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New-York tribune., 1922-03-18
Pressnen's Wages
In Washington Cut
By Justice Mccoy
Arbitration, Chosen by Both
Sides, Reduces Scale So
a Week for Day Workers
and S2.2O for Night Men

From The Ttibune's Washington Burea1
WASHINGTON, March 17--Chief
Justice Mccoy. of the District Supreme
Court, acting as arbitrator between the
Associated Publishers of Washington
D. c., representing the four daily
papers here, and the Washington Web
Printing Pressmens Union, to-day
rendered a decision, binding to both
sides, reducing the wage scale for
journeymen and men in charge by So a
week for day workers and 1920 for
night workers.
The decision is in the form Of an
agreement drawn up by Justice Mccoy,
which both the publishers and en-
ployees had previously agreed to recog-
nize. 1t is effective as of January 16.
1922.
The agreement settles the principal
point of contention, the question of the
number Of men constituting the various
press crews, as follows:
The man in charge of a press shall
also be working member of the crew
"The total number of pressmen shall
~ All PAOpOi W lue LOtdl UumDor OF
presses in actual operation, as follows:
TO press running one color as an oc-
tuple press, one pressman in charge
and at least six additional pressmen;
as sextuple press, one pressman in
charge and at least four additional
pressmen; as quadruple press, one
pressman in charge and at least three
additional pressmen."
Wages are fixed under Section 3 of
the agreement, which grants pressmen
$3.50 % a day for day work and 10
per cent additional for night work.
Freshmen working on day and night,
IN any one office, shall receive for the
night work Is per cent in addition to
the rate fixed for night work. Press
men IN charge shall receive $1.0O a day
or night more than pressmen.
Apprentices shah receive one-third
OF She scale after the second year and
two-thirds of the scale after the th;rd
year.
Hours of work shall be figured on
New-York tribune., 1922-03-18

burgh Coal Operators Association posi-
lively declined to join in the renewal
of the central competitive states agree
ment-therefore attendance at agreed
conference deemed useless so far as
they are CONCERNED, but will meet with
their own employees to negotiate an
agreement without the check-off. The
Pittsburgh operators have posted a
wage scale effective April which calls
for reduction Of 35 to 40 per cent.
"Ohio-The Southern Ohio Coal OPP
orators Association declined to join in
any interstate agreement, but will meet
their own employees to negotiate state
agreement. They have also posted a
wage scale effective April ! similar to
Pittsburgh. The Eastern Ohio Coal
Operators Association at first declined
to join in any interstate wage agree
Later agreed to attend March meeting
ii operators of all four states attended.
Indiana Alters Decision
'1ndiana-The Indiana Coal Opera
tors Association accepted the invita-
tion of the first called meeting Janu-
ary 6, also to the meeting called March
2, but this second acceptance was
qualified by an expression of futility
VI outH q ditcT tuc ueCtdEd-
tion of miners policy and demand
framed at their Indianapolis conven-
ton February 4, and that they could
not seriously consider same nor agree
to meet in conference for such pur-
pose.
"Illinois--The Illinois Coal Opera
tors Association, 50th and 9th Dis
tricts, and Central Illinois Operators
Association--these three associations
representing the whole state-are
ready to attend any conference Of the
central competitive states without any
qualification and request conference
of their own employees and state Off
cials of the United Mine Workers of
America if President Lewis fails to
secure conference of said four cen
trail competitive states before March
81, 1922"
Mr.. Davis also included in the state
ment quotation from the existing
wage contract in the bituminous indus
try which is held in some quarters to
obligate the operators to enter a con-
ference before April / for the purpose
of drawing up new wage agreement.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-18

reducing the price of coal to the pub
lie without cutting the wages Of the
miners. There is no justification for
the fact that the pubic is required to
pay nearly five times the labor cost for
its coal. Mr.. Warriner, head OF tho
operators, has repeatedly admitted that
the cost Of coal to the consumer is too
high. We agree, and will show that
the fault lies with the operators and
not with the miners.
"The statement that def1ations have
taken place in wages in other indus
tries is true, but he neglects to point
out that the cost Of equipment, ma
chinery and repairs and other mining
costs have been reduced since the war
without the public receiving any ad-
vantages by a corresponding reduction
in coal prices.
Because wages in other industries
have been reduced is no reason for a
reduction in the anthracite mines.
Their present wage schedule is much
less than in many other basic indus
tries, and is below that in the bitumi-
nous mines"
When Mr. Lewis was informed of
Washington developments relative to
the bituminous situation last night, he
declared that refusal of the soft coal
operators TO meet the miners will in
evitably force a suspension of work in
the bituminous fields April l."
"The operators refusal to meet with
us is complete reputation of the
terms of their contract with u.s." he
said. "Mr. Davis's statement places
the responsibility for any suspension
or strike which may occur in the
bituminous fields squarcly upon the
shoulders of the operators. The course
they have pursued is anything but an
honorable one"
New-York tribune., 1922-03-18
specsn, ptspotch 70 Tn. Tr,n.x.

SPcctds OfSpuCF 70 inc IrfoH%S
PHILADELPHIA, March 17.-An cpl
sode coincident in many remarkable re-
spects to the recent happenings at
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, which excited
the wonder of half the world and which
are now said to have been inspired by
ghost" discarnate acting through
Mary Ellen Macdonald, has been
brought to light by DR.. Thaddeus l..
Bolton, professor of psychology at
Temple University.
The episode investigated by DR.. Boil
ton occurred near Missouia, Mont. in
the spring of 1913, and so insistent is
the parallel. even to names and temper
amental characteristics of the principal
actor, that DR.. Bolton decided to make
it public.
At that time DR.. Bolton had the chair
OF psychology at the University of
Montana, in Missoula.
"The case" said DR.. Bolton, "was
brought to my attention by Joseph NJ
Dixon, then but lately out Of the United
States Senate and now Governor of the
state. 1t seemed that Canadian FAM
ily by the name of Macdonald, who
had been living in mountain gulch
some eight or nine miles out of Mis-
soula, had been disturbed by series of
phenomena and wanted an investiga-
tion. told him to send them to me, and
the next day Macdonald called He in
vited me to spend the next evening at
the house.
Another Mary Ellen
"In the mean time | made inouiriee
concerning the family. | learned they
had come to Mssoula about a year be-
fore and had built house in the noun
tains, but that nobody knew much more
than that of them.
"a cook, housemaid and an
adopted daughter named Mary Ellen,
about nine years old, made up the
household. l was allowed to see Mary
Ellen. who, although l had reason to
suspect her as the medium of these
phenomena, had been kept carefully in
the background. When she was TO be
put to bed she became very demonstra-
tive and affected. She kissed me and
every one else in the room effusively
After this, Mrs. Macdonald endeav-
ored to lead the talk around to ghosts
and supernatural things generally,
while Macdonald kept on plying me
with wine. | rescisted for a while, and
then let things drift, and at half-past
y the first manifestations occurred.
II should make plain that these man
ifestations had all come from an up
stairs room next to the one in which
New-York tribune., 1922-03-18
Antigonish 'Chost' Paralleled
By Montana Mary Ellen in 1913
Psychologist Sees Strong Resemblance Between
MacDonalds of Nova Scotia and Girl and Family
of Same Name Who Kept Pet Spook at Mssoula

Mary Ellen slept. This night the ghost
made no exception. After the knock
ings Mrs. Macdonald began to evlncc
signs of kysteria.
"She put questions to the ghost re-
garding its identity and the ghost an
swered according to the code that
seems accepted among them all. One
knock for the answer No. two knocks
for Yes" and so on. What impressed
me was a certain vague but distinct
dramatic quality in the answers that
were given, and I decided it WAS the
same quality I had observed in the
little girl when she made her recita-
tions.
Girl in Semi-Dream State
After time we all repaired to the
upstairs rooms where the sounds
seemed to originate and there got on
closer terms with the ghost Mrs
Macdonald gave way to emotion. She
laughed, Historically, wept, sang and
gave the ghost various affectionate
until about IL o'clock, ending grad
ually, as responses were first difficult
and then impossible to get. At 1880
| asked to see Mary Ellen. She was
brought out of bed in that dazed, half
dream state that is common to sonam-
buists. This confirmed the decision |
had made earlier in the evening, that
the phenomena were produced by Mary
Ellen while in a sonambulistic state
induced by self-hypnotism
"a few months after tho instances
J. have narrated the house in the
mountain gulch burned down and there
was never any further trace of the
Mac Donalds or of their servants.
''In reading accounts of the sup
posedly ghostly visitations at Anti
gonish | was struck with the simi-
larity of the phenomena and the char
acterstics of the medium. The coinci-
dence grew almost conclusive when l
remembered the name of the family
who lived near Missoula.
''That was nine years ago. Not
much can be told from a photograph,
but there is in the face of the Mary
Ellen, of Antagonist, the same cast and
expression that I observed in the child
at Missoula."
HALIFAX. N. s., March 17.-Mary
Ellen Macdonald fifteen, adopted
daughter of Alexander Macdonald, and
credited by DR.. Walter Franklin Prince
to be the author of the Antigonish
ghost" was not responsible for the
ehostly manifestations at Missoula,
Mont, several years ago. This was
learned here to-day when the Phila-
delphia report of the Missoula "ghost," )"
also proven fraud, was investigated.
The alleged power behind the An
tigonish "ghost" was but six years old
at the time Of the Missoula episode.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-18
83 Arrested, 1000 Pints of q.
Rum Seized in Denver Raids

DENVER, Col, March 17.-Eighty-
three persons, nine of them women
were arrested on charges of violating
the prohibition laws in raids here to-
day conducted by more than 100 officers
working under the direction of E. N.
McClenahan, FED eral prohibition di-
rector. approximately 1000 pints of
liquor were seized.
Included among the places where
prisoners were taken were four hotels,
twelve rooming- houses and twenty-five
soft drink parlors and pool halls.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-18
DIR. Cuilfoy 81 Years on Job

DR.. William H. Guilfoy, Registrar. of
Records, and the oldest civil service
employee in New York City, celebrated
the thirty-seventh anniversary of his
appointment yesterday. DR.. Guilfoy has
been registrar for twenty-one years
and in that time millions of marriage,
birth and death certificates have been
filed in his department. He said yes
terday that he had seen the death rate
of the city decrease from twenty-eight
per 1000 to eleven per 1000.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-18

the basis of any eight hours between
p. NJ. and 7 a. m. Overtime shall be.
paid at the rate of time and half in
quarterhour fractions. Double time is
to be paid after a double run.
The number of men allowed to each
press is the same as under the old
award. /,
The labor world., 1922-12-30

The issuance of stock dividends is
the best proof that the fruits Of in
dustry are Being divided unequally.
and that wage workers claims are
justified. - :, ~ :, i. &.
Stock dividends is another name
for. capitalizing profits ,}.fs 'S::%%
The reason for stock, dividends is
to avoid the income tax; a fear that
congress will. tax undivided, profits,
and desire to extend profits over
a larger issuance of stock so the
pubNc.s attention will not be- attract
ed Aexcessive profits. ;''..: ! !.
kpose Of these profits they
af turned into capital account
(pnt back into the husiness); and adj
ditional. common stock Sto that
amount issued and divided among
the .stockhold era This stock is called
stock dividends, . although tit Is an
extra issue. 'of the ordinary variety
OF comm on stock. n Il;
Stock dividends. indicate "a profit
that 10 above and beyond faAf
profit on, an investme ent. Workers
strussle for q living wage, but the
dollar IS always guaranteed q, fixed
interest rate. This interest rate 'i4 q
charge on industry, as q salaries,
The labor world., 1922-12-30

Real Trade .:unlonlsIn. Scores
Fine Victory on Coast.

The ! international Union Of Tim
Der Workers has: won it's eight-hour
fight at Weed. Cal, and at klamath
Falls: Or. These movements have
been on during the entire year. The
klamath Falls timber bosses were
ungracious enough to publicly state
that they voluntarily restored the
eight-hour: day.; despite the fact
that they were soundly licked in an
attempt to establish the long work
day. j. -. -,, - :: :. @.q....s
''The winning of this strike means
much more to the workers of "a the
northwest than immediate, gains to
those directly involved union Off
cials declare. T.. =: = ,ss- 49,
,''The lumber lords cannot success,
fully defeat workers who are prop
Ferly organized. It also means that
workers have again been impressed
with the, fact that complete and
proper organization is the only safe.
guard for the present: their only
hope for; the future" :se,sm n .s;;,.i= .;s;;,3 !.
The labor world., 1922-12-30
COURT ] !! DEcLAl|E:S.' ] [ / I
! LABOR Ac1 | ! .=v|olD: !.
z! %-:s;-S -. = - - I
PeaasyIvanla Mine ca1e:ln
Held to Be contlsealol1J

The United States: supreme court
has set aside the Pennsylvania law
which prohibited the mining Of an
thracite coal in T. manner that would
endangor the ;iyes& Or tn1ure the
property Of persons.---occupying
houses situated on the surface soil.
Justice Brandefs dissented. x
The court held, that the law de.
iprived coal owners Of valuable prop.
erty rights without compensation:
Under the decision; coal owners can
mine coal without any regard for
cave-ins that endaneer lives and
property, unless the coal that is
necessary, for props is paid for,
In his dissenting opinion, Justice
Brandeis said: :-.:. :.
IF by mining anthracite coal the
oHner would necessarily unloose. poi-
sonous gases, suppose no one. would
doubt the power Of the state to
prevent, the mining without buying
his coal fields. And why may not
the state, likewise. withou&1 paying
compensation, .: prohibit orle ii from
digging SO deep or excavattng 80
near the surface as to expose the
continuity to like dangers? In the
latter case; as in the former, carry
ing on the business wotild ,bea pub
lie nuisance. .,.,Es.% .'@@. '@ ~ = s. ~ u Il
The labor world., 1922-12-30
COMPANY UNION !
bound. ] 1|!|'of FAIL. i
Organization Formed BY West
ern Timber Bosses Slunlbers.,


The timber bosses company
"union' is travelling the inevitable
road to oblivion. This union is
known as the loyal legion of loggers
and 1umbermen. At the meeting Of
its board; of directors in Portland,
Or, the president reported that s''the
greatest - difficulty" the past six
months was the number of employ
ers who have deserted the union -
as they have felt no imme ediate
need of protection against industrial
radicalism.'' H.. .~.::..:
Officers Of the bona fide union of
timber workers remind workers, of
the claim by trade unionists. that the
employers would throw over the
loyal legion when it served their pur-
pose to prevent organization. =
These, employers are not; con-
cerned with the I. W. w. They are
assured from another source that
the I.ssw. w. will be taken care Of
These employers have used the loyal
legion as a tool It is now worn out
and. they discard it, = T.
The labor world., 1922-12-30

concealing profits is indicated by. the
recent account Of how q well-known
Sand 10-cent store s. corporation
lost" profits aggregating $20,000,0 900
S. This concern was carrying on its
books good w1lr' as an asset, which
It valued at $50, ,o09, ,00e. Aside from
some 1easeholds, this asset was In
tangible and pure guesswork. The
[Rrpofation had profits Of $4,000 :
600 piled un and to dispose Of these
profits It voted to reduce the $780,
900 900 good wilP asset to 3so.-
900 900. *s, h: NJ
: In other words, the corporation
took .320,o0o,000 from one pocket
and put It IN another pocet. BY this
jugxierys s a, DOT. 900 in profits were
wiped out, with the money remain
ing In the hands OF the corporation,
Il. This tricky bookkeeping Is useful
II the government would call forla
record aof prot that have been
.sWeated' from immature girls and
little children. .
Stock, dividends and other forms
Of concealed profits are found IN
every Industrial and commercial
group. Even railroads. masters Of
Fthe art sof telling hard luck stories.
announce stock dividends, while cash
The labor world., 1922-12-30

the cost tsof raw material, taxes and
wages: :. <....: -..:1a.5$ - .$sS :: !. s
After these and other charges are
paid, profit is considered. When. this
profit is inordinate, the stock :.divi-'
dend is used to conceal excessive in
come. - = ~ SO
The stock dividend is proof that
the people are being gouged. II also
indicates the enormo GUS values others
have created and which. are nowacen-
tered in the hands of those wlfb3 re-
fuse workers a living wage and the
right to organize. :. y: :. Z. 5.5.s &.
! STOCK dividends are an answer to
the continuous whine by the defen-
derf OF reaction ana priviieke that
allSged high wages are . drag sson
industry. The stock dividend is evi..
dencs that tho sSduSer and profiteer
are making new records i4na that
wage .earners are not being Justly
compensated 55.5 's I, i
The stock divtdsnd does not tell
thA full story cH orporate profits
Behind these Are princely salaries
|a3d; numer6s ftnds and holdings
Ethat dan not, 10 httansled Or undsr-
stood save By one cqtadntsd with
the intricacies sof acco fanny.
The trickery Of C0rnpre lions III
a. ,ss<
The labor world., 1922-12-30

Kansas Governor Backs Down
!: and Court Gusts Case.

Z Judge Harris Of the district court
at Emporia, Kan, has. dismissed the
states case against William Allen
White, who was charged by. Gover-
nor. Allen with violating the cant
strike, law when he posted sign
processing "4s per cent sympathy"
with striking railroad shop men.
This case was: commenced .reck-
lessly or maliciously, without inves-
tisation Of the facts to ascertain
whether the prosecution was justi-
fed said the court. :.
Z William Allen White posted his
sign a short time after the shop
mems strike started. The governor
claimed this was synpathizing with
an unlawful act. and was: a viola
ton Of the: law. The governor Sc :
cured enough publicity over the case
for. half a dozen lectures; and then
paid no more attention to 1t. The
ACCUSED insisted. he was denied the
right Of free expression OF opinion.
On three occasions. he appeared for
tSl0ls ~ "a. - - >r..s; -
The labor world., 1922-12-30
GETS
final LEASE|N
WYOMING FIELD
Secreary Fall Signs Contract
Granting Concessions.

BY International Labor News Service.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 2S.-Vir-
tual control of the Wyoming oil
field by the Standard Oil group was
acquired on Dec. 20 through con-
tract which Secretary Fall of the
interior department awarded to the
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing COM
pany, a five-year deal covering the
purchase of all royalty oil accruing
to tho government from the Salt
Creek field.
This contract is an inevitable Sc
quence to the Teapot Dome deal
which, it is charged, Secretary Fall
and Secretary DENLY of. the navy
department., negotiated in secret with
the Sinclair interests and which is
now under investigation by congress.
The Standard Oil group, already
having the contract for taking the
oil of the Wyoming field, is in a
favored position with reference to
taking over that part of tho oil
which accrues to the government as
royalty. r,
Tho procedure, in the: latter con :,
tract is in direct contrast to- the Teas
pot Dome negotiations. In the Tea
h5i pot Bone sdealz9
MES had no opportunity to bid and
the public. was not informed that
the deal had been made. The gov
ernment even denied the existence
Of a contract until forced by con-
gressional pressure to admit IT.. In
tho last deal a carefully prepared
statement had been issued. by the
secretary showing that thirteen firms
competed for the contract for the
purchase Of royalty oil. 49,
It is expected that congress will
include this contract in Its invcsti-
CATIONS of the oil industry, which Is
now pending in the senate.
The labor world., 1922-12-30

Congressman Fretar of Wiscon-
sin has renewed his attack on Sec
retary of the Treasury Mellon for
permitting great wealth to escape
taxation. @- a. ,.:..=: q. 81. 81 ].
Under; the. law the secretary can
levy: a penalty. Of 25 per cent where
he believes corporations hold sur
pluses to evade payment of income
taxes by individuals. These .corpor-
atoms are now dividing their sur.
plsses through stock dividends. Con-
gressman Frear says upwards Of
$4,000, 5000 in surplusesTs are ;es-
c&ping penalties and individual SUR
taxes because cecretary Mellon re-
fuses to enforce the law. ss;,.>,..s >@
On the floor Of the house Con-
gresham Frear submitted q list of
questions to the. treasury official
rs It: true" he asked. that due to
legal evasiora possible under exist
Ing law. disclosed BY the secret zrs-
cords OF your office, that Mr. Rock
;efeller, Mr.. Morgan, Mr.. Mellon and
Iothers Of great wealtlsare NOT pay-
Ing -one-ftfth ofsths income tax they
are popularly opposed TO pay.s IN.
der the law based. on: their wealth.
due TO investments Il tax-free Sc
scurities, stock dividends. trusts
stock and bond exchangessands othsr
forms 70 tax avoidance? I gather
sstlis Il 30 from your Oh ficial report,
These are matters that congress