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®be Klji Bowwl VOL. XXII. NO. 106 RAIL WORKERS BEGIN BALLOT ON WAGE AWARD HADDING PROMISES IMMEDIATE PEACE if ram Declares His First Task Will Be the Restoration of Con stitutional Popular Govern ment MARION, Ohio, July 22.—Imme diate declaration of peace and a new effort to form an association of all nations, based on justice rather than force, was promised by Warren G. Harding in formally accepting the Republican presidential nomination here today. Scoring the League of Nations covenant as the “supreme blunder," he lauded the senators who opposed its unqualified ratification as “senti nels on the towers of constitutional government.” The nominee said he welcomed a referendum. Senator Harding opened his ad dress with a broadside at "personal, dictatorial and autocratic govern ment." He said "no man is big enough to run this great republic.” “Our first committal,” he contin ued, “is the restoration of represen tative popular government under the constitution through the agency of the Republican party.” The speech delivered at Garfield park here dealt with a multitude of questions. Preserved nationality with America retaining her independence, although not holding aloof from the rest of the world, should be the guid ing policy, Senator Harding de clared. The candidate stressed the neces sity of a return to party government and pledged himself to co-operate cordially with congress and to select a cabinet of “highest capacity,’” in which the vice president should sit. "As to prbhibition, there is divided opinion and the recourse to repeal or modification is open, but we can not nullify because of divided opin ion,” he said, “and the law must be enforced.” “We must have a plain and neigh borly understanding with Mexico re garding American rights, but our re lations should be friendly and sym pathetic,” he said. Touching on unrest, he said the remedy does not lie in repression and rights of assembly must be pre served. High wages should continue, but with them full value for the wage received, he said. Collective bargain ing was indorsed. Senator Harding then pledged a sincere effort to stamp out profiteer ing. Reaffirming his opposition to gov ernmentship of railroads, he de clared the present transportation dif ficulties are due partly to “the with ering hand of government operation,” and urged that the government do its part in repairing the damage. He indorsed the budget plan, a merchant marine, ample naval preparedness and a small arnfy, abundant aid for ex-service men and woman suffrage. As to formal peace, Senator Hard ing said: “I promise you formal and Effec tive peace so quickly as a Republican congress can pass its declaration for a Republican executive to sign.” Text of Speech Chairman Lodge, members of tho notification committee, members o» the national committee, ladies and gentlemen: The message which you have formally conveyed brings to me a realization of responsibility which is not underestimated. It is a su preme taslf to interpret the covenant of a great political party the activ ities of which are so woven into the history of this republic, and a very sacred and solemn undertaking to utter the faith and aspirations of the many millions who adhere to that party. The party platform has charted the way, yet, somehow, we have come to expect that interpreta tion which voices the faith of nomi nees who must assume specific tasks. Let me be understood clearly from the very beginning. I believe in party sponsorship in government. I believe in party government as dis tinguished from personal govern ment, Individual, dictatorial, auto cratic or what not. In a citizenship of more than a hundred millions it is impossible to reach agreement upon all questions. Parties are formed by those who reach a con sensus of opinion. It was the intent of the founding fathers to give to this republic a dependable and en during popular government, repre sentative in form, and it was de signed to make political parties not only the preserving sponsors but also the effective agencies through which hopes and aspirations and convic tions and conscience may be trans lated into public performance. Popular government has been an Inspiration of liberty since the dawn of civilization. Republics have risA and fallen, and a transition from party to personal government has preceded every failure since the world began. Under the constitution we have the charted way to security and perpetuity. We know it gave to us the safe path to a developing eminent? which no people in the .world ever rivaled. It has guaran teed the rule of intelligent, de liberate public opinion ' expressed through parties. Under this plan a masterful leadership becomingly may manifest its influence, but a people's will still remains the su preme authority. The American achievement under the plan of the fathers is nowhere disputed. On the contrary the Ameri can example has been the model of every republic which glorifies the progress of liberty, and is every where the leaven of representative democracy which has expanded hu man freedom. It has been wrought through party government. Representative Government No man is big enough to run this great republic. There never has been (Continued on Fage 2, Column 1) ■ING BOWS TO HIRAM JOHNSON ON leagdeo*tions Acceptance Speech of Re publican Nominee Comes as Surprise—ls Featured by Tone of Dignity BY DAVID LAWBENCE (Copyright, 1020, for The Atlanta Journal.) MARION, Ohio, July 22.—Senator Warren G. Harding has surrendered to Senator Hiram Johnson, and is in favor of scrapping the treaty of peace which contains the present League of Nations. Mr. Harding pro poses. If elected, to make a sepa rate peace by congressional resolu tion, and to ask the nations of the world to create a different League of Nations from that proposed by Mr. Wilson. Senator Johnson had threatened to bolt the Republllan nominee if he did not accept the interpretation of the Republican platform which the ‘Cali fornia senator had enunciated. Un less Hiram Johnson reveals himself merely as a poor loser, there is noth ing in the Harding speech of accept ance as it relates to the league Issue to which he can. take objection. Unquestionbly Senator Harding doesn’t believe the league, which is now in existence in Europe, has much of a hold on the American voter and takes his place, therefore, alongside Hiram Johnson, who has managed, in the east, at any rate, to rouse a con siderable following for his views. Speech a Surprise But the speech of Mr. Harding comes as a surprise to those who had expected that the presence t>f Elihu Root in Europe and the record of the Ohio senator in voting for the treaty of Versailles with reservations would commit him to an endeavor at least to fashion something out of the present international structure. But Mr. Harding rejects it absolute ly and calls for “a new association” of nations. Irrespective of how many reserva tions, interpretative or otherwise, may be proposed by Governor Cox, the Democratic platform commits him to the present League of Na tions and the ratification of the treaty of Versailles. To the extent that President Wil son sought a clear-cut issue on the league, his wish has been gratified, for Senator Harding throws over board the treaty of Versailles and calls for a new peace agreement with the nations of Europe. Naturally the Democrats will say this means a new peace conference and more inter national negotiations and confusion and delay. Appeals to Farmer Vote But the whole tenor of the Harding speech of acceptance indicates that he believes the Johnsonian view of the league is more popular than any other. He unhesitatingly subscribes to it. As for the remainder of the speech, the Ohio senator has written I an eloquent oration, with solemn warning to the ever-increasing de mand of labor for more wages, which, he says, cannot be heeded unless ac companied by efficient services in re turn. The Ohio senator goes into detail skillfully on the subject of farmers’ co-operative organizations, thereby appealing to the agriculture vote. He goes back to the old Panama canal toll fight of 191$ and practically re verses the position taken by Sena tors Lodge and Root at the time, who claimed that for American ships to be immune from the payment of tolls was a discrimination against British ships and a violation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty between the United States and Great Britain. However, the Irish voters opposed the repeal of the Panama Canal tolls act and the presumption is that they still feel indignant about it. Throughout the Harding speech there is a tone of dignity and conserv tism. Not a word of denunciation of President Wilson by name occurs in the speech. There are only im plicit references to one-man govern ment and autocratic rule. Town Crowded The Ohio senator gave in his ad dress an imprssion of earnestness and conscientious desire to do the best he could if elected to the presi dency. His phrase, “no man is big enough to run this great republic,” has its curious counterpart in Wood row Wilson’s speech of acceptance *in 1912, when, in referring to the Roose velt desire for a third term, the then Democratic nominee said, "There is. no indispensable man." Aside from a belief in the protec tive tariff, efficiency in government bureaus, a general proposal z about more equitable taxes, a less belligerent statement full of hope and toptimism about our relations with Mexico, which carries in it no threat of vio lence, the speech of acceptance in troduces a new suggestion that is bound to make a popular appeal when the stump speakers get hold of it— namely, requiring the government to make its Liberty and Victory bonds worth all that its citizens paid in purchasing them. Os course, bonds ultimately will be redeemed at par, but the Republican nominee hints at a nbw fiscal policy that he hopes will raise the price of bonds. Thousands upon thousands of vis itors crowded this little town to hear Senator Harding speak. The whole thing seemed more like an old-fash ioned political rally in a state or county than a national affair. It was a gathering principally of plain folks in which the visiting politicians from the urban centers seemed a conspicu ous minority. Senator Harding is in the old McKinley atmosphere and to day’s ceremony breathed the spirit of the old days of Republicanism in Ohio. BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment w’hich gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, including tape worms or other worms, is being supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box C-64, Milwaukee, Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from stomach trouble or any kind of worms, send him your name and address .today, as this notice may not appear again.—(Advt.) 1 TRUCE WITH RUSSIA IS ASKED ST POLES IS FOBJESS FALLS Bolshevik Troops Already Have Invaded Poland and Are Also Close to the Ger man Border WARSAW, July 22.—(8y the As sociated Press.—Poland has sent armistice proposals direct to the so viet government at Moscow. After these proposals had been dispatched by wireless at two o’clock this afternoon by the National Coun cil of Defense, a new coalition cabi net was formed under the premier ship of M. Witos. The new cabinet has the support of the Socialist party. M. Datzen ski, the head of the Socialists’ or ganization, is the vice premier. Aside from these two changes the cabinet remains the same. The Polish line today still ran to the east of Grondo, it is announced in the official communique. The Pol ish front was holding immediately south of the Pripet and in Polesla, but further down south a breach in the line, effected by Bolshevikl cav alry, is reported. The direct negotiations begun with the society are on the question of an immediate armistice along the entire front of about 720 miles. The pro posals were wirelessed after failure to reach any definite conclusion In dealings with M. Tchitcherln, the Bolshevik foreign minister, through Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain. jJThe Polish message was short and to the point. There was some delay in dispatching it, owing chiefly to hitches in the organization of a coalition cabinet, with the peasant party leader, Wintos, as premier. It was decided that further delays would be serious, owing to the sit uation beyond Bialystok, and a de cision was reached to send a wireless note to Moscow at once. A reply Is expected by Friday night. PARIS HAS HOPE OF ARMISTICE SUCCESS PARIS, July 23.—Marshal Foch will not go to Warsaw' unless the report of the French and British missions now en route indicate the necessity of his presence and de velopments show that military aid by the allies is required to prevent the Bolshevik! from overrunning Poland, it was learned today. * Some hope is entertained in offi cial circles that direct armistice ne gotiations between Poland and soviet Russia may make allied Interven tion unnecessary. Wilson Asks Mediator To Take Action in Illinois Coal Strike WASHINGTON, July 23.—Presi dent Wilson asked Hugh L. Kerwin, chief of bureau of conciliation of the labor department, to offer me diation in the Illinois coal fields. The president’s action followed a conference with Secretary Tumulty and representatives of coal operators at the White House. Kerwin Bald he would appoint a mediation commission to proceed Im mediately to Springfield, 111., where hearings in the wage controversy will be held. 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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. He™ if 500 enclosed , for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, from now until January 1, 1921. Name R. f. D P’ O State ..................... ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1920. BRYAN DECLINES TO RUN FOB PRODIS; OHIO MAUL NAMED Commoner He Cannot Leave Democratic Party ( but Declines to Say How He Will Vote LINCOLN, Neb., July 23.—Prohi bition party leaders today began lay ing plans for an aggressive campaign for the election of Aaron S. Watkins, Germantown, 0., as president. Mr. Watkins, keynote speaker of the national prohibition convention here, was selected as the presiden tial candidate last night on the sec ond ballot. His nomination followed word from William J. Bryan that he could not sever "connections with the Democratic party.” The choice made the third Ohioan nominated as a presidential candidate. D. Leigh Colvin, of New York City, was selected as the vice presi dential candidate. His nomination was uaninmous. *' Robert H. Patton, Springfield, 111., attorney, and Daniel O. Poling, inter national president of the Christian Endeavor society, also were placed in nomination for the presidency. Mr. Bryan, in declining the unani mous nomination as standard-bearer, declared he did not know how he would vote in the coming elections but said "other reforms which make it impossible for me to focus my at tention upon the prohibition Question alone” demanded that he not affiliate with the party. The text of Mr. Bryan’s telegram declining the nomination follows: "Please deliver the following mes sage to the chairwoman of the Pro hibition national convention, now in session at Lincoln: Having been away from the railroads and telegraph fa cilities for the past twenty-four hours I have not Received your tele gram notifying me of the nomina tion tendered me by the Prohibition party convention. But reading a copy of it in the Bozeman Chronicle, I hasten to reply. I profoundly ap preciate the honor done me in ten dering this nomination and I fully share in the convention’s interest in prohibition as the permanent policy of our country and in the strict en forcement of the Volstead act with out any weakening of its provisions, , I also share the convention’s disap- I pointment at the failure of the Dem-| ocratic and Repirtlican parties to pledge their candidates to such a policy, but I cannot in justice to the Prohibition party nor to myself ac cept the nomination. “My connection with other reforms would make it impossible for me to focus my attention upon the prohibi tion question alone and besides, I am not willing to sever my connec tion with the Democratic party, which has so signally honored me in years past. “I have not decided yet how I shall vote this fall, but whatever I may feel it my duty to do in this campaign, I expect to continue as a member of the Democratic party and to serve my country through it.” The telegram was addressed to Mr. Bryan’s brother, Charles Bryan, at Lincoln. Music for Prisoner OSSING.—Mrs. Hattie Dixon, who is in the death house at Sing Sing awaiting execution for the murder of Margaret Morton, is to be enter tained with a phonograph during her solitary confinement. The machine has been provided for the woman by the Mutual Welfare. ME AND LINCOLN Hr |J I I S'l / i / (/ JI 11 \\ \ \ 1 / ft TROHT "PoR (J T" • DRYSNOTTOBACK OR OPPOSE EITHER COX OR HARDING (The Atlanta Journal News Bureau* 623 Riggs Building.) BY THEODOBE TILLEB | WASHINGTON, July 23. The I Anti-Saloon League of America will I not attempt to defeat either Senator Harding or Governor Cox for the presidency. This was decided Thurs day evening after an all-day discus sion here of the records of the two presidential candidates by the na tional executive committee of the league, i However, John Barleycorn is not sufficiently "dead” to justify the league adopting a “hands-off” policy in the next election. Though the presidential candidates will be neither opposed nor supported by the Anti-Saloon league as an organiza tion, the league will go gunning after senators and representatives who have been too damp in their votes, or are suspected of favoring a modifi cation of the Volstead law. Fear of bringing dissention be tween the Democratic and Republican members of the league, and the pos sibility of a division between the northern and southern branches of the organization, was largely respon sible for the decision not to espouse the cause of either candidate nor to oppose either. Bev. Sam Small’s Views There was talk of opposition to Governor Cox, but the Rev. Sam W. Small, of Georgia, a personal friend of the Democratic nominee, assured the committee he had been in corre spondence with Governor Cox and that he was dry—at least sufficiently dry to enforce the Volstead law. The Rev. Small also told the ex ecutive committee that h had ad vised Cox not to reply to Richmond P. Hobson’s telegram demanding that Cox state his attitude on prohibition. However, the executive committee voted to examine the records of both presidential candidates and make them available for the dry s through out the country. It was plainly stated that battles would be con ducted to prevent election of a "moist” congress. Split in League Feared The decision of the committee to adopt a non-committal attitude re garding presidential candidates was largely due to the fear that a con trary decision would split the or ganization of the league. Dr. Small even went so far as to say that he had personally advised Governor Cox to disregard the at tempt made by Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Alabama, to get him on record on the liquor ques tion immediately following his nomi nation. He wired Cox, he said, that inasmuch as the Democratic platform had remained silent on the question there was no reason for him to ex press himself, and he displayed the following telegram which he said he had received from Governor Cox: “Many thanks. I will follow your advice.” Cox subsequently wrote him, Dr. Small said, that he had shown Dr. Small’s letter to Franklin D. Roose velt, his running mate, and that the latter had agreed with him to ig nore the Hobson demand. Dr. Small indorsed the view that the league should confine itself to a fight to preserve' a “dry” majority in both branches of congress. Germany to Oppose Movement of Allied Troops in Country BERLIN, July 23. —Dr. Walter von Simons, German foreign minister to day declared the German government would not consent to movement of allied troops through German terri tory fnr the purpose of assisting Po land. - - HARDING SPEECH PROVED PLEASING TO REPUBLICANS BY DAVID LAWBFNCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) MARION, 0., July 23.—N0 one who heard the speech of Senator Warren G. Harding accepting the Republican nomination for the presidency could have failed to be impressed with the utter earnestness and good intention of the man. Entirely apart from the skillfully worded phrases and well-balanced sentences, almost scientifically com posed to give the minimum of of fense and the maximum of comfort to the great body of voters whose ballots are wanted next fall, the Re publican nominee revealed a person ality of simple but solemn appeal. He pledged himself in prayerful tones, not to achieve the Impossible, but to do the best he could with the immense job of the presidency if elected. The speech satisfied its hearers, who were mostly Republicans. It did more than that —it thrilled and enthused them. With all due respect to the length of time Senator Har ding has been in public life, he still was an unknown quantity to the Re publican leaders. i Approve Front Porch Caanpaign Every man is an unknown quan tity so far as presidential campaign ing is concerned until he is once nominated. The Republicans came here to size up Harding. Was it wise for him to stay on the front porch? Was he a mixer? Was he capable of the task entrusted to him by the Republican national convention? And the answers to all these ques tions were enthusiastically in the af firmative. More than one Republi can who had been urging that Mr. Harding leave the front porch and go touring, went away believing that if the senator would confine his cam paign speaking to a dozen or so pre pared speeches either in Marion or in three or four big cities like New York, Chicago and Boston, he would make just as effective a campaign as could be made by back-platforming all over the country. The speech of acceptance was ac claimed by the Republicans who heard it as a masterpiece of expo sition, an eloquent and thoughtful presentation not only of Republican doctrine but of the pathways of safe and sound administration in a trou bled era. Books Backward for Guidance It was apparent that the portions of the speech referring to foreign policy struck deep chords of ap proval. Unquestionably as time has elapsed since the first presentation of the covenant of the League of Nations, the wearisome debate on the Lodge reservations and the vig orous campaign conducted by Sena tors Borah and Johnson, has im planted certain impressions of new and strange ways for America in her foreign policy under the league, so it was easy for Senator Harding to touch the notes of a foreign pol icy of McKinley's day and gain there by a hearty response. This was an audience that seemed tired of present-day troubles, domes tic and foreign, ana appeared eager, ever so eager, to go back to the old days, if it was only to speak of nor mal times in a fond reminiscence that might bring realization itself. It was backward that Senator Harding looked to get guidance for the future, back to party traditions and party principles. And as he de nounced by implicit and sometimes explicit allusion to the conception of leadership in the presidency which Woodrow Wilson had introduced, the crowd seemed to grasp readily the <kind of an administration which Senator Harding was visualizing. Hearers Satisfied Senator Harding plainly marked out as his policy an unceremonious end to the method and manner by which Roosevelt and Wilson sought to dominate congress and those about them. He promised reversion to the calm councils of Harrison, of McKinley, of Taft—all four men in cidentally having derived that in spiration of the presidency in this mid-Western atmosphere. Perhaps it was the series of par agraphs on labor, perhaps it was the advocacy of a return to intense na tionalism and an interest in world affairs of only the most general and least entangling kind, perhaps it was the implied denial to railway em ployes of the weapon of the strike, perhaps it was the peroration prom ising fidelity and honesty—it would be difficult to say what part pleased the gathering of plain folk and pol- GASOLINE RATION IS CONSIDERED BY LEADING REFINERS WASHINGTON, July 23. —A gaso line rationing system to be applied throughout the entire United States now is being considered by big re finers. The rationing system is designed by the refiners as a last resort to curtail consumption and to keep the price from being forced to more than 40 cents a gallon, government offi cials here have been informed by the representatives of the refiners. Vice President T. A. Dines, of the Midwest Refining company, is one representative of the big refiners now here who has discussed the ra tioning system with government of ficials. Another is C. G. Sheffield, of the Standard Oil company, of New Jersey. Refiners say curtailing consump tion is the only way to keep down prices. Before adopting the ration ing system they plan to issue a na tionwide appeal to the countr yto cut down joy riding. As devised by the refiners the ra tioning plan would be a voluntary one by dealers in which the gov ernment would have no hand. It would mean that gasoline would be doled out to dealers under a fixed quota for each state or locality. California now is on gasoline ra tions. Gas now is selling from 31 to 39 cents a gallon. Consumption is now reported by refiners as 13,000,000 gallons a day. Production Is 2,000,- 000 less or 11,000,000 gallons a day. Reserve stocks therefore are being drawn on at the rate of about 60,- 000,000 gallons a month, according to producers’ figures. Refiners say it is Impossible to increase production. They say oil is being produced faster than ever before. Wireless Telephonic Conversation Is Held With Ship in Midocean ST.- JOHNS, N. F., July 23. Wireless telephonic communication between the signal hill station here and the steamer Victorian in mid ocean was established for the first time today. Conversation was main tained for several consecutive minutes. Voice transmission was perfect. Experts were making no adjustments of apparatus and communication was possible several times. The management of the wireless tele phone company would make no of ficial statement pending permanent establishment and maintenance of telephonic conversation, which, it was believed, would be effected within a few hours. There was no confirmation for the statement that the human voice had been heard over the wireless tele phone across teh Atlantic ocean yesterday. Jury Can’t Agree In Beckworth Case SWAINSBORO, Ga., July 23.—Aft er being out for sixty hours the jury in the case of the state versus Ben Beckwortn, charged with murdering Arthur Tanner in April( this year, reported to Presiding Judge R. N. Hardeman that they could not agree, and a mistrial was ordered. iticians. the strategists and man agers, the inspectors, so to speak, of the new candidate’s personality. But nine-tenths of them went away very happy and completely satisfied that the Republican national con vention, whether by intent or acci dent. had contributed a straightfor ward, wholesouled, dignified and h orf es t candidate for the presidency. Scents a cops. $1.50 A YEAR. SEVENUNIDNSMAY VOTE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING SCALE Decision Not Expected Before September I—Oppositionl—Opposition Is Developing to Increase in Passenger Rates ' CHICAGO, July 23.—Railroad work ers of the country today started a referendum on whether the $600,000,- 000 award made by the railroad labor wage board Tuesday is acceptable. Conferences of the railroad labor executives broke up late last night, with a decision to submit the ques tion to the rank and file. The de cision followed an unsuccessful at tempt to reopen tHe wage matter be fore the labor board ; and threats of some unions to flatly reject the award. Labor leaders, in ordering a refer endum on the acceptability of the award, will make recommendations. Seven unions, it was understood, will be asked to act favorably. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes was understood to favor such action Complete by September 1 Tabulations of the referendum will not be complete before September 1, rail leaders here anticipated. They pointed out railroads would then be without government protection and union labor would feel freer to take independent action. Federal officials today were report ed taking a hand to end the railroad congestion attributed to unauthorized strikes and labor troubles. Major E. Leroy Humes, of the department of justice, conferred last night with the heads of the sixteen railroad unions. He was reported to have de clared the brotherhoods must force the return of strikers or fill the va cancies. Reports were that Humes threatened court proceedings against the leaders unless strikers returnee! before Monday. The Order of Railway Expressmen was to continue today presenting its claims for increased wages before the railroad labor board. The hear ings were opened yesterday. Favor Accepting Award The following unions were said to have unreservedly accepted the award: Engineers, trainmen, switchman, firemen and enginemen, conductors, shopmen, clerks, freight handlers, ex press and station employes. The Order of Railroad Telegraphers has ordered a strike vote. PETITION FOR INCREASED RATES TO BE OPPOSED WASHINGTON, July 23.—Opposi tion toincreased passenger, freight, baggage and Pullman rates asked by railorads was developing today. The railroads, in a petition filed with the interstate commerce com mission yesterday, said they needed the higher rates to meet the $600,- 000,000 wage award granted work ers. Opponents of the proposed raises will try to show that they are unnecessary and that increased freight rates asked several weeks ago are sufficient for railroad needs. Organized railroad employes themselves may join the fferot to prevent the increase, it was learned today. It is known that the em ployes have collected information which they say would justify charges that the roads are now run ning up a big bill of expense to show the necessity of increased rev enues,. Once the railroads get the in crease, however, the union heads an ticipate that thousands of men will be laid off and other economy meas ures taken, according to John Scott, secretary of the railyway depart ment of the American Federation of Labor. The railroad executives deny these assertions and say the raises sought are absolutely necessary. The proposed 20 per cent increase on passenger and 50 per cent in crease on Pullman fares is ex pected to be attacked by the United Commercial Travelers. Farmer organizations will inquire into the necessity of a raise of ap proximately 40 per cent for carry ing milk. This wpuld increase the price of milk without corresponding advantage to milk producers. At the national grange here, it was said the raise would not be opposed if that organization found it necessary to the roads. The shippers will ask to be heard on the proposed freight increases, although It is not certain they will oppose them. It is estimated that the total of increased freight rates now being sought by the railroads would, if granted, take from the pockets of the consumer between six and ten billion dollars a year. Priority Coal Order For New England Is Asked of Commission WASHINGTON, July 23.—New emergency orders directing priority in the movement of coal to the At lantic seaboard for trans-shipment to New England to meet the fuel situation there were asked of the in terstate commerce commission today by coal operators and dealers and railroad executives. The order, it was proposed, would require a half score of railroads tapping coal fields in West Virginia Maryland and central Pennsylvania’ to give the right of way to the’ movement through Hampton Roads Baltimore, Philadelphia ' and New York.