. He
saw the Swiss pulled from his
holds and try to regain them and
fail: he saw Breuil's knife. The
guide held 1t in one hand while he
still struggled; he stabbed with it
to try to catch It In tiny crack;
1t slipped out and Breuil began to
fall. But the Swiss was cool to
the last; as he felt himself going
he slashed In front Of him and cut
the rope. He went down. and
Stephen felt the pull and swing Of
the pendulum of the other two be-
low him. AZ he pressed against
the rock. in spite Of no viii to do
so, he stared down under one arm
and saw Breuil's body turning over
and over as 1t fell; then It struck
something and glanced away out
Of sight.
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cier, the slab had DETECTED the
three so as to hurl them on an
angle over the snow SLOPES above
the ice. One Of the guides ran back
to see that stretchers and stimu-
lants would be sent. And so, late
in the afternoon. az the guides
completed the detour to the base OF
Kamuron and at iast gained the
gracier. they heard a mans voice
calling weakly; and they found
a man with leg broken and with
an arm useless. crawling toward
them.
They recognized him and ran to.
ward him with q shout OF admira-
ton; for II was Wythe. their hero.
They picked him up and gave him
wine and bore him tenderly. solicit
ously. whispering to him their
wonder at what they had seen him
do.
He pointed them to where lay
the other two who had fallen with
him. but they were motionless and
cold upon the snow. Wythe had
worked over them; he had loosed
the rope from them and tried to
find life, but had failed. Breuil.
he believed. also was dead farther
back In a crevasse.
80, first Of all. the guides bore
Wythe, weak but coherent. back to
the chalet. where people greeted
him with whispers and with barred
heads, while the telegraph wires,
bearing the news Of the disaster.
told that Senator wythe. who had
made the marvellous fight for the
lives of two companions and had
chosen to be dragged down with
them rather than save himself
alone, had been brought back con.
scious and would live.
1t was not till late that evening.
after the body Of Breuil was recov-
cred and taken down to the chalet
with the forms of the other two,
that a physician found that only
Breuil was dead. life remained. in
Margaret Alden and in Gregg.
And many weeks passed before
The Washington times., 1922-12-19

"You can! OF course you can;
you're all right! You -" the
awful ciamor below replied.
"Wythe. can't move with you
both! Wythe. may manage
her alone IL you -"
mo! No! You can carry us
both. You're all right. Oh, God.
Gregg! You can go on; you must
The panic below made plain
that the demand was understood
and was useless. The sacrifice
Of Breuil. the guide could mean
nothing to Wythe at that mo-
ment; hanging at the end Of the
rope. he was crying for every In.
stant left Of his life. Bvt he
remained on the rope, even he
must see that all three must
drop; asking him to cut himself
loose was asking him only to TALL
without pulling the others.
Margaret. hung between the
two men. understanding that. The
men. like the guide. carried
knives; she had none. She could
not have asked to have herself
cut away without. Of course. caus.
ing Wythe TO fall with her. But
that demand on wythe now had
been made. "Cut me away.
6tephenv' she spoke to him calm.
ly and sanely. ''Cut the roper
she repeated. 1--WE no knife or
I'd cut It myself!'
mo! For Gods sake! You're
all right. you won't"
Down In the. valley the people
before the hotel were standing
transfixed. unbreathing. A party
OF guides and two or three Of the
most skiliful amateur mountain.
eers already had set off from the
chalet on the run. They bore
ropes in the pretense fhat. some
how. they might be in time to help
the three over the sheer. But az
they ran they called to one another
about where on the glacier they
should look for bodies fallen from
the ledge. And after these guides
were gone the crowds before the
chalet forgot them; they knew that
the fight for life was being made
before them. And as they bent.
white-faced and trembling. and
looked through the telescopes. now
The Washington times., 1922-12-19

they sensed the manner Of that
fight.
Hes trying to work back off
the sheer. Oh, God, he's trying to
carry them both back along the
ledgeI He can't do 1t! He's
stopped now! Sse! See!
Now he's going on! No!
He's trying to and can't.
He can't. He cbuld do 1t
with that girl alone. ] bet.
Yes. II ne had her alone.
he'd make It! Look at that! Oh.
look at that fight he's making!
Good God. he cant stand that
much longer. But II that
fellow cut himself Off!
Yes. like the guide did!
wythe could save that girl and
himself! He won't cut her
Off! No; but the other
fellow! why-Oh. won't he go 1t
alone like the guide! He
saw that-how the guide did.
Yes; and now-Oh. GOD.
there they go now! Look:
they're falling, They're
falling! There they 90 together
The three fisures-the two hang
Ing from the third over the sheer
suddenly were dropping. For the
first fifty feet, at least. they kept
the same positions as they fell.
one above the others; then, strik-
ing the side Of the sheer, the three
dropped closer together; and as
they dropped faster and faster.
the manner of the fall altered;
the three figures struck some
sloping slab protruding from the
sheer and shot Off sideways and
dashed down toward the glacier
and disappeared.
A great cry arose from the crowd
before the chalet as they witnessed
this; but the guides who had start
ed for the glacier shouted excited
iy, to one another and ran faster
as they saw the change in the
character Of the fall. For instead
now of being dashed to certain
death straight down upon the gla-
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Story of an Honest But Unspectacuar Lover Opposed
More Spectacular Rival When Great Crisis Came
That Meant Life, Death and Self Preservation

Stephen Gregg was allowed to see
any other than the nurse and the
doctor, Then came the morning
when It was told him. without
reservation, that he would be com
pleteiy strong again. They ga
him up in bed and. when the doc,
of his room opened. a young girl
radiant with such love az even the
loved one may seldom see. ran to
his side and knelt, and seized his
hands and kissed them.
Margaret he cried to her and.
because ne was very weak. tears
filled his eyes. 'They told me you
were yourself again. Every day
they told me so; but didn't dream
you could be like this. Oh. Mar.
Garet. you've never been SO beau.
tiful as nowp
Because ! never loved a. now.
Stephen! Oh. my own boy, can
you take me back with your"
Take you back?"
mo. not that. For I don't want
to go back. mean. won't you
take me on with you now. Stephen
ON with you foreverT
"Oh, Margaret! You are sure
you want that, dear? You wouldn't
say that to me IL there was any
doubt that he -"
Stephen stopped as he felt her
shiver and she hid her face.
"Oh, Stephen. don't speak of
him. Did--did they tell you when
he thought you and / were dead.
as well as Breuil, that he let them
say he did what you did?"
MY poor little girly' Stephen
patted her hair. my poor little
girlr'
POOR" The word caught her
up. "How. Stephen" She caught
him in her arms and kissed him.
"I have you and -"
And I've got you, dearestf"
"And we're going to keep each
other foreverw
THE END.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
CHAPTER ".
Gregg Takes Charge.

Whatever now might be done,
Stephen knew he alone must do:
and there was only one possible
way of saving the Others. For
few minutes, perhaps-particular-
ly II Wythe would stop his useless
struggling-Stephen might hold
the two on the rope II he maintain
ed himself at the anchorage"
But help from the hotel-he knew
the disaster must be seen from the
hotel-could not possibly reach
him in three hours. There was
absolutely no chance that he could
hold the two on the rope for any
thing like that time; each second
was sapping his strength with
alarming swiftness; he felt dull
ness already coming over his arms.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
Thrilling Story of Two Men Who Loved the Same Girl
and How She Finally Made Her Choice Between Them.
After Life and Death Struggle on Glacier.

straining above his head. and q
numbness in the muscles of his
legs which dismayed him. The
sole chance for Margaret and the
man on the rope below her was for
Stephen to work his way back the
fifty feet to the slope at the end
of the sheer. Could he accomplish
that alone on the ledge with the
terrible weight Of the two tugging
heavier and heavier each second7
1t was wild, insane. to think that
he might succeed. but It was abso-
lutely the only chance for the 9th.
ers.
And az the plan flashed over
him the very madness of 1t
warmed him q little and seemed
to make his straining arms and
legs less numb. Also it gave
him breath.
Margaret" he called down
under his ram to her, I'll try to
get back to the slope"
"Yes." she replied. He knew
she was conscious. then and with.
out panic.
Don't try to move. For Gods
sake. don't try to do anything"
Wythe. twenty feet below hers
bawled. They'll get help here.
They must send help"
stephen had no strength to
waste in answer. He efwas trying
the desperate experiment Of shift.
ing one hand q little to the left,
he succeeded. without slipping, In
moving thus a few inches; he
succeeded in moving one foot as
far; he got the other hand along;
then the other foot. He had
gained. without loss of too much
strength. eight inches OF the fifty
feet back to the slope. He gained
four or five inches more, with
his breath whistling a. he sucked
1t In; the sweat on his forehead
steamed against the ice film on
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
THE FORTUNE HUNTER By Ruby M. Ayres

tragic discovery that autumn aft.
ernoon.
He was blind with the strength
of his own emotions. sick to the
soul with the tragedy of it all.
20 that he never noticed a big
limousine car that was drawn up
at the roadside, or q stout. over.
dressed man who was standing at
its open door. looking up and
down the road uncertainty. until
he called out to him In q friendly.
CHEEKY voice.
Can you tell me the way to
." then he broke off with a
schoolboyish yell Of delight -
the Fortune Hunter looked round.
by CAD! II Il isn't Jerning.
ham! How in the name Of
all that's blue did you get here?"
He strode across the road, his
fat face wreathed In smiles Of
sheer delight. his hand--in . very
tight new glove-extended In hear
ty welcome.
The Fortune Hunter stood like
q man turned to stone, the Grim
son blood rising slowly to his
face; when he spoke his voice was
nervous and 1erky.
Cannon! Good heavens! Who
would have thought Of seeing you
hereY" He looked quickly up and
down the lane. but It was desert
ed. and after the barest hesita-
tion, he took the hand held out
to him. by Jove! And such .
swell. too" laughing more natu-
rally. "How have you done III"
Garry Cannon laughed knowing
ly and winked.
'You don't look % bad your
SELF" he said with . playful dig
at the Fortune Hunters ribs.
Fallen on your feet at last-ehf
like mel Yes; Tn one Of the
new rich for the time being"
He glanced back 1t the handsome
and very new car. what do you
think Of herr Isn't she . beautyf"
"And your very own?" the For
tune Hunter asked skeptically.
my very own, my boy. and paid
for" he chuckled. Honestly. too"
he added. more gravely. THAT .
surprise, isn't III Why. the last
time met you. Jerningham :"
The Fortune Hunter interrupted.
That's not my name now, II it's
all the sams to you; Tn John
Smith. and supposed to b more or
LEES respectable" he added with
bitter intonation.
'.John 6mithr' the other echoed
rsflsctivsiy. "well. they're ! big
fsnily. thoss ,emithsl I've known
lots q 'sm Ia nv tirnS, but why
didn't you chssss somsthins more
uncomsnoaf ! hks : variety mp
ssif." N
The rostuns issAtsr shrusssd
his shouldsrs.
II don't know that ] had much
chosca IN the matter" be sASd drys
y. "Anywav, thaa's nv nannA
- Il you'rs ssAying hsrs-"
Us - CsnlAnas1 Esnstrsw.
The Washington times., 1922-12-19
:: 9: !; :: !: e: Fiction PRde KE&
YER THE SHEER BY EDWIN BAL

the rock at his face. With twice
the effort which won him the
first eight inches. he gained now a
hands breadth. And his back
was cracking; suddenly all the
strain which had first numbed
his arms and legs came on his
back and he bulged a little far
ther Nom the rock.
The betrayal Of weakening.
which this was, drove him to
despair when he tried to
straighten again and could not.
He had struggled hardly a foot
of the fifty he would have to
make and already he was falling;
and no still was at the anchor
age"-the one easier spot upon
the sheer. Shodld he. succeed In
gaining foot or two more the
crack would be smaller and more
difficult for fingers and feet.
He ceased struggling to rest
himself: but With the weight on
the rope drassins him. there was
no rest, simply q cessation Of
trying to move.
Wythe's Panic.
Since he had spoken to Margaret
and she had replied to him cooily.
he had heard no sound from her:
but wythe had been shouting to
him almost constantly. At first
wythe continued imploring him
not to move; now, a. wythe real
lied that Gregg was attempting
the only action that could save
them. he prayed and urged Gregg
on.
"That's. it. 90 on! You can
make IT.. he implored an Stephen
halted. "Go on; you can do It.
Oh, don't stop now! Go on! DO
on! :"
His clamor for life arose again.
Stephen heard It and put off for
another moment the demand he
was driving himself to make: he
tried to shift q hand farther to
the left. hut as he felt himself civ.
ing way a. he did so he grabbed
for his old hold and chung there.
He sucked hard for breath.
"Wythe. I can't 60 onv'