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SURE TO STOP LIQUOR SALES

ON UNSHIPS Even Wets Want This Done in Hope of Making Prohibition Law Odious Congress May Act. MATTERliFORTUNATE Br MARK RITLl.rVAV WASHINGTON. July 13. The hear!ngs which Attorney General Daughertys office Is holding on -whether the la does or does not, and ought or ought not, permit the sale of liquor on American 6h!ps, may develop an7 kind of turn. Both the "wets" and the- "drys," each Beeklng their own advantage, may try to mass the testimony each way. . But. regardless of all that, there need not be much doubt that ultimately, through one means or another, the American ships are going to be made "dry." The opinion to that effect, both throughout the country and in congress, is overwhelming. The "drys" want it done because they believe in it The "wets." although they seem to try to uphold the "wet" end of the leeal really want the ships made "dry" be

cause mat is a part of their general campaign to make prohibition odious. At the conclusion of the present hearings the attorney general's office may decide either that the law, as it stands, permits the sale of liquor, or that it does not If the decision is that the law, as it stands, prohibits the sale of liquor on American ships, that will end the matter, and the ships will go "dry" immediately. Congress May Act If the decision is that the law, as it stands, permits the cale, that will not affect the ultimate outcome. In that event congress, either by immediate action or by an amendment to the shipping bill, will make the ships "dry." A good many persons thought the president would issue an order making the ships "dry" as soon as ho learned that the contrary was. the practice. Others believe he may issue such an order after the attorney general's office has interpreted the law. In the lack of that, it will be done by congress. The real outcome is not a matter or technical law, but of public opinion. The feeling is that this practice Justifies the worst that is said of Uncle Sam by foreign critics, that Uncle Sam Is a hypocrite, who is willing to enforce prohibition against the individual, but is not willing to practice it himself when money is to be made out of it. Incident Unfortunate. All the circumstances of the making J public of the fact that liquor is being sold on the shipping board's vessels combined to make the incident as unfortunate as possible. The fact that the disclosure related to a ship named after George Washington, who never told a lie. the fact that one of the items, on the ship's wine list, as reproduced in congress, was in "Old American Rye Moonshine," the irony of the fact that the disclosure was made by a brewer, who was in a position to call Uncle Sam the biggest bootlegger in the world," the fact that the ordinary layman ignores all legal technicalities involved and says that if the law against liquor does not run on American ships, he can't see how the law against murder runs there, or any other law whatever all of these things combined to give rise to the maximum quantity of the most adverse comment on the incident. As a result, American ships are certain to be "dry." and whatever effect this may have on the passage of the subsidy bill, or on the possibility of having the precise kind of merchant marine that the shipping board is aiming at, must be accepted. (Copydight 1922, by The New York Evening Post.

MAYOR AND CABINET DISCUSS NEW BRIDGES AND MARKET HOUSE

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new market building were discussed at the meeting of the mayor's cabinet Thursday morning. " U was suggested that the county be Interested in building a new bridge over the C. and O. tracks on the Boston pike at the end of the paved street, and that steps be taken towards replacing the bridge over the Chicago line of the Pennsylvania railroad, on Weft Fifth street. The mayor also spoke of the need of a new market house and community hall to replace fee old structure on South A street, now used as a public market. The several department heads were ordered to have an estimate of their financial needs for next year ready for the consideration of the board of public works in two weeks. Activity Is Shown , Monthly reports of different departments showed considerable activity. Dr. Charles E. Duffin. health officer, reported that 46 dairies had been inspected and SO re-visited; that the food inspector had made 82 investigations, and that the meat inspector had inspected 207 hogs, 117 head of cattle and 16,000 pounds of sausage. A considerable quantity of meat also was condemned. Felix Cronin, "scale inspector, reported 240 scales inspected. Building permits totaling $S5,000 were granted during the month by g J. Ed. Higgs, building inspector. Of 7 these $59,650 was for new work. The fees collpcted amounted to $223.15. An invitation to join the inspection tour of the proposed bus routes Sat- ' urday afternoon also was given to the hinet members. .v

EYES OF QUAKERDOM FOCUSED ON RICHMOND THIS SUMMERAND FALL Quakers from all parts of the United States and from England will have Richmond for their goal this summer and fall. Four, great gatherings of Friends, two of which are held here annually, one of which Is held but once each five years, and one which has not been held in Richmond for ever 20 years, will be the cynosure of all eyes of Quakerdom this year. Greatest of all sessions, perhaps, will be that of the Five Years' Meeting of Friends in America, the governing body of those of the orthodox faith, which will be held here from Sept. 5 to Sept. 12. Each of the 13 yearly meetings of the Five Years Meeting, 12 of which are in the United States and one in Canada, is permitted to send six official delegates regardless of the membership of the meeting. One delegate for each 2,000 members over a given quota also is permitted. Information from officials of the Central offices here, indicate that between 500 and 600 Friends will be present for this parent conference. Besides the most prominent members of the Cenomination in Anerica, John Henry Barlow, former clerk of London Yearly Meeting, and presiding clerk at the All-Friends Conference held in London in 1920, will be present for an address. He will be accompanied by his wife. Other English Friends Rowntree Gillett, Friends' social worker in London, together with his wife, -is another prominent English Quaker to be present, as will also Barrow Cadbury, well known among Friends of America and England. Some of the American Friends to be on the program include Frederick J. Libby, executive secretary of the National Council for Reduction of Armaments, Washington, D. C; Elbert Russell, head of the Woolman school, Philadelphia, and Ruf us Jones, professor of philosophy at Haverford college, Philadelphia. Of equal importance to Quakers of the Hicksite branch of the church is (Continued on Page Seven) IMPORTED WORKERS ARE SEIZED BY BAND; WILL SEND DEPUTIES

Bv Associated Press) DENISON, Tex.. July 13. Two imported workmen were seized early today by a band of men and taken to the Red River, five miles north of here, where they were lectured and told to leave Texas. They were seized when they alighted from northbound Missouri, Kansas and Texas train number 4. The other men escaped the band and are being sought for. This was said to be the first result of the avowed intention of union leaders to prevent any strikebreaker from arriving in Denison. The announcement of this stand brought word from United States Marshal Phil Baer at Paris, Texas, that arrangements had been made for. a number of deputies to come here. Hundreds of men congregated at the M. K. and T. station today. They began gathering last night at the station. Striking shopmen closely guarded every entrance to the Katy car shops, roundhouses and other plants. Picketers went on duty as tar out as hree miles from Denison. Some of the men were reported to have shotguns, others rifles and pistols. DALLAS, Tex., July 13. The situation at Denison will necessitate the use of additional United States deputy marshals. Charles C. Huff, attorney for the M. K. and T. railroad said today. Thirty additional deputies will be taken to Denison from Dallas. "No message has been received by the road from Gov. Neff relaltve ta his promise to call out state troops, Mr. Huff said. 6 KILLED, 48 INJURED, TOLL OF TRAIN WRECK (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 13. Two white men and four unidentified negroes dead, -!8 persons injured, some of them perhaps fatally was the toll this morning of a wreck in the outskirts of Kansas City last night, in which Missouri Pacific Flyer No. 11, westbound crashed headon into a local freight train, as a result of confused orders. ' The wreck occured five miles by rail from the Union station in the city's largest park. A Shriners' picnic was in progress near the scene and physicians, members of the order gave first aid. Other Shriners helped clear away the wreckage. The engines were demolished, half the freight train, of 15 cars, was wrecked and four coaches of the flier were smashed. A wooden smoking car was telescoped by a steel baggage car. Most of the injured were in the smoking car, many of them negroes. STRIKEBREAKERS AND GUARDS ARE INJURED (By Associated Press) OROVILLE. Calif.. July 13. Numerous strikebreakers and guards were injured, several seriously and one perhaps fatally, when about 75 men, speeding into town early today in automobiles, charged .the Western Pacific roundhouse here. The attacking party then motored away. Four guards were missing and were believed to have been kidnapped. Many of the assailants were masked. They fired about 50 shots, but apparently aimed them only at the windows of the roundhouse. All of the injured had been clubbed; none had been shot Several were removed to hospitals. Tom Wilkinson, the trainmaster, was beaten over the head, suffering a possible fracture of the skull.

RUSS PARLEY DISSOLUTION IS POSTPONED Experts of Nations Engaged in Conference Discuss Final Stand on Question of Property in Russia. REPORT DEADLOCKTIGHT

fBy Associated Press.) LONDON, July 13. Prime Minister i Lloyd George told the house of com mons this afternoon, he was afraid a deadlock had occurred at the Hague but he had no Information that there had been a breakdown at the conference on Russian affairs. THE HAGUE, July 13. Actual dissolution of The Hague conference on Russian affairs probably cannot take place before tomorrow as the session of the sub-commission on credits has been postponed until then and no meeting is planned for today between the Russian and non-Russian delegates. Meanwhile experts representing the countries which have tried to reach an agreement with the Soviets are holding meetings for the discussion of their final stand on the question of foreign owned property in Russia confiscated by the soviet, about which all the minor differences center. Firm In Stands. Many of the delegates have made train reservations for tomorrow or Saturday or have advised the hotels they will surrender their rooms. The deadlock over the property question is so tight and both Russians and nonRussians are so firm in their respective stand that it seems unlikely any formula can be evolved to save the conference from disruption. The non-Russians seem including to break up the meeting in a parliamentary way and talk oftthe necessity of the various sub-commissions making their reports to the main commission, which in turn must act upon them. Litvinoff, the chief Russian delegate has been so precipitate in his methods that the entente group has been unable to soften the abruptness of the clashes and pave the way for a peaceful ending. ANTHRACITE OWNERS ACCEPT ARBITRATION; , OTHERS OUT OF LINE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 13. Although the anthracite operators have submitted what President Harding is said to regard as a complete acceptance ot the government's offer of arbitration in the coal strike, the situation witn regard to the bituminous operators and the miners' union continued under a cloud of uncertainty today with both sides pursuing a policy obviously disturbing to administration officials. Declarng the intention is to delay or avoid an immediate response, high officials see in the course pursued a disposition to reject the government's settlement plan if public opinion would approve such a course. The anthracite operators attached two conditions to their acceptance or arbitration yesterday one that a separate commission consider wage scales in that industry and the other that the commission be required to submit a decision by August 10, agreeing in the meantime to pay the wage rate of March 31, as suggested in the president's proposal. They asked that the proposed separate commission should be required to set up a permanent method by which wages and working conditions would be adjusted automatically, in the future and proposed that to assure a non-partisan adjudication the commission be composed of three representatives of the public and one miner and one operator. 14 PERSONS KILLED WHEN MOSQUE FALLS (By Associated Press) CAIRO, Egypt, July 13 Fourteen persons were killed and 20 others seriously Injured through the fall of the Abu Elela Mosque during the celebration of the patron saint today. Great damage was done to the antiquities in the sacred structure. Maj. George W. Steele Is Dead at Marion (By Associated Press) MARION, Ind., July 13. Major George W. Steele, who served 16 years In congress as representative from the Eleventh Indiana district, and following his retirement from congress was governor of the National military home here, died last night after an illness of several weeks. He was governor of Oklahoma territory for 19 months. Major ' Steele was born in Fayette . County, . Ind., Dec. 13, 1839. He enlisted as a private in an Indiana volunteer regiment ' during the civil war and attained the rank of major. Major Steele is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Percival Owen, of Indianapolis, . and a son, Capt. George W. Steele, Jr., of the United States navy. BANDITS DRESS WOUNDS OF INJURED WATCHMAN LEBANON. Pa., July 13 Two burgi lars entered, the Hunsicked Engine plant here, shot and wounded Solomon Boyer. the watchman, and. after smashing the company's safe and taking about $100, dressed Boyer's injuries, made him as comfortable as possible and escaped.

Woman Candidate Enlists For World Peace

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Mrs. Ben Hooper of Oshkosh, Wis., who has just been chosen as a candidate for the United States Senate by the Democratic party of her state. Her platform is built on peace for the world.

GLORIA SWANSON TO ANSWER CHARGE OF INFLUENCING BURNS (By Associated Press). LOS ANGELES. July 13. Gloria Swanson, film actress, will appear in court ' here tomorrow to answer charges made against her and her mother of undue influence in connection with the will of the late Mathew P. Burns, stepfather of the girl, it was announced here today by Joseph P. Scott, her attorney. The case involves an application by Mrs. Burns, Gloria's mother, to probate the will of her late husband who was a shoe merchant here and the contest against this by his relatives. Hearing of testimony by Burns' relatives to support . their charges that Burns .was of unsound mind and unduly influenced by Gloria Swanson and her mother into the marriage ;nd into the framing of the will which left the bulk of his estate to Mrs. Burns, J will be completed today, it was indi cated. Following presentation of motion when it was expected that the case would be continued tomorrow when Mrs. Burns and the actress -would take the stand to defend their claims and refute charges against them. WORKMEN ARE QUIET WHILE SHOPS CLOSED fBy Associated Press) SAGINAW, Mich., uly 13. About 200 striking railway shopmen gathered near the gates of the Pere Marquette shops this morning but the shops were idle and no recurrance of last night's disorder was expected. . Approximately 1.000 strikers and sympathizers participated in last night's demonstration that resulted in about a score of workers leaving the shops and in the beating of two men who attempted to . work their way through the crowd to take jobs vacated by the strikers. . " Between 800 and 900 shopmen are on strike here. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Increasing cloudiness tonight or Friday; warmer Friday. Generally fair weather will be followed by gradually increasing cloudi ness as the northeast wind3 shift tof the southeast. Temperatures will rise! Friday, although it will continue cool' tonie-ht f Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 89 Minimum 67 Today Noon 73 Weather Conditions The general rainstorm which has prevailed for the last few days now covers the eastern states. The following figures represent the 24-hour rainfall: Alpena. Mich., 1.10; Cairo. 111., 1.90; Escanaba. Mich., 1.32; Evansville, Ind., 1.30; Green , Bay. Mich., 1.S0; Davenport, Ia.,1.38; Keokuk, la., 2.32; i Kichita, Kas., 1.14; Toronto, Canada,! 4.20. - - It was still raining at the time of this record. It is getting warm over the northwest and hot weather covers the north Pacific coast. It was 96 at Walla Walla. Wash. Thnr?rtnv. it was 94 at Boise, Idaho; 98 at Fresno. j Calif., and 106' at Phoenix. "Ariz. An-1 other storm center is developing over the far west. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Friday; slightly warmer in extreme north portion tonight and north and central portions Friday. Pa id Circulation Yesterday, was 11,683

U.S. TO RENEW PACT WITH CANADA FIXING LAKE, RIVER DEFENSE

(By Associated Press) , .1.1 j , w ui; aw. itt . 7 v.uu j summation of a treaty restating in ; more modern terms and giving permanent form to the essential principles of the century-old Rush-Bagot agreement tor restriction of armament on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river was looked for today following the conference at the state department between Premier King of Canada and Scretary of State Hughes. u a. oiaicuicui isaucu laab liigixt alter the conference for which the Canadian premier came to Washington yesterday and which also was attributed to by George Graham the Canadian minister of national defense. Mr. King said the negotiations were proposed by the Canadian government al this time In view of the important strides" of world disarmament "as a consequence, of the recent Washington conference and the leadership given the movement by Secretary Hughes." Th Canadian ministers, the statement added, expressed themselves as "well pleased with the, sympathetic manner in which thir representations were received by Secretary Hughes, and understood that formal negotiations would proceed by correspondence. Pact Has Force The agreement which the proposed I new treaty would modernize, having now all the fcVe of an international convention although not drawn in treaty form, was proclaimed by President Monroe in 1818 after having been ratified by the senate. Other matters touched upon at the brief conference between the representatives of ' the two governments i were said to Include measures for the protection and conservation of fisheries of British Columbia and eastern Canadian international waters; pending settlement of matters respecting boundary waters, and the St. Lawrence waterways project. The attitude of the Canadian government wjth respect to the latter was said by Mr. King to bo one, neither of acceptance nor rejection but of postponement until what is considered a more opportune time for its consideration in view of the magnitude of the expenditures involved. K The Canadian ministers were pre-! bumeu to resident Harding yesterday aner juncning witn Secretary Hughes and last night they were dinner guests at the British embassv. MICHAEL COLLINS HEADS ARMY OF IRISH NATIONALS, IS REPORT (By Associated Press) DUBLIN, July 13 Michael Collins has been appointed commander in chief of the Irish National army it was officially announced todav. Collins. Richard Mulcahy and Get-. Owen Dully ; will comprise a war council in supreme charge of military operations mrougnoui tne country. Mulcahy also is named chief of staff of the army. Owen O'Duffy has been the officer in command of the southwestern division of the Irish, forces. It is in the region covered by this division that the principal opposition to the free state government remains. Mulcahy, who is also the minister! of defense, is ' considered the ablest i strategist in the country. Fire Underwriters Continue ' Fire Fighting Facilities Representatives of the board of fire underwriters are continuing their inspection of the local fire fighting facilities by testing the fire-plugs. Those on Main street were tested Thursday morning and showed a good stream of water. The inspectors reported that the equipment was standin gthe tests well. The different crews were timed on runs early in the week. . VAST FIRE DAMAGE (By Associated Pres SAN JOSE, Consta Rica, July 13. Damage estimated at $2,500,000 was wrought by a fire which swept through warehouses here. ,

TWO MEN ARE KILLED, SIX PERSONS INJURED IN SHOOTING AFFAIR

(Bv Associated Press) MONT ROSE, Pa., July 13. Two men were shot and killed and ix other persons, including a girl, were mjured in a shooting affair at Bear Swamp, Pa., near the New York state line, early today. The dead are Charles Wakeman, of Little Meadows, Pa., and Fred Tidonx, a foreign speaking farmer, at whose house the shooting occurred. According to the best information received here Tidoni is alleged to have operated a still on his farm, and, mistaking Wakeman for a prohibition officer, fired on him. Tidoni barricaded himself in the house and help was summoned from Monte Rose and Little Meadows, Pa., five miles away. In the shooting that followed the others were wounded and Tidoni killed. Wakeman, accompanied by three of his children had called at the Tidoni farm to see Tidoni regarding a real estate deal. OPINIONS ON LIQUOR SALES ON U, S, SHIPS ASKED BY DAUGHERTY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 13. Views of the various interests concerned in the question of the legality of the sale of intoxicating liquor on American vessels on the high seas as well as foreign vessels coming within the threemile limit were sought by Attorney General Daugherty on opening hearings on the matter today prior to rendering a formal opinion. The opinion was requested by Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair as a result of the controversy precipitated by the Anheuser-Busch brewing company in attacking the shipping board for selling liquor on American flag vessels. The shipping board itself will not be represented at the hearing, that organization taking the view, it was said in official circles today, that since Chief Counsel Schlesinger of the board already had rendered a decision upholding the legality of the liquor sales at sea, it had no further interest in the matter until the question was decided by the attorney general. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, however, would be represented during the course of the hearings, it was understood with other , interests repreisented including the anti-saloon league and the steamship companies. SAYS 50,000 MOTOR VEHICLES AVAILABLE TO CARRYU. S. MAIL (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 13. Postmaster General Work today prepared a letter to President Harding notifying the executive that a survey prepared by r' departments of the government sho J that thoroughly organized fleet of 50,000 motor vehicles . could be mobolized within 24 hours should the railway shop's strike further interfere with movement of mails. MINGO INDICTMENTS WIPED FROM DOCKET, SAYS UNION COUNCIL (By Associated Press) CHARLESTON. W. Va., July 13 Following receipt of a dispatch by the Charleston Gazette late yesterday to the effect that Indictments growins out of grand Jury investigation in Mingo county against officials and members of the United Mine Workers of America had been stricken from the docket by Judge R. D. Bailey in Mingo circuit court, C. Frank Keeney, president of district 17 of the miners' organization, received the following telegram from Thomas West, counsel for the union miners in Mingo: Indictments against you and other officials wiped from the docket today. Practically all others nolled. Antici pate a clean slate both sides of all questions growing out of the industrial question." Counts in the indictments, growing out of industrial disturbances in Mingo included charges of murder, arson, violation of the Redmans act, conspiracy and a number of others. The court's action followed a motion that the indictments be nolled by Prosecutor S. D.' Stokes, who is quoted as having told the court he was unable to make a case against the individuals Indicted. PAVING GAR LINE IS OPEN QUESTION "Whether or not the street car company will be required by law to pave the middle of South Eighth strpet is still an open question." said William H. Kelley, city attorney,' Tuesday, in answer to complaints from south end residents that the work remained unfinished. "The case is still before the Public Utilities commission at Indianapolis, and probably will not be decided for some time." The street car company objected to paving their right of way on the ground that it did not give any benefit to their patrons, and therefore should not be charged to the company, but to the land owners. One utilities commission of a nearby state ruled that such a stand is justifiable, and refused to permit such orders to be enforced against the utilities. "The question probably will have to be settled In the higher courts," said Mr. Kelley, "as the utilities commission is not the final authority on such matters."

JEWELL TELLS HARDING PAY CUTS ILLEGAL ....... Labor Official Replies to President's Proclamation New Phase of Grievances of Shopmen Opened. SIX UNIONSUGN WIRE (By Associated Press) ', President Jewell, of the shopmen, telegraphed an appeal to President Harding, stating that the president'3 Proclamation Of Julv 11 was hnsprf nn

"incomplete information." postmaster General Work informed President Harding that 50,000 motor vehicles could be mobilized within 24 hours to move the mails. Railway and union officials and rail labor board members apparently suspended peace activities temporarily. It was announced that strike orders are being sent out to the clerks on the Chesapeake and Ohio. Two alleged strikebreakers were seized by a band at Dennison, Texas, lectured and told to leave the state. The Baltimore and Ohio annulled eight passenger trains between Chicago and the ea6t Several strikebreakers and guards were Injured and four missing after a raid on the roundhouse at Orroille. Calif. WASHINGTON, July 13. Orders may be issued by the war department some time today for the movement of troops to certain localities where disorders have occurred in connection with the railroad strike. Secretary Weeks indicated at 1 o'clock as he left the White House after a conference with the president on the situation. Definite announcement the secretary said would be made at 3 p. m. today as to whether troop movement orders would be issued. CHICAGO, July 13. Railway peacj activities, which loomed large on the strike horizon yesterday, slumped perceptibly today while rail executives union leaders and labor board members awaited developments. Chairman Hooper, of the labor board, waa in private conference with railroad presidents again todav. h owfivpr. fnl. flowing the flat refusal of a commit tee rrom the carriers to talk to the strikers so long as they remained away from the shop. Mr. Hooper declined to discuss his plans but B. M. Jewell, the strike leader declared he believe the roads would soon relent and get down to business with the striker's representatives. A telegram to President Harding signed by Mr. Jewell and by the six international shopcraft unions now on strike sought to summarize the shop workers' grievances and was In reply to the White House proclamation issued Tuesdav. The tel ! strike was based on the "unjust low wages nxea Dy tne board in viola.tion of the transportation act," and against the alleged refusal of railroads to obey labor board orders in The strikers Insisted that no Interruption of commerce or interference with the mail had been caused by an unlawful act by the shopmen. The telegram laid such interference directly to the attempt of the railroads to operate with Incompetent work: men. President Jewell and his associates reiterated their desire to cooperate in any effort to bring peace, but declared that up to the present the rail executives had refused to meet representatives of the employes. Text of Telegram The text follows: "It appears from your proclamation of July 11 that Incomplete information has been furnished you concerning thj present dispute between the railroad operators and employes. .:--, .. .. "Ninety two railroads have violated transportation acts or decisions of the railroad labor hnarri in mi ; - - U These Involved not only contracting out work in shops but also wage decreases, interpretations of rules and j right of employes to elect their own j representatives. When the PennsylJvania railroad refused to comply with tne Doaras rulings. Federal Julge Page held that the board's position on wages or rules was only advisory. The railroads have refused ever since passage of the transportation act to establish national boards of adjust, ment described by the labor board as 'thf central nart rf tho mihinsn j decide disputes between the carriers ! and their employes. "The railroads have made all negotiations merely formal, thus throwing on the board an Impossible burden of arbitration. The board has abolished avertime pay for Sundays and holidays, enjoyed for thirty years even on unorganized roads. The board has established a rate of pay of $800 a year through the department of labor fixed the bare cot of living at over $1400 and a minimum comfort budget at over $2300. Says Roads Offended "When the basic wage is unjust it follows that all wages graded upward for skill and responsibility are likewise unjust. Organized employes support your declaration of May 25, 1921, that the lowest wage would not be enough for comfort and insure that the struggle for existence shall not crowd out things purely worth living for and should provide for amusement, recreation and savings. Employes have never violated any decision of the board, But the railroad have violated decisions and employees nave refused to work under wages fixed by the labor board, which violated provisions of the transportation act. "The board has attempted to unload financial burdens of railroad management upon employes through inadequate wages and will undermine tho health and prosperity of the next generation. After exhausting all other methods, the employes sought a gal a to obtain a conference and agreemen: 1 (Continued on Pae FnnrtoonV