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DAILY ARDMOREIT1
lira tita Heart of A Oil Edgioim
FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA TUESDAY JULY 20 1920.
VOL. 27.
NO. 143.
TWELVE PAGES
Second Race of American-British
Yacht Series is Being Run Today
With Sloops Running Closer Than
In Former Sailings; Captain Burton
Is Given Another Trial b y Lipton
Sandy " Hook K. J. July 20.
Shamrock IV was first to round the
pracond turning mark In today's race
for ttao America's cup. Her turning
i time -was 4:36:29 Rosolulto was
Imore than a mile astern. Shamrock
(then breezed on a 10 mile run which
scanstltutea the leg of the 30 mile
I triangular course. Resolute seeking
i to overtake her took in her big
reaching jibs and set up a smaller
Vcne when without about three quar-
iters ot a mile of the mark.
Sandy Hook July 20. Ten miles
ot the 30 mile triangular course cover-
ed the challenger Shamrock rounded
Ithe first mark ahead of the American
defender Resolute In today's Interna-
tional cup race.
(By The Associated rPess)
Bandy Hook July 20. Sir Thomas
Upton's challenger Shamrock IV
sailed over the starting line of the
American defender Resoluto In today's
race for the America's cup and breez-
ed away on the first ten mile race of
a thirty mile triangular race a reach
out to sea.
The starting signal was blown at
12:15. Shamrock crossed at 12:15:48
official time and Resolute at 12:16:20.
At 12:30 Resoluto had increased her
lead to 200 yards.
Although Resolute was second across
the line the ballooner on the Irish
sloop would not break out and was
hauled partly down. Five minutes
after the start Resolute had nearly
caught Shamrock.
When Shamrock dropped her moor-
ings at 9:45 a. m. and headed sea-
ward it was apparent that there
was not as much wind off shore as
that which came over the top of '.he
Jersey highlands.
"Maybe I'll disguise Shamrock as
a flivver and see what she can do"
aid Sir Thomas. "I asked Henry Ford
the other day when he visited me
If he could not put an Invisible motoi
in my boat."
The preliminary signal was sounded
at noon for a start at 12:15 p. m.
over a triangular course leading out
to sea back to the Jersey shore at
Point Shrewsbury Rock then back
to the Ambrose Channel lightship.
The breeze had dronneil to threa
knots giving the yachts just steerage
way.
The committee set signals for to-
day's triangular course.
First a reach south-southeast; sec-
ond a beat to west by north and
third a reach to the finish northeast
by north.
Nearly catching Shamrock 5 minutes
after the start Resolute sailed past
her to leeward at 12:22. Having
cleared the foul jib top sail the crew
of the Shamrock set their spinaker.
It did not draw well. It was evi-
dent to observers that sail handling
of the challenger had been bungled.
Ten minutes after the start. Reso-
lute was leading by 50 yards.
At 12:30 her lead was 200 yards.
She was slipping along smoothly and
fast under mainsail club topsail
and big ballooner.
Shumrock was steadily dropped be-
hind because of her head sail failed to
fill and it looked as if her skipper
was in trouble again.
At 12:33 Shamrock lowered her four
stay sail and jib and set an English
bow split spinaker or balloon fore-
stay sail. Sho still clung to her No 1
reaching jib topsail. By this time
Resolute was 300 yards ahead.
Shamrock turned the first mark at
2:28:28 saluted by the excursion fleet
which blew great b'osts on their
whistles. Resolute was 600 yards
astern.
Shamrock's elapsed time to the first
mark was 2:12:40 and Resolute's
2:16:13.
Shamrock's lead at the first mark
In that time was 3 minutes 35 sec-
onds without taking Into considera-
tion tho timo allowance of seven min-
utes and one second which she must
give Resolute on the entire course.
Resoluto turned tho first mark at
'2:32:41.
Three quarters of an hour after the"
Btart the yachts started beating when
the wind hauled her south. Resoluto
ahead half a mile hit a soft spot and
Bhamrock later forged ahead as much
as half a mile. This was cut down
half however when the yachts tucked
and the wind favored the defender.
The feature of the first leg was the
manner In which Sliamrock scooted
ahead of tho defender chiefly be-
cau8c of her baby forostay sail which
served better than Resolutc's big
balloon.
Both yachts had worked to the
Windward of the course to the first
mark and at 1:30 Shamrock bore
away from It with Resolute more
than .300 yards astern. In shore a
southwester seemed to bo working
out toward the yachts. '
Shomrorlc picked up tho first breath
of the southwester at 1:43 and in-
creased her lead to nearly half a
jnlle the first mark being at that
time about four miles to leeward.
The race however appeured from
shore a llttlo more than a good drift
m on Saturday the sloop getting the
Weather Forecast
OKLAHOMA: Tonight and Wed-
nesday part cloudy.
Local Temperature
Maximum yesterday 96 degrees.
Minimum last night 70 degrees.
lucky puffs of air showed to tho best
advantage.
Oft to tho westward a few thunder
heads wero soen and marine observers
thought tho yachts might encounter
a squall before tho raco was over.
Without a stretching broe7.e however
It seemed doubtful whether the racers
could finish within tho six hour timo
limit.
CAPTAIN BURTON'S SHOWING
ADDITIONAL INTEREST IN RACE
0 Interest In today's raco for tho
America's cup clung not only to
whether Resolute or Shamrock IV.
won but to whether Captain Wm. 1'.
Burton aboard the Lipton craft
would make a Bhowing that would
warrant Sir Thomas keeping him in
command of tho challenger.
It is understood that Captain Eur-
ton hod asked for another chance and
that this had been granted him. It
Is expected therefore that the British
Corinthian today will show tho best
ho has In him to relinquish com-
mand of an America cup sloop In the
middle of a regatta would be without
precedent.
With tho score one to nothing' in
favor of Shamrock because of with-
drawal of tho American sloop In the
first race after her mainsail had fal-
len almost to tho deck the crew
of Resolute were confident today that
they would be able to win three out
of live races and retain the cup In
this country. From the other camp
came word that Sir Thomas was sure
his Irish sweetheart had the sailing
qualities needed to capture two more
contests and lift the bottomless pewter
trophy.
As today's contest Is really a re-
sailing of Saturday's nice tho yachts
will have another triangular course
plotted to them with ten miles legs.
If the second race Is completed to-
day the next race will be over a wind-
ward and leeward courso with 13
miles to a log.
Shamrock IV. will use a largo club
to sail in today's race and ns a re-
rult sho will be required to give Reso-
lute a time allowance of seven min-
utes and one second or 21 seconds
over the previous allowance. The
new handicap was fixed following a
remeasurement yesterday of the chal-
lenger's canvass.
OPEN THEIR NATIONAL
MENTION TOMORROW
AT LINCOLN NEBRASKA
Lincoln Neb. July 20. Early ar
rivals among the delegates to the
prohibition party's national conven
tion today were discussing chiefly the
decision of Wm. J. Bryan should the
convention ofrer hom the ticket next
fall.
Mention was made of Wm. A. (Billy)
Sunday ns his running mate follow-
ing the statement from Mr. Sunday
that he would bo willing to accept
the nomination If chosen.
Mr. Bryan's recent statement In
tho Commoner that "a man must
nroept such an honor if it is offered."
said W. G. CriUU-nvood vice chairman
of the national committee "is looked
upon by us .is tantamount to a decla-
ration that he will accept. We are
preparing to go to the mat in this
campaign and we are going to nomi
nate a ticket that will draw hundreds
of thousands of votes."
The auditorium where the conven
tion will open tomorrow was receiving
its final decorative touches today.
Various prohibition banners were hung
about the hall.
Among the delegates arriving today
were Virgil M. Henshaw elialrman
of tho national committee one of those
said to be In a "receptive" mood con-
oernlng the nomination and ether
members of the Illinois delegation.
Daniel A. I'oling for many years a
leader In the party Representative
Chas. II. Randall of California and
Clinton N. Howard of Rochester N.
T. ure others discussed as possibili-
ties if tho Bryan boom fails to de-
velop. ANOTHER AMERICAN
.AVIATOR SUSSING
Warsaw July 19. Another Ameri
can aviator serving with tho Koscius
ko squadron is missing. Captain
Arthur Kelly of Richmond Va. a
pilot started on a flight over the
bclshevikl lines five days ago and
nothing has been heard of him since.
No trace has ever been received as
to the whereabouts of Captain Merior
Ccoper of Jacksonville Fla. who has
been missing since he went on a flight
July 3. Captain Cooper who was
recently mentioned ns the successor
of Major Ferrlck Fauntlcroy as com-
mander of Kosciusko squadron for-
merly was a newspaperman having
served In various capacities In Chi-
cago San Antonio and St. Taul. He
came to Poland a year ago.
WANDKRFR FACKS TRIAL
FOR Ml'KDUl OF WIFE
Chicago July 19. Carl Wundcrcr
confessed slayer of his wife and n
stranger whom he had persuaded to
enter' Into a fake holdup plot with
hlui toduy faced arraignment charged
with murder with the intention of
speeding his trial and subsequent exe
cution.
He stated that lie expected to be
hanged for the double murder and
added;
"I want to got it over with as soon
as possible"
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COMMUTE MEET
TOSELECTMANAG'R
FOR HIS UN
(By the Associated Tress)
Columbus Ohio July 20. Governor
Cox Democratic presidential nominee
announced today that Edmund II.
Monro. Ohio's national committeeman
and the governor's campaign manager
had definitely and finally refused elec-
tion ns chairman of the national com-
mittee with Its duties of managing
tho national campaign.
Choice of commanding officers for
the Democratic battle front and de-
termination of major features of the
campaign committee confronted the
Democratic national committee as It
assembled today for Its first Import-
ant business session since the San
Francisco convention.
Wishes of Governor Cox tho presi-
dential nominee were paramount
among the committee members and
It was planned to Invite him and
Franklin P. Roosevelt vice presiden-
tial' candidate to tho meeting set for
11 o'clock at a local hotel.
Choice for the chairmanship of the
committee lay apparently between
Homer S. Cummlngs of Conneotlcutt
the incumbent and Edmund H. Moore
Ohio's committeeman and pre-conven-tlon
manager for Governor Cox.
Also on the committee's calendar
was the election of officers determin-
ation of dates for af'ernoon ceremon-
ies general plans for both nominees
selection of headquarters and financing
plati3.
Columbus Ohio. July 20. Tho Demo-
cratic national committee unanimous-
ly adopted a resolution urging ratifi-
cation of the federal woman suffrage
by tho Tennessee and North Carolina
legislatures.
"AREOSITINGl
FATHER 10 HAS BEEN
Plymouth Vt. July 20.rGovcrnor
Coolldge of Massachusetts republi
can nominee for vice president. Is
on a rest. Witn airs iocimge aim
their two sons John and Calvin he
is on his father's farm in the hills af
Vermont. He finds the beat N way to
rest la to rise early and help his
father do the farm work.
Tho farm a hilly one situated at tho
top of Plymouth consists of over 200
acres partly wooded and partly cul
tivated. Long meadows of hay and
oats aro banked with fruit trees heav
ily laden with sweet Vermont apples
and Juicy plums.
Tho farm house sandwiched between
tho Plymouvh choeso factory and
the home of Governor Coolldge's aunt
Mrs. J. L. Wilder Is a cozy New
Kngland home white with swinging
green blinds.
The governor has risen at 8 o clock;
every morning since his arrival on
his 48th birthday July 4. He usually
puts on his grandfather's togs con-
sisting of an old' flannel shirt denim
trousers and old-fashioned ccw-hide
boots made at the Plymouth tannery
In 1S5S.
He recites with Interest tho history
of tho boots. They were made for his
grandfather when he was elected to
the legislature at Montpeller in 185S
and he wore them continually thro-
ughout the session. Governor Coolidge
wears them now when ho "tinkers"
around the farm.
A frock which the governor wears
When he works in the field is a rello
of his grandfather's days. It Is ol
denim and slides over tho head like
an army shirt and Is not unlike tho
frocks worn by artists. In it tha
governor portrays an entirely different
man from the one who sits In the
Boston capltol immaculately attired.
By way of adding to his hearty ap-
petite for the splendid country cooking
prepared by his father's housekeeper
the governor frequently goes Into the
meadow before the mist has cleared
and mows a good sized corner ot the
field before the breakfast bell rings.
He says it' Is much moro invigorating
than golf and fully ns remunerative
although he humorously adds that
some chaps muke more at golf than
tbey would at farming.
J C. Coolldge has a largo wood pile
In front of the house. Most of It wus
originally chopped fur stove wood
but several chunks were left for the
open fireplace. When the elderly
furmer who Is 75 years old returned
from a fishing trip recently he found
all tho larger pieces slittered to kind-
ling and learned that "Cal" had spent
a part of the forenoon lustily swing-
ing tho axe. The old gentleman said
nothing about tho wood being intend-
ed for the fireplace but smiled went
Into tho house and prepared an ap-
petizing mess of brook trout from
tho Ottaquechoe
The governor's father has been town
constable for 40 years and a member
of the legislature for nearly us long.
His aunt Mrs. J. J Wilder who Is
past 80 yours lives In tho adjoining
house. She and "Cal" sat all of one
afternoon reminiscing of the days
when tho town wus snowbound and
traffic linpassublo
Governor Coolldge first learned of
tho nomination of Governor Cox and
Franklin D. Roosevelt for the demo
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Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt wife of the Assistant Secretary of tho
Navy and Democratic nominee for vice-president with four of their five
children. At the time this photograph was taken July 8. James the oldest
son was on a fishing trip. The picture was taken on the veranda of the
Roosevelt summer home on Compobello Isle New Brunswick Canada.
EDITORIAL "
The Ardmoreite declines and refuses to be put in an atti-
tude of opposing a clean-up campaign in this city. When
the ministers started to hold their meetings they asked us
if they had our co-operation and we cheerfully responded
making that promise.
The ministers themselves will tell you that the meetings
took a turn that they did not expect when they started
them. That turn was a political one w'hich revealed that
the primary object of the campaign was not a sincere effort
to make Ardmore a better town except by changing officers.
Even if a change of officials comes that cannot be ef-
fected before next' January and if conditions in this city
are one-half as bad as have been described from the pulpit
these people ought not to content themselves with so long a
wait.
' The Ardmoreite stands
today and tomorrow and every
some law-abiding city and county.
This paper never has and never will stand for calling
all the people together men women and children and hav-
ing them to listen to inflammatory statements from the pul-
pit that good men will not make in their own homes before
their own daughters.
But we do stand ready to foster and support a meet-
ing of adults of men and women who love Ardmore and
its institutions and its people and to invite to this meeting all
the officials of the county and of the city to fix responsi-
bility and to determine whose right it is and whose duty
it is to take the lead in creating more wholesome living
conditions for our people.
Spasmodic meetings born of excitement and depending
upon inflammatory statements that cannot be corroborated
never accomplished a public good in this city nor in any other
city. They are designed to play to public sentiment for ad-
vantage and result invariably in causing the very elements
that are in position to lead in a moral awakening to have
differences among themselves.
In the selection of county officers this paper has never
taken sides. The men and women whose names are on the
ticket are just as well known to all the voters as they are to
us and we do not assume the
the people how to vote. They
tion on our part and they would be right in doing so. Our
sincere belief is that the people know who is best equipped
to serve them and will unhampered and unprejudiced cast
their ballots as best suits them which is nothing more nor less
than their constitutional right.
We believe the men and women of the churches have a
right to take just as much part in politics as anybody else
and we will go further and state that it is their duty to do
so. But we state here that such meetings ought to be
called for their real purpose and they ought to come squarely
before the people with their complaints and with their sug-
gestions for a remedy.
Good is a natural element abiding in every man. Inspire
those good sentiments and you have reformed a life. Every
man who has attained any degree of righteous living has done
so by a continuous reform of self and just so in the life of
a city there must be a continuous work of reform in process.
FRENCH PREMIER SAYS
WILL BACK
ALLIES IN
DEFENDING POLISH FRONT
Tai'ls July 20. Referring to Tre-
mler I.loyd fleorge's ultimatum to
soviet Russia that If the armlstlcA
proposals were not accepted Croat
Britain nnd her allies would defend
Poland and all their forces In every-
way Premier Millornnd told tho cham-
ber of deputies today:
'Tranee will keep her word as I
am guru drout Britain will be faithful
to hers.
Umdon July 20. The British gov-
ernment's reply to tho note of For.
elpn Minister Tchltcherln of soviet
Rusfin regarding an 'armistice with
unflinchingly and unfalteringly
other day for a clean whole
wisdom to ourselves of telling
would resent such an assump
Poland will be dispatched tonight. It
Intimates that If tho Russians ad-
vance farther into Poland all nego-
tiations for trade between (Irent Urit-
nin and Russia will bo broken otf.
'
TOM JUNKS CANDID.VFK KOR
roi'VTT COMMISSIONER
Tom Jones cnndidtito for county
commissioner from tho second com-
missioners district la making an' act-
ive campaign throughout tho district
nnd Is meeting with considerable en-
couragement from his friends lie Is
a young man who is well known
throughout tho country and especially
In tho distrli't ho seeks to represent.
Ho lias been successful In tho conduct
of hla own affairs and feels that If
elected commissioner will be uMu to
render tho people a genuine service.
Mr. Jones has already exposed his
attitude with reference to the admin-
istration of county affairs If elected
and ho stated today that he would
mako good that promise If chosen by
the people at tho coming ' primary
election.
Railroad Wage Board Appointed by
President Grants Wage Increase to
Rail Workers Amount to Six Hundred
Million Dollars; Union Officials Will
Probably Submit For a Referendum
(By Hie Associated Press)
Chicago July 20. Six hundred mil-
lion dollars was added to tho pay en-
velopes of the nation's 2.000000 rail-
road workers today in the first award
handed down by tho United Slates
railway labor board. Rejecting the
demands of organized rail unions for
Increases totaling approximately one
billion dollars tho board decided ap-
proximately CO per cent ot that sum
would be a Just Increase to meet pres-
ent living conditions.
The award adds approximately 21
per cent to tho present pay schedules.
Railroad officials have declared that
any pay increase awarded the men
rn'ist be follow! by a corresponding
increase in rates and they plan It is
Said'to file new tariffs witli tho In-
tcrstite Commerce Commission as soon
as they can ho prepared.
Whether the award as given will
st.-ivo off th" threat of a general
railroad strike remains to bo seen.
Leaders of 1G Rn.uls Present
The leaders of practically every
cms of the IB big railroad unions wire
present this morning Judge K. M.
Hnrtnn chairman of the board hand-
ed down the decision. They left lm-nn-dintely
to present the award to 1-
000 general chairmen who had gath-
ered here to pass nn its acceptability.
The union presidents refused to make-
any comment by the nicotinic. Tho
trms of tho decision had been known
to them yesterday and they Li lieved
then either men would stay in line
at least until a referendum vote can
lie taken. Nearly a month would be
needed for the referendum.
Ketrnartiw to May 1
The board's decision is retroactive
to May 1. As the minimum Increase
granted any class was 18 rents an
hour or $20.72 per month the biggest
pay check duo when the hack pay
:r-ttlement is made August 1 will bo
for $1 10. 1 0. Engineers firemen nnd
helpers in the yard service will re-
ceive this amount. The board pro-
vides that tho back pay checks shall
bo made out separately so that each
man will know the amount he re-
ceives from that source.
Seven factors were taken into con-
sideration in arriving at the award at
the preamble of the board's announce-
ment pays. They were:
Thn scale paid for similar kinds
of work in other industries.
The relation between wages and the
cost of living.
Tl ha;:nrls of the employment.
Training and skill required.
Degree of responsilrilitv.
Character and regularity of the em-
ployment and
Inequalities in increase and treat-
ment resulting from previous wage
orders.
Asks Consideration From All
"These persons who consider the
rates determined on herein too high
should reflect tho abnormal condi-
tions resulting from the high cost
of living and tho high rates now be-
ing paid in other industry" the board
says.
"Tht employes who may believe
these rates too low should consider
the increased burden these rates will
place on their fellow countrymen
many of whom are less favorably situ-
ated than ourselves.
The board has endeavored to fix
such wages as will provide a decent
living and secure for the children
of the W'ge earners opportunity for
iducaiion nd yet to remember that
no cla?s of Americans should receive
preferred treatment and the great
mass of the people must ultimately
pay a great part of the increased
cost of cperatlon entailed by the In-
crease In th wage determined herein.
Decision Not Viuniimous
The decision Chairman Barton ex-
plained was not a unanimous one
somo rm-mbers dissenting on nearly
( very section. The awards given were
by a majority vote on a section with
at least one member of the public
roup voting for each award. De
mands of the railroad men who struck
lust April and formed new unions are
Ignored by the award. No reference
Is made to the strikers of their de-
m.nnls. The hoard had resumed to
hear representatives of the new unions
holding with tho old brotherhoods
that men were already represented by
the officials of the recognized unions.
Tho strikers demanded that the board
order return of their full seniority
rights which the railroads had de-
clared forfeited. This demand also
is ignored. In addition to the li)
brotherhoods the railroad supervisors
of mechanics and the American Train
Hspntehers' Association ' are made a
party to the decision ore than 400
railroads aro specifically named as
parties.
The division provides thai In case
i f a dispute :is to tho Interpretation
of the decision the question shall be
referred to the board for decision. The
law does not require however that
either side must accept tho award.
The decision provides that tho daily
Increase shall be computed as eight
times the hourly wage and the month-
ly Increase as 21 times the hourly
schedule.
The railroads Mr. Whiter announc-
ed after a conference with tho west-
ern managership association will ac-
cept the bonnl's award and apply Its
terms immediately.
"The award speaks fir Itself" Mr.
Whiter said. "It seems of course
that the roads must nsk for Increased
rates. To meet the board's estimated
$00.000n00 Increase will require an
Increase of about J 8 per cent 'In
freight rates." Presidents and offi-
cers of tho fivo big brotherhoods
went Into session Immediately after
the decision was handed down and
Indicated they would have nothing to
say before Into today. W. G. Lee
rievelund president of thP Brother-
hood of Railway Trainmen Said oil
of the 18 organizations made a party
to the award would hold separate los-
sions this afternoon followed by a
general conference tonight.
The union men as a whole do not
seem satisfied with tho increaso au-
thorUed. but there was n0 talk prior
to the executive session of a general
strike. The belief grew that tho lead-
ers would submit the question to a
referendum vote of their men.
Passenger Service Increase
The increases follow:
Itis&engor service: Engineers nnd
motcrmen firemen helpers 80 cents
per day.
F reirht service: Engineers firemen
helpers J 1.04 per day.
Yard service: Engineers firemen
helpers 18 cents per hour.
Passenger service: Conductors ticket
collectors baggagemen flagmen and
braknmen JKO per month. Suburban
service passenger employes $30 per
month.
Freight Service Increase
Freight service: Conductors flag-
men and brakemen $1.04 per day.
Superceding rates established by the
railroad administration fixed the fol-
lowing schedules:
Yard service foremen $6.90 per
daV: helpers UAH; switch tenders
$.j.04.
I 'ostler service: OutBide hostlers
$'".24 per day Inside hostlers $5. CO
per day; helpers $5.04.
Shop Employes
Tho following increases were au-
thorized for shop employes:
Hujfrvlsory forces: Machinists boll-
t makers blacksmiths sheet metal
workers electrical workers power
men moulders cupola tenders anil
core-makers. including those with less
than four years' experience all crafts
13 cents an hour. Regular and helper
apprentices and helpers all classes 13
cents an hour. Car cleaners five
cents an hour.
Telegraph Operators
Telegraphers telephone operators
agents tower men lever men tower
and train directors block operators
and staff men 10 cents an hour.
Agents nt small non-telegraph sta-
tions five cuts an hour.
Reprerjpnta lives of all tho railroad
men's organizations were in session
here today to discuss the question of
railroad labor board. i
Decision Covers 20 Pages
The board's decision us printed cov-
ers 20 pages totaling about 6000
words. Nine pages are devoted to a
rtview ot the case reasons for the
bonrd's decision and an estimate of
tne total yearly Increase In pay re-
sulting from the decision. i
The other eleven pages give the in.
creases for more than 10o classes of
employes nffeotscl by the decision. The
Increases ore presented In tabular
form on the basis. In the main of
hcurly increase; no attempt is made
to figure the preceding Increase or
show the present rate of pay.
Way and I'nskllled Forces
The following increases were granted
maintenance of way and unskilled
forces:
Construction forces their assistants
section track and maintenance foremen
and assistants in these departments
15 cents an hour.
Laborers employed in shops and
round houses1 10 cents an holir.
Mechanics' helpers In bridge and
building departments track laborers
common laborers bridge tenders hoist
ing firemen pumper engineers cross-
Ing watchmen or flagmen and lamp
lighters and tenders S 1-2 cents an
hour.
Train dispatchers are given an In-
crease of 13 cents an hour and yard-
masters and assistant yardmasters
15 cents on hour.
Clerical anil Station Forces
The following Increases are added to
the established rates for clerical anj
station forces:
Store keepers chief clerks foremen
and other clerical supervisory forces
clerks with one or more years rail-
road experience train and engine
crew callers assistant station masters
train announcers gatemen and bag-
gage and rarcel room employes 13
cents an hour.
Janitors elevator and telephone ope-
rators watchmen employes operating
office appliances and similar work
12 cents an hour.
Common laborers in and around sta-
tions store houses and warehouses
not otherwise provided for 8 1-2 cents
an hour.
Clerks of less than one year's expor
lence 6 1-2 cents an hour.
Office boys messengers and other
employes under 18 yearg of ags
5 cents an hour.
Stationery engineers and boiler room
employes were advanced 13 cents an
hour for engineers firemen and oiler
while water tenders and coal passer
received a 10-cent Increase.
In the signal department foremen
Inspectors maintainera signal men
and their assistants 13 cents au
hour helpers 10 cents an hour.
The decision provides that employes
In tho department names who are
properly before the board and not
otherwise provided for shall receive
on increase equal to that established
for the nearest respective classes.
"Tho Intent of this article" the de-
cision says "is to extend this decision
to a miscellaneous class of supervisor
and employes practically lmposlbls
of speceflc classification and at tb
same time Insure to them the same
consideration and rate Increases i
provided for analogous service."
Car Moats Tug Boats
The following new rates ait estab-
lished for employes operating railroad
car floats lighters fire and tug bouts
In the service.
New York harbor ferry boats: Mas-
ter and pilots $220 per month first
officer $150.
Tug boats and steam lighters: Mu-
tvr and p!L.s $20; pilot In South
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Easley, John F. Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 27, No. 143, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 20, 1920, newspaper, July 20, 1920; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc158572/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.