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The Convention City.
BUUST The Heart of the South.
Grand. Opera City of Dixie.
OF THE Georgia’s Educational Center.
SOouUT The “Pinnacle City” in Climate. . |
QTIANTP Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters.
Distributing Center of the Southeast. l
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VOL. XVill
COMPANY TO MAKE NO EFFORT TO RUN CARS
ATLANTA BANKS GAIN 17 MILLIONS IN DEPOSIIS IN YEAR;
SIMS LAYS LOSS OF 2,500,000 TONS SHIPPING 10 U. S. NAVY
Call From Comptroller Reveals
-~ Huge Gains ‘in Deposits and
in One Instance in Resources.
‘Atlanta national banks made a re
markable showing in compliance with
the comptroller’s call as to the condi
%on of banks as of February 28 last.
Deposits and resources smashed all
records for tWis period of the year,
deposits of the four national banks
herg on February 28 aggregating
$75,607,008.01, as contrasted with $57,-
715,969.43 the same day in 1919. This
means these institutions during the
last twelve months have swelled their
deposits $17,91,038.58.
‘While the comptroller’s call was
for only national banks, the leading
State banky and trust companies also
repost gratifying gains. Including the
deposits of the Central Bank and
Trust Corporation and those of the
Citizens and Southern—the latter,
howeyer, being the consolidated re
port—aggregate deposits of the six
banks reach an enormous total of
$133,814,042.73, as compared with $66,-
32£8,570.07 the same day in 1919, al
" though the comparative figures of the
Citizens and Southern Bank were not
included in 1919’s total. This repre
sents an increase of $67,485,472.66.
AGGREGATE RESOURCES.
Aggregate resources of the four
national banks on KFecbruary 28 were
$88,921,512.63, as compared with $72,-
794,5239.563—a gain of $16,186,978.10.
Combining the resources of the two
State banks with those of the na
tional institutions, resources on the
28th reached $151,545,567.78, as com
pared with $83,503,336.48-—figures of
the Citizens arfd Southern being the
consolidated statement with no com
parative figures in 1919. This is an
increase of $68,042,231.30 over a year
ago. ;
Increases in deposits over a year
ago range between $2,043,001.41 to
$5,883,380.23, with the Atlanta Na
tional showing the greatest increase.
Fulton's increase was $2,043,001.41,
Lowry’'s $5,760,352.70 and the Fourth’s
$4,214,304.24. The Central Bank and
Trust Corporation’s deposits gained
¢ $3,543,373.76.
-Only the Fulton National disclosed
a gain in resources over the last
comptroller’'s call, being $22,739.68.
REASON FOR THIS.
The principal reason why deposits
and resources of all banks here were
not substantially in excess of those
. on December 31 is that many millions
\of dollars have been withdrawn to
meet agricultural and commercial re
quirements. In addition to this the
showing of the banks was naturally
shaded by the. fact that there are
heavy withdrawals at the end of each
month by individuals and corpora
tions for meeting usual monthly ob
ligations. The decrease does not in
dicate that Atlanta’s banking expan
sion has been unnaturally checked.
The figures are gratifying when
compared with the statements imme
diately before the signing of the ar
mistice. On November 1, 1918, de
posits in five national banks here ag
gregated 870,434,065.30 and on the
same day in 1917 the total amounted
0. $63,505478.52. On November 1,
1918, resources of the five national
banks amountea to $94,266,262.47, and
a year previous to that the aggregate
was $7 #59879.31. Deposits of six
clearin Souse banks here on March
10, 197 Ftotaled $49,940,228.58, while
on thé me day in 1916 the aggre
gate was $37,793,548.75.
TABLE OF DEPOSITS,
The following tabulation shows
money on deposit in banks here which
have given The Georgian their state
ments as of February 2§:
Deposits. Deposits
Bank. Feb. 28, 1920, Feb. 28, 1919,
Atlanta Nat..§ 29,337,590.01 $23,454,209.78
\tt;urth Na... 22,314,595.54 18,100,291.30
wry Nat.... 17,014,407.38 12,164,054.68
Fulton Nat. .. 6,040,415.08 3,997,413.67
*Cit. & Sou. 46,051,060.32 R ST
C.B. &T. C.. 12,155,974.40 8,612,600,64
Total ......8133,814,042.73 $66,328,670.07
* Consolidated Statement.
| THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Rain and warmer
tonight; Thursday rain,
Temperatures—6G6 a. m.,, 44; 8
a. m., 43; 10 a. m,, 48; 12 noon,
53; 1 p. m,, 54; 2 p. m,, 55,
Sunrise, 5:55; sunset, 5:41,
24-Hour{ T 2 ot Tatverss: News | Service
's Dream of
Lena’s Dream o
Reality at Last
By PEGGY WELLS.
Lena, who has spent most of her
life at the De Kalb County poor
farm, is going to' be married. Being
a young woman, she wanted some
pretty things, and begged the farm
officials for some material to make
up her trousseau.
And they gave her seven yards of
unbleached homespun.
Patiently, but with many a quiet
tear sliding down her cheeks, Lena
set to work to finish the clumsy
material into as attractive gar
ments as her clever needle could
design.
At night she would study the
pages of a worn-out fashion maga
zine and pick out the designs of
flimsy dainty undermuslins that she
would buy if she had the money.
The very nicest ones she made he
roic efforts to copy in the clumsy
homespun. .But it was useless and
discouraging. Pretty things were
‘not for penniless brides.
In some mysterious way, the girls
at Agnes Scott College and a Sun
day school class of the Decatur
Presbyterian Chureh heard of Lena.
And all last week there was a ran
- sacking of trunks and-: dresser
drawers for finery and a plying of
—diligent needles, while questions as
to styles and sizes were hurled
~ through the dormitories.
Tuesday evening the women -of
~ the Sunday school class and the
girls from Agnes Scott went to the
' De Kalb County farm with boxes
~and bundles and showered Lena
. with a most wonderful trousseau,
! dresses, hats, shoes, stockings and
[ underclothes for her wedding, which
ijs to take place Sunday at the
county farm. Lena is to marry a
guard at one of the prison camps.
“They’'re just like picture clothes,”
said I.ena Wednesday, patting the
silk and crepe de chine things rev
- erently.
Curb Spending, Warns ‘
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, March 10.—The Amer
ican people are on a spending spree.j
which will be followed by hard times
unless it is curbed at once, it was
declared by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
in an interview here today. He also
asserted prohibitiop is bringing pros-.
perity to the country. . |
Touching on the Interchurch World
Movement Conference, which he
came here to attend, Mr. Rockefeller
said organization of all the Christian
churches in such a movement, pri
marily to combat evil, will have a
healthy effect on American business.
Religion, he declared, stands at the
foundation of any nation’'s business
integrity. ‘
Theater War Taxes Are
Exempt in Income Tax
(By Universal Service.)
JERSEY CITY, N. J.,, March 10.—
You remember, of course, that penny
war tax you paid when you went to
the movies, or the 50 cents you paid
as war tax for a couple of seats for a
real show when you felt flush and
“blew” your wife?
Well, you are privileged to claim
exemption from income tax on these
sums—provided you have saved the
ticket stubs, according to a ruling
made here today by Deputy Revenue
Agent Charles Levering.
Old G .\W. Adair Home
Sold for Plant Site
A San Francisco truck manufac
turer, 'Paul Kleiber, has purchased
the old George W, Adair residence at
Peters and Park streets, and will
build a large factory for the produc
tion of the Kleiber truck.
The sale was conducted by the
Forrest and George Adair Company,
and the site contains 4 1-2 acres. Mr.
Kleiber spenf two weeks in Atlanta
last year and came then to ‘the de
cision to locate a Southern plant
here. It was understood Wednesday
that the original building would not
be disturbed.
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Republicans Take Action Sudden
ly—Democrats Show Inclina
tion to Bolt Wilson’s Wishes.
By J. BART CAMPBELL, ‘
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-—-Thef
new compromise on Article X, on
which Republican and Democratic
Senators have been working, was:
suddenly withdrawn by the Repub-‘
lican leaders this afternoon. |
Failure of enough Democratic Sen-]
ators to pledge themselves to support
it was responsible.
The compromise was intended to so
amend the Lodge reservation to Ar
ticle X as to make. it acceptable to
the Democratic side.
Senator Watson, of Indiana, one
of the Republican leaders, who had
the proposed compromise in charge,
gave notice to Senator Simmons, of
North Carolina, representing the
‘Democratic side, that the Republicans
had decided it would not be worth
while to press the compromise.
Senator Simmons declared he would
“continue to work for a compromise”
A revolt of Democratic senators
against President Wilson sufficient to
insure ratification of the peace treaty
on the basis of the Lodge reservation
program was threatend today. 2
At a conference in the office of
Senator Owen, Democrat, of Okla
homa, there was considerable talk of
senators hitherto regarded as stanch
administration supporters voting on
ratification according to the “dic
tates of their consciences,” and not
according to what the President
“wanted or did not want.”
The Senate was to grapple again
with the much disputed Article X of
the League of Nations covenant
today.
The Lodge reservation, to which
President Wilson is opposed unalter
ably, will be taken up. Some Re
publican and Democratic senutiors
are expected to go through the mo
tions of supporting a compromise on
it which are considered likely to re
solve themselves eventually into po
litical gestures.
~ In an amended form, with old
wordes twisted out of it and new
'words twisted into it, the reserva
‘tion may be adopted by a substan
itiul majority on the basis of such a
‘compromise.
~ Senator Hitchock, the administra
-Ition's treaty manager, served notice
ilm and his adherents would have
‘nothing to do with it.
. Senator Borah, Republican, of
Idaho and the rest of the “irrecon
‘cilables” who have fought consist
ently against the unreserved commit
‘ment of the American people to Arti
i(.]" X also announced they would not
'be a party to the compromise.
Another Georgia
Town Gets Fame!
You mever can tell! The
Georgian, you know, had
an incompleted Limerick
about a gay dog from
Grant Park who strolled
around quite a bit after
curfew.
One would think an Atlan
tan would get an idea
for a ‘‘last line’’—
wouldn’t you? ‘
But the winning last line
is from a Georgia town
not so very far from At
lanta. 4
Just six words in the ‘'last
line’’ which brings in SSO.
Next?
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1920.
GOCA-GOLACD.
WOULD AASE
SYRUP PRIC
~ Increased cost of sugar and other
ingredients used in the manufacture
of Coca-Cola syrup led this week to
a conference between officials of the
newly reorganized Coca-Cola Com
pany and the three big bottling com
panies over a readjustment of con
tricts dating from the earliest days
of Asa G. Candler's venture into the
soft drink industry. !
The Coca-Cola Company officials’
desire that the three companies which
control bottled Coca-Cola in 'the
United States pay a higher price for
ithe syrup used in making the bottled
drink than these companies con
tracted to pay. They agreed some
lume ago to a temporary and vomuns.
tary advance, it is said, but are_not
willin gto pay all the Coca-Cola Com:
pany desires. Officials of .the big
company Wednesday expressed ' the
‘belief that the matter would be ad
justed amicably and would not reach
'the courts, although the bottling in
terests have retained J. J. Spalding
as counsel. ‘
THREE COMPANIES CONTROL.,
Soon after the first marketing of
}Coca-Cola. when the bottled drink
'was introduced, Asa G. Candler gave
'or sold to three independent compa
nies the exclusive right to sell syrup
to bottling concerns. The Southern
Coca-Cola Bottling Company has
lhea.dquarters in Atlanta, with Veazey
ißainwater as general manager. It
is principally owned by J. T. Lup
lton of Chattanooga and Mrs. Kelly
Fivans, formerlv Mrs. James B.
|Whitehead. It controls the Southern
IStates. The Western Company is
lheaded by S. L. Whitten and has
headquarters in Chicago. The North
'ern Company, which controls New
York, New England and many North
'em and Eastern tSates, is headed by
B. F. Thomas. ‘
These companies contracted to pay |
$1 a gallon for syr—-m, which repre
sented an excellent profit at that
time, and to purchase a certain mini
mum amount every year. This con
tract was carried out, it is said, and
several millionaires were made from
the three franchises as the Coca-Cola
bottling business grew into huge pro
portions.
Eventually, it is said, these three{
companies became merely middle
men, selling the syrup to botmng%
houses all ove rthe country, at [romi
$1.20 to $1.75 the gallon. The syrup
was shipped direct from the syrup.
factories of the big company, billed
through the three companies, and
they collected their profits.
AGREED TO INCREASE.
When the big company some time
ago requested an advanced price, ltl
is said that the three distributing
companies agreed to pay the advance, |
which was passed on in turn to the';
bottlers. The head of one of the‘
largebottling companies who was lnq
Atlanta Wednesday said that he hadl
agreed some time ago to pay $1.50
per gallon instead of $1.20, for which
he had a perpetual contract. This
was on eof the earlier contracts, The
bottlers who began business more re
cently have paid a much higher fig
ure. |
The Coca-Cola Company contends
the courts have held in similar cases
that a contract calling for a set price
‘dnes not stand when that price be
comes ‘“confiseatory” or below the
‘actual cost of production.
“However, we do not desire to ab
rogate the contracts nor do the three
bottling companies,” said an official
\Wedne'sday. “We are asking for a
higher rate and they are not willing
;u' nay it. We believe the matter can
be adjusted without going into the
l courts.”
Sudden Rise in
Exchange Hits
Gamblers Hard
By FORBES FAIRBAIRN,
Staff Correspondent Universal
Service.
LONDON, March 10.—Reports
of heavy losses suffered
by New York exchange gamblers
caught in selling short on a ris
ing pound sterling market are
discussed in American banking
and financial circles here.
While no estimate of the losses
is available on this side, it is
asserted they run into hundreds
of thousands, and that private
bankers and speculators were
the chief sufferers.
American business men in Lon
don credit the reporty because of
the wide dealings by money
brokers who have cleaned up
millions on Europe's chaotic fi
nance conditions. These brokers
it is believed, did not foresee
the sudden reversal of the sterl
ing exchange since both Lon
don and New York were dis
cussing the probability of the
English pound dropping to the
three dollar point. The upward
leap of the pound caught many
unable to cover checks on Lon
don alfeady issued before the
rise.
Commissioner Roper Announces
Estimate of Refund Due to
Court’s Decision,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 10.—Com
missioner Roper of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, after a conference
with Chief Actudry McCoy, this after-
noon announced that he estimated
that the Supreme Court decision that
stock dividends are not taxable as
income would cost the government
approximately $500,000,000.
Commissioner Roper said refunds
would have to be made approximately
as follows: 1917 tax returns, $35,000,-
000; 1918 tax returns, $35,000,000; 1919
tax returns, $100,000,000; 1920 tax re
turns, $300,000,000,
Four million returns must be can
vassed before any refunds can be‘
made, the commissioner said.
Additional tax legislation may bc‘
expected of Congress to meet tne loss
Supreme Court that stock dividends
are not taxable as income.
Secretary of the Treasury Hous
ton today called a conference of
officials of his department to consid- ‘
er possible revisions of the financial
program of the treasury. l
Houston Seeks :
Tax Reduction i
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 10.—A plan
for the reduction ofthe taxes upon
industry will be laid before the House
Ways and Means Committee tomor
row, Secretary of the Treasury
Houston announced this afternoon.
He sald he could not outline the
plan in advance, but said he believed
relief of industry from heavy taxa
tion would assuage labor unrest in
that it would permit better wages.
John D. Jr. To Be Quizzed
On Dry Condition
(By International News Service.)
ALBANY, N. Y., March 10.—~John
'D. Rockefeller Jr. will be asked to
appear before the Assembly Judiciary
Committee and explain if he pays
' $15,000 a year to Willlam H, Ander
'son, State superintendent of the
\}Anti-Suloon League, which the As
sembly proposes to investigate, As
semblyman Louis A. Cuvillier, spon
sor for the inquiry, affnounced Tues
day. ?
According to Cuvillier, Mr. Rocke
feller has pald that amount to Mr,
Anderson by monthly checks drawn
through the Corn Exchange Bank,
Fifth avenue branch, New York City,
Admiral Sims Declares Germans
Would Have Been_Beaten in
July if Fleet Had Been Prompt.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 10.—Ad
miral Sims today charged the navy
department with causing the loss of
2,600,000 tons of allied shipping
through “failure to act promptly the
first six month#’ of the war, in his
testimony before the Senate subcom
mittee investigating the conduct of
the war by the navy,
Admiral Sims asserted ydelay by
the navy department cost 1.500,000
tons in 1917 and but for this loss “we
could have had 1,000,000 men in
France in March, 1918, instead of
300,000, But for the “delays and
military errors,” Germany would
have been defeated in July, 1918, Ad
mira] Sims charged.
Senate Wants Naval
Radio to Carry News
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 10.—Navy
radio stations are authorized to trans
mit press and commercial dispatches
under a resolution adopted by the
Senate today Z £ % % .9 Z
zThe measure was designed particu
larly for news service to the Far
East, where, it was alleged, our news
reports are ‘colored” by foreign
powers.
Senator Poindexter, Washington,
introduced the resolution. An amend
ment by eSnator King, Utah, pro
vides messages shall be sent at not
less than the cost of the service, A
“low press rate” is provided for.
Senator Harris Ill;
Confined by Cold
WASHINGTON, March 10.-—~Sena
tor Harris of Georgia is confined to
his rooms here with a severe cold.
He has had the cold several days
and Tuesday it became worse, mak
ing it advisable for him to stay in
doors. He has arranged a general
pair with Senator Calder of New
York, Republican, during his absence
on all questions before the Senate.
He expects to be out in a few days.
Senator Harris has been voting
against all reservations to the League
of Nations as they came up in'the
Senate. Senator Calder has voted
for them. They will be paired in that
way in the votes on the treaty.
No More Loans to
Europe, Says Houston
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 10.—The
United States will make no further
loans to European nations.
This was announced this afternoon
by Secretary of the Treasury Hous
ton. ‘While the treasury still has au
thorization to make loans to the ex
tent of half a billion to the allied
nations, this will not be done, Secre
tary Houston said.
Secretary Houston also announced
he would oppose vigorously any ef
forts to secure participation of the
United States in the proposed allied
loan to Germany.
9
Jack Dempsey, World’s
Champion, in New Series
Followers of the boxing game can not afford to miss these
articles by the title holder in The Sunday American. The
next tells how to develop powerful shoulders and is illus
trated with special photographs. It will appear
’ .
In Next Sunday’s American
FINAL HOME)
__EDITION
Issued Dadly, and Entered as Second Class Matter st
the PostofMce at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
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Leaders Give
Positions on
Car Situation
By HARDY 0. TEAT,
Business Agent, Car Men’s Union.
The strike vote was unanimous.
These men would not have struck if
given a living wage to feed, clothe
and house their wives and children.
They have struck and will remain
firm until the company does give
them a ‘'iving wage. I believe Harry
Atkinson will give it to them in the
end.
By H. M. ATKINSON,
Chairman. Board of Directors, Geor
gia Railway and Power Company.
I am sure the public now appreci
ates the difficulty of our situation.
After two months of patient negotia
tion agd an agreement on every de
tail of the contract, the single ques
tion of wages was submitted to ar
bitration under an agreement signed
by both sides that the “decision of
a majority of the members of said
board of arbitration shall be final,
conclusive and binding on the par
ties.” The award has been made. We
have agreed to live up to it, although
we are not receiving sufficient reve
nue to justify it. The other side has
repudiated it and the .mnen are on a
strike. Both last year's contract and
the one agreed upomn for this year
expressly agree that the men will not
strike, but will gettle all disputes by
[ arbitration.
We have done everything possible
in our power to prevent this, and it
is now simply a question between the
public and Union No. 732. |
From an intimate knowledge of the
situation I believe that the trouble\
arises from our employees beipg bad-‘
ly advised by a lost of local ru(llcal1
leadegs and ward politicians, and that:}
the men themselves are lawabiding
and if left alone would not violate
their solemn arbitration agreement. ‘
On the promises of the leaders of
the union tht it would keep its con-}
tracts, co-operate in serving the pub- |
lic in an efficient manner and pro
mote good feeling between theé com
pany and the men, we recognized the
union and entered into collective bar
gaining with it for the first time a
little over a year ago. We have lived
up to our part of the bargain in every
respect. Nearly all the employees
have joined the union, and because of
the action of this local union it is
now out of our power to operate our
cars and serve the public. :
In calling this strike the local union
violated its solemn, written agree-‘
ment with this company not to strike.
It violated its written agreement to |
abide by the award of the arbitration
board.
1t violated the provisions of the
constitution and general laws or its
own union.
Neither the company nor the public
can ever trust this union again until
it re-establishes itself by calling off
this strike, ordering its members back
to work and living up to its present
contract,
Trade unionism itself can least of
all afford to permit this act of bad
faith,
Failed to Agree on |
- Erection of Sanitarium
The Hospitals and Charitles Com
mittee of City Council found itself
unable to agree early Wednesday aft
ernoon to the request of Dr, E. D.
Highsmith and Dr, J. D. Manget for
a permit to erect a sanitarium at 606
Edgewood avenue. The petition will
be returr.wd to council Monday with
out report, it was announced.
A public hearing, attended by near
ly fifty residents of the vicinity, pre
ceded the committee’ sannouncement.
Three petitions containing seventy-l
eight signatures objecting to the san
itarium were presented.
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Schools Ordered Closed When
Teachers and Pupils Find
Transportation Is Lacking,
The Atlanta street car system, in«
cluding all suburban and interurban
lines, was completely tied up Wed-~
nesday as result of a strike of motor~
men and conductors of the Georgia
Railway and Power Company, who
refused to abide by the decision of the
Wage arbitration board, giving them
a 15 per cent Increase on their seale,
Roadway and maintenance men
went out.with the platform men, and
it was announced at the company's
offices that about 1,100 men were in
volved. 3
~ No attempt will be made by the
company to operate cars, company of
tflcmls announced in a statement
whieh attacked the union of carmen
‘ai having acted in bad faitth by vio
lating an agcreement to accept the
wage arbitration ruling.
The statement expressed confidence
in the good faith of the rank and file
of the, carmen, but accused ‘“local
radical leaders and ward politicians™
as responsible for the strike.
TEAT'S STATEMENT.
The strike was ordered by the or
ganization, which is Division - 732
Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees of America. Har
dy O. Teat, business agent, said of
the situation:
. “The men voted unanimously for a
strike. These men would not have
su‘uck if they had been given a living
‘wage to feed, clothe and house their
‘wlves and children. They have gone
on strike and they will remain on
strike until the company does give
‘them a living wage. I believe Har
ry Atkinson will give it to them in
the end.”
’ The strikers will seek the approval
of their walkout by the international
committee. The strike call was rati«
fied at a meeting Wednesday morn
ing.
Meetings of the strikers will be
held daily at 10 a. m. it was an
‘nounced, .
| The sirike’ was ordered after bal~
loting completed after midnight. The
count was announced at 3:30 o’clock
Wednesday morning as about 3 to 1
for the strike, 'a.lthough Mr. Teat
afterward said the vate was unapie
mous. i
stHOOLS ARE CLOSED. :
In addition to numaerous other dife
ficulties created for the- public by
the strike, another serious situatfom
arose when most of the city publie
schools were ordered closed for the
day by W. F. Dykes, superintendent.
J. W. Simmons, county supere
intendent of education, ordered closed
the county high school and seventeen
county suburban schools. The teu
county rural schools were unaffected.
Mr, Dykes sald it was likely ail
city schools would be open Thurse
day. The county schools will remain’
closed indefinitely, probably for the
period of the strike.
Difficulty of teachers pgetting to
their posts because of lack of street
car accommodation was given as &
reason for the closing order.
The strike was a result of the men's
dissatisfaction with a wage lnc::
of 15 per cent awarded by the
of arbitration appointed to act upon
their wage demands.
The employees held out for & highe
er rate of increase. Madison Bell,
arbiter for the men, dissented from
the opinion of the other two arbiters,
Judge John D. Humphries, for the
public, and Luther Z. Rosser, for the
company.
The wage demands of the uniom,
on which the arbitration was m
were 55 cents, 58 cents and 60 cents
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