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Show t kkmm Wilf "'..ska 1 " iiiiwiniwn-M ii . ii i , a, win... 1 Official photograph of King Alexander of Jugo-Sluvia und his bi'ide, lTlncess "Marie of Uumunia. .2 I'icture taken from a coast guard cutter 1,000 miles off the North American coast, illustrating work of those vessels ves-sels In charting and broadcasting the positions of Icebergs, 3 California's first locomotive and Its engineer, J. B. Lonergan, at the Days of 0 celebration In Sacruniento. NEWS REVIEW OF GURRENTEVENTS Railway Shopmen Taking Strike Vote Because Their Pay Is Cut $60,000,000. WALKOUT MAY BE AVOIDED Supreme Court Deals Organized Labor Sever Blow France's Refusal to Reduce Reparation Blocks German Loan Plans Radical Republicans Republic-ans Win Victory In Iowa Primary Election. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ABOUT $00,000,000 having been lopped oft their yearly pay by the federal railway labor board, the railroad shopmen are taking a vote returnable re-turnable on June 30, on the question of accepting the reduction or going on strike. The mulnienance of way men. whose annual wages were cut some I f.r0.0(i0,0u0. also are taking a strike tote. Thus, apparently, the country faces a strike, probably effective In the middle of July, that might come near to tying ty-ing up its mil transportation. But there Is hope that It will not eventuate. eventu-ate. An affirmative strike vote Hnd an actual strike are different things, and the vote Is but seldom used only as a weapon in the hands of union officials offi-cials In negotiating. Itallrond executives execu-tives profess to believe thut the men will not even vote to strike. A committee com-mittee of six rail presidents Issued the following statement: j "There Is no talk of strike among the men," the statement says. "The I disturbing statements are prepared hy j leaders of the unions, whose viewpoint has been distorted by months of efforts before the hoard to resist the Inevitable Inev-itable downward trend of wages. The j employees are In the mnln sincerely In terested In taking care of their Jobs J and their home. Hnd few employees In any Industry have more good reasons for doing so. prime court, rend by Chief Justice Tmt. In effect sets aside the damages, l.nJ.ng the acts which caused the de-uMiilou de-uMiilou of property were not Incited ( -r i lie purpose of restraining Interstate Inter-state commerce. But the court also licid that lubor organizations, even though not Incorporated, are not only uobie, but are untenable to the Sher-utuu Sher-utuu antitrust luw, and under It may be prosecuted for restraint of interstate inter-state commerce. Samuel Gompers, as might be expected, ex-pected, denounced this decision bitterly, bitter-ly, saying that It set a precedent under which capital "can Impose any condition condi-tion on the working people of the country, coun-try, and they would not dare resist." He declared he believed congress and the people of the United States would repudiate the ruling, and continued: "The court has, for the first time In the history of federal legislation, laid down the principle that a voluntary corporation Is liable for damages by any act of one or a group of Its members, mem-bers, no matter how far unrelated they may be In distance or supervision." supervi-sion." Unless It Is nullified hy congressional congression-al legislation, this decision of the highest court in the land will powerfully power-fully and widely affect the future relations rela-tions of union organizations with employers em-ployers and with the general public. BniTISII, Itullun and Belgian members mem-bers of the reparations commission commis-sion voted to enlarge the International committee of bankers that was trying to adjust Germany's financial affairs and to permit it to make its own Inquiry In-quiry Into Germany's capacity to pay, Ignoring the London schedule. America's Amer-ica's unofficial delegate, Roland W. Hoyden, though he could not vote, stated that he considered the reparations repara-tions demanded $33,(KK),(XX),(K)0 to be too high. France's representative, however, Voted In the negative. This created a tense situation, for although a unanimous vote Is necessary for the reparations commission to reduce' the sum demanded from Germany, until 1020 only a majority vote Is needed to give Germuny a purtlal or full moratorium. mora-torium. The bankers, recognizing that unanimity una-nimity does not exist uiuong the nations that would be expected to participate In the Immense loans they were planning plan-ning for Germany, decided to give up all Idea of an International loan, and so rermrti'd to tlm retmi-utlnnn commix. recede one step from Its May 11 memo randum, which disrupted the Genoa confub. It will make no more concessions, conces-sions, he asserts, and rejects America's Amer-ica's demands for additional guarantees guaran-tees as the price of recognition. 114 said America would recognize the futility fu-tility of her policy, and then launched into an attack on Charles R. Crane and others whom he accused of assisting the counter-revolutionary movements. Persistent reports come" from places near Russia to the effect that Premier Lenin is a desperately sick man. Ills physicians have Issued a bulletin stating stat-ing that he suffered an acute attack of gastritis, which affected his nerve and heart, but that he Is now well on the roud to recovery. TpHE cabinet In Japan has resigned, owing to opposition In the parliament. parlia-ment. But the privy council has decided de-cided that this does not affect, the treaties and agreements signed at the Washington conference, these being International In-ternational In character and outside the sphere affected by a cabinet change. ALEXANDER, king of Jugoslavia, and Princess Marie of Rumania were married Thursday In Belgrade In the presence of representatives of nearly every nation In the world. The affair was marked by all the splendor and display of medieval times and the ceremony In the ancient Byzantine cathedral ca-thedral was followed by a great procession pro-cession of quaintly clad deputations from the provinces, with wonderful floats and pageants. Ordinarily the marriage of royal ,personoges excites only passing Interest in these days, but this one is of more importance In that by It are linked the dynasties of three Balkan countries. It serves to strengthen the little entente, and possibly pos-sibly to lessen the danger of future wars In that long turbulent part of the old world. PROGRESSIVES In the Republican party scored another victory last week In the nomination of Col. Smith W. Brookhart for United States senator sena-tor from Iowa. Really this was a triumph tri-umph for the radicals, for Brookhart Is rated as more than a progressive. He is a former soldier and a lawyer, residing In Washington, la. It was necessary for him to obtain 35 per cent of the primary vote to obtain the t.. I ,1 1 a - ' "The records show that the proposed scale of wages for the classes of employees em-ployees Involved In the two wage reduction re-duction orders already Issued practically practi-cally wotdd restore the scale In effect ef-fect nt the end of federal control In 1920, which carried an Increase for these employees of 119 per cent over the wages paid In 191(1. The cost of living, as shown by the Department of Labor for March, 1922, was 42 per cent above 19I0.- On the other hand. II. M. Jewell, head of the railroad employees' department depart-ment of the American Federation of Labor, says: "The new wages do not permit a minimum living wage, and they are wholly at variance with the savins wage championed by President nrdlng and Secretary of Labor Davis." Mr. Jewell and other union chiefs who were In conference In Cincinnati Cin-cinnati predicted that unions with a membership of 1 .2(10.01 HI would vote to strike. .lust ns In the last previous wage decision de-cision by the board, the three labor members dissented, and this time they were especially vigorous tn their dls-sentlnn dls-sentlnn opinion. While the rulings of the railway labor la-bor tioard are professedly being made guile without regard to the rulings of the Interstate commerce committee In the matter of rates, the two cannot lie disconnected In the nubile mind, ano the railway exe-utlv- also couple them, naturully. UNION labor received what It considers con-siders another body blow last week In the decision of the United States Supreme court In the Colorado coal mine case. The United Mine Workers of America and certain Individuals In-dividuals bad appealed from a decision deci-sion by the United States IMstrlct court of Arkansas, Approved by the Circuit Court of Apiwiits. holding them guilty of violating the Sherman ant! tniit act during a strike In It'll, and Imposing damages of Sl.'oo.iXXl, which was trebled under the antitrust law. The ojfloioo oi the Un'ted States Su slon. Premier Polncare nnd President MII-lerand MII-lerand who, It may be said, are backed up completely by their government govern-ment asked a special meeting of the commission, nnd to It the statement was made that France denied the right of other allies to reduce the French claim on Germany since the amount of reparations has been fixed and apportioned; ap-portioned; and that the French government gov-ernment would hot consider reduction of the rupiiiu.'h'nd ur.lcrs the war debts were reduced proportionately. The latter proposition, of course, would put the mutter up to the United Stares, which up to the present has shown no disposition to scale down the vast amounts owed her by other nations. na-tions. Meanwhile there hangs over Europe the menace of Independent action ac-tion by France against Germany. EXASPERATED by the continual und Increasing warfare In Ireland between the Sinn Felners and the Ulster Ul-ster folk, the British government has undertaken to resume control of the situation. Large reinforcements were sent to the troops already In the Island and vigorous nttacks were made on the republicans who Infested the border bor-der and regions adjacent. The British used airplanes nnd small war vessels with telling effect. The Free State leaders and the British government are discussing chances In the Irish constitution con-stitution which the latter demands, and both sides are awaiting the Dall elections, which come on June 10. It has been surmised that the De Vnlera faction might win more sats because of the bluer feeling aroused by the fighting, nnd Indeed It was Intimated 'that tlw flirliting was Instigated for that purpose. SOVIET Russia, having failed to frighten the rest of the world Into Chine It Ijirge credits, has resumed Its old uncompromising attitude. 1'or-eif.i 1'or-eif.i Minister Tchlteherin. who says ht Is not polng to the conference at The lla,u, declares Russia will ot is'iiiiii(iiiuH luui'i'ruutfiu ui me Biaie convention. He got 41 per cent. Chairman Chair-man McOormlck of the Republican senatorial campaign committee says the committee "will Join the national committee and the Republican state committee In Iowa to assure the election elec-tion of Colonel Brookhart. Colonel Brookhart bears the reputation of a citizen of high purpose and high courage cour-age and had a fine record of service during the wur." AT LAST the senate Ins befirs It the soldiers' bonus bill, as drafted by the finance committee. Chairman McCumber's accompanying report placed the probable cost to the federal government at $.t,845.0.rn,481, spread over a period of 43 years from next January 1. The estlmute Is bused on the theory that 75 per cent of the 4,458,199 veterans who would be eligible eli-gible for compensation would elect the adjusted service certificate option; 2214 l'r cent farm, home and land settlement aid. nnd 2V4 per cent vocational voca-tional training aid. With reference to financing the legislation, leg-islation, Senator McCumber's report said It was hoped that the reduction In governmental expenditures plus the payment of Interest on the refunded foreign obligations would be sufficient to obviate the Imposition ' additional taxation. LILLIAN RUSSELL Mrs. Alexander Alex-ander P. Moore of Pittsburgh Is dead. For years she was the typical American stage beauty, but she was more than that. She was a first rate light operu singer, the helpful and be loved friend of many In und out of her profession, a good newspaper writer and a devoted and hard working patriot In time of war. In recognition of her services to the country during the war she was burled with military honors, anil a detachment of marine! stood watch over her casket, since six held the rating of gunnery sergeant If the United States navy. One of tbl the most gracious figures In America life thus luis ptied away, |