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C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1922-FORTY-SIX PAGES.;- TTO CENTS. - ??? .? . ' ' ? - ' r " ' 9 ??' 1 , i . .1. i . a . ? :? ?? ?? MORE ROAE PLAN FOR F * STRIKE EN] Agreement Reac 55,000 Out of Other Lines UNION HEADQUAt INSTRUCTIONS F Hooper Hails Deeii Labor Board?Sho| Go on C< Advices to the Labor Departnie Chicago said that railroads represent country's mileage had signified theii strike on the basis oi tVie aereemt craft's general policy committee and .30 per cent were ready to so end the The commission decided upon to adjudicated differences between workers and rail heads, as provided under the agreement. I-abor Department officials were informed, will be composed of six shop crafts representatives and not officials of the railroad brotherhoods as originally provided. Section four of the agreement, the advices further explained, was interpreted in Chicago by union workers to mean that the railroads signatory to the agreement will meet union representatives on wage questions and all other matters growing out of the strike, and upon failure to agree on points at issue, the questions under dispute will be referred to the commission provided for in section five. Business Oat look -Very Good." The new development in the rail strike situation was received with satisfaction by all administration officials, including President Harding. Many would not comment for publication, preferring to wait until an actual settlement had been reached, but at the Treasury it was said that Secretary Mellon, who. because of his life-time experience in dealing with industrial ahd financial affairs and i because of his present duties watches | the business situation closely, took the view that with an end to industrial troubles the outlook for business was "very good." Mr. Mellon was said, howsheer. tor see limitations upon tne iransporu- i tion facilities of Che railroads, which Separate Peace Neg As Several Roads By the Associated Press CHICAGO. September 14.?Leaders of the Federated Railway Shopcrafts. who today began negotiating separate settlements of the shopmen's strike, which began July 1, in accordance with the agreement adopted by the union's general policy committee, announces that several railroads had telegraphed union headquarters indicating willingness to go into the negotiations. These, the leaders said, were in addition to about fifty roads which previously had agreed to separate settlements. The settlement plan bv which the strike will be ended on some fifty or more roads, as announced last night at the close of the meeting of the general 9 policy committee, provides for the return to work of the strikers in their former positions and at tne rate of pay prescribed by the Railroad Labor Board. Any disputes or controversies incident - ? -* * -111 o io ine priiiciunii, ??? *. 1^4 ...vU .? .. commission of twelve members, six of whom will be selected by the railroads in the agreement and six by the shopt rafts. To Meet l a Ion Leaders. The Chicago and Northwestern, one of the large western systems, party to the agreement, was expected to meet leaders of its shopmen some time today with the possibility that the men would return to work tomorrow or Monday. With that road as a party to the general agreement. it was the understanding at the general offices that no pact w^uld be signed with the union chairmen, I but that informal qibcussiuh wuuiu take place. The officials had not been i notified this morning, when thqfshop- j men's representatives would appear, i hut, it was said, the basis of agree- j ment had been approved and the j conference would be entirely infor- ; oiaL B. M. Jewell, head of the railway j employee' department of the Amer- ( lean Federation of Labor, did-not is- j lue an official list of the roads which ! * had agreed to the settlement plan, i He said such Information must come | from the railroads. Mr. Jewell was expected to confer today with mem- ! bers of the shop crafts' executive council, whose members still remained ] In Chicago today. The general policy committee members scattered to their I homes last night. I The shop crafts' executive council, I meeting in a North Side hotel, was said to be considering the instruc- I tions to be sent to the various system federations throughout the coun- j try, relative to negotiating with the | various roads. Mr. Jewell was said to possess the only list of roads that were parties to the settlement agreement anH ?nm? nthprs that were said to have Indicated willingness to enter negotiations. Valoa lastrnetloaa Seat. Instructions to various system federation officials to sign negotiations and arrange agreements with their roads were sent out from union headquarters by Bert M. Jewell. chief strike leader and head of the railway employes' department of the American Federation of Labor. Although the shop crafts' executive council remained here-with Mr. Jewell to ulrect the affairs of the railway J shop unions in- settling the strike,, policy committee members scattered to their respecltve districts soon after the settlement plan was adopted. Railway systems counted among those expected to sign the agreement immediately or soon were said to dumber about fifty of the 3*2 class 1 J ; y mmii fiYfc umtmiOSEtk-. I >S ACCEPT i AIL PE ACE; DS ON FIFTY m ;hed Will Affect; 250,000 Miles. Follow Lead. tTERS SENDS OUT OR SETTLEMENTS ! sion as Victory forj i Crafts Men Alone >mmission. i I nt today from its representatives in ing approximately 35 per cent of the intention of ending the shopmen's ..? t-oc fardi r Kt' t It A tllftn lit ?*?. ?-?- pitvi jvoiv.uaj VJJ ...V r that roads representing an additional ' strike. would prohibit any enormous expansion | of business activity in the immediate ' future. Shortage of equipment and possible labor shortages are the limit- \ ing factors in Mr. Mellon's opinion. Ability to Be Limited. Normally, the railroads of the coun- , try require about 100,000 cars a year J added to their roiling stock equip- j ment, it was explained at the Treas- ' ury, and as this replacement of roll- ! Ing stock has not been kept up the < carriers' ability to handle traffic ; I would be Pimited for the present to j 1 that extent. Also the possibility of ; I labor being largely employed in oth- | j er lines might affect the railroads' | I supply of workers. j Nevertheless. Mr. Mellon was repre- | ! sented as seeing no difficulty ahead j j of the carriers in supplying the needs and requirements of the country over j 1 the winter, particularly in the mat- 1 ter of coal. i Some Projects Deferred. l Some commercial projects have ] been deferred until next year as a : 1 result of the labor disputes in the J j coal and rail industries, according to j reports to the Treasury, which would I ( lessen to some extent the national j * coal requirements. while the recently ? 4 increased use or 611 as fuel Is expect- j 1 ed to diminish the Remand for coalJ. by approximately 200.000 tons of coal | , weekly. * otiations Begun j, Wire Union Leaders > i 5 . i roads of the country. Some of the j larger systems were counted among j t those willing to sign for immediate f peace. The mileage affected today was estf- j c mated at about 55,000 of the 250,000 , l miles in the United States. t The text of instructions to officials of system federations would remain % secret. Mr. Jewell said. He said also a that union leaders would not make r public at this time a list of the roads j which were parties to the agreement. ^ The reason for retaining the list, he ^ said, was because it will probably be augmented by new signers as the f result of a continuous series of con- t ferences with roads not already In c the agreement. f IV. H. Finley, president of the Chi- % cago and Northwestern railway, was <2 one of the most outspoken of the executives who announced acceptance n of the settlement plan. s Proceed to Settlement. j t "Our shopmen have asked us to meet j ^ their leaders here today, and we will ; ^ proceed to make an individual set- j i tlement with our men." he said. "I j 1 think it is a good thing that the roads j * are now making individual settle- ! f ments instead of national agreements. "It puts these matters back where they belong, between the persons most y directly interested, the roads and the c men who work for them." Efforts to verify published lists of j roads accepting the settlement drew . denials from the Erie, Burlington, Chicago Great Western, Southern ^ Pacific, Illinois Central and a large number of other roads. The New York Central group was one of the largest generally credited a with planning to sigi#the agreement, c Under the terms of the peace plan ! t shopmen are to return to work under I q wage scales prescribed by the United ; t [States Railroad Labor Board, ef- I r fective July 1, the date the strike! ^ began in protest against the board's! t : decisions. i a The question of seniority, which j I came up after the strike began, and j t I proved to be the chief barrier to an j i earlier settlement, was not specifically I _ mentioned In the agreement, which t provides that the shopmen shall re- i turn to work in "positions of the ' class" they occupied before the ? strike. J Two Subjects Omitted. 1 The agreement made no mention J either of working conditions or the c contract system for "farming out-* shop work, which, with the wage con- f troversy. were the original issues in * the strike. Disputes over the "relative standing" of employes, and new disputes which might arise as outgrowths of * the strike shall, under the peace terms, be referred to adjustment boards, composed of six representatives of the carriers and an equal number of employes, if the disputes cannot be settled as an Individual t matter. . The agreement requires the slg- , natory roads to find places for all returned strikers within thirty days c after It becomes effective. Roads are t not required to take back strikers _ who have committed acts of violence. J. A. Franklin, president of the boll- 1 ermakera. said a great number of shopmen will probably be back at their old jobs within a week. ? W. H. Flnley, president of the Chi- ? cago and Northwestern, said the road * would make a settlement with its ? men today. J Much of the credit for effecting 5 separate settlements was given by the shop crafts' executive council to 8. Davles Wsrflsld, president of the ? Seaboard Air Line and bead of a ? railroad securities company said to J (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) a 3 ? \ J&sXf l\ WW. StT|7mFNT NOT i k"- ' Ikhlllhlll IV EFFECTIVE HEBE, t . ? t }00 Terminal Employes to Be ; Treated as New Men if r Taken Back. The Washington Terminal Com- i pany. employment source of 900 I local shopmen, is not a party to the | railroad strike settlement and will ' not take back any of its old employes who went on strike, except is entirely new men and as it needs them. This announcement was made tolay by Superintendent J. H. Tortge >f tho Washington terminal, after i :onfe'rring with officials of the com jany for several hour* - Although a number of the special policemen have been dropped, the i ;ut does not mean that protection K'ill cease to be given to the* property of the company, it was said. The move was simpiy maue ivr <x , general cutting down of unneces- j 1 jary protective agents. 11 I A Action a Surprise. , c News that the terminal is not a party j 1 o the agreement which meant settle- j t nent of the shopmen's strike was re- : c ;eived with considerable surprise in ' j abor circles* today, where it was rather j onfldently expected that the terminal i a vould fall in line with the Baltimore'j t ind Ohio railroad, the Southern. Chesa- ' >eake and Ohio and Atlantic Coast i Jne. all of which operate from the j Q Jnion station and which entered the ! 8 settlement agreement. j i "We are in this fight to an absolute j ij Inish now," declared Charles Frazier, | f >usiness representative of the ma- ] .hinists and semi-official spokesman | or the striking shop crafts in this j dcinity, on hearing of the company's j n iecision. . "The men here are ready and deter- j nined to carry on this fight until a j * atisfactory conclusion is reached." * Mr. Tonge intimated that labor ob- ( a ained when the shopmen left their j obs had proven satisfactory to the i T Vashington terminal executives, and J lefinitely stated that the shops were . o n first-class working condition here. ' ii ie reiterated previous statements F hat any employe who left the service 1 s is. a result of the strike would not be ' t aken back with seniority privileges, jli Seniority Wiped Out. i' As a matter of fact he reached over j ^ lis desk to a pile of mimeographed j < ? ? j u. o iircuiars turn miu. _ "Here is all I wish to add regarding the latest developments.'' He j landed over a copy of the circular!1' vhich said: jl "To all employes:: Any employe 1 eaving the servfce of this company 11 is a result of strike will be consid-'* red as severing his relations with f he company, and in event of any it mploye who leaves the service under ' t he above conditions being again em- ' iloyed, he will be taken back on thej, >asl8 of a new employe, his seniority o date from the date he reenters the |n ervlce." Strikers held a meeting today atlc, heir headquarters. 3d street and j Pennsylvania avenue southeast, at vhlch the latest reports on the situ- >r ition were gone over and discussed, j .'he strikers here are on tip-toe ? waiting news regarding this section I, rom Chicago. They have received no |, eflnite official information as to the !_ atest state of affairs, and. officials I ? aid they wished to make no state- I r nents on this line until they had re- jr elved definite word. I v I i 556,000 AND BIG LIQUOR CARGO IN DRY NAVY HAUL Two-Masted Schooner Seized Off Atlantic Coast by United ? States Ship. NEW YORK, September 14.?The wo-masted schooner. H. M. Gardner ras brought Into port today by the c Iry Navy boat Taylor, and one hundred h ases of liquor and $66,000 in gold were f aken to the customhouse. The Gard- c isr was seised last night oil Scotland 1 Jght. < Capt. M. C. Betts, who said he was he Gardner's skipper, declared he was olng from Nova Scotia to Nassau 1 rhen the Taylor's crew boarded him. c le said he had just delivered 4,000 ases of liquor and was taking the one uhdred seised cases back to Nassau h ecause it had not been accepted by h its purchasers. h Betts said that he first thought the F inhibition boat was filled with pirates I li ad cleared his ship Intending to ram I s ier. but when the revenue man turned I fl hair searchlight on their.own shin he Is ilowed them to come aboard. |g 4MUISDSEH FLIGHT ACROSS ICE FIELD IS DELAYED AG Alt NOME, Alaska, September 13.?Ii orinatlon from a reliable source r? reived here today was to (Ire effe< hat Capt. Itoald Amundsen woul lot attempt this year his propose light across the north pole to Greer and. as was reported recently froi ,'openhagen, Amundsen, who was lai eported at Wainwright. 100 mil* outhwest of Point Barrow. Alask dans to spend the winter there, a? oruing to this Information. CONTINUES]!) GAIf President's Brother Leave City?Bulletins Are Discontinued. Further improvement in the cond ion of Mrs. Harding was reporte oday by Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawye Vhite House physician. The Presl lent's wife, he said, spent an exce ent night?the best since her illnej >ecame critical. Satisfactory r? uperative progress, he added, is b< ng made. Announcement was made last nigl it the White House that in view t he steady improvement in Mr -iarding's condition no more formi lulletins would be issued to thepres Dr. George T. Harding, jr., broth* ?f the President, who has been i ittendance, returned today to C< umbus, Ohio. Clifford Ivling. ?rother of Mi's. Harding, also has lei or his home in Marion, Ohio. President Stays at Bedside. President Harding had no engag< nents for today, and it was expecte le would spend most of his time nes lis wife's bedside. The President, vas said, is- doing a ' considerab! imount of office work in his stud lear the sickroom. As in tne case of a previous sie| f the same illness, however, attend fig physicians believe that Mr larding's convalescence would neces arily be a tedious one. On one c he two previous occasions in th ist eight years in which Mrs. Hard tig has successfully resisted an at ack of the present malady her? cor alescence. it was recalled here t< lay, extended over a period of seve r eight months. Blow to Social Program. That the hostess of the Whil louse, therefore, would not be abl o give the social life of the c^pit* his winter the same center of ir erest and attraction which her ei ensive program of entertainment at orded last year appeared almost cei ain The colorful White House fun< ions of last winter marked the en f a long period during the war an he subsequent illness of Presider V'ilson in which this high spot wj nissing from the capital's social lif The bulletin issued last night by D lawyer read: Mrs. Harding's condition at 8 p.m. "Temperature, luu; pune, ?u; resp atlon, 26. "All . appearances- and conditlor how the beat day since the serlov lme of her illness. Convalescent rill necessarily be tedious. All thine :olng well: symptoms will vary onl lighty from day to day. SufBclei eports will be given to relate proi ess of case. Regular bulletins will t liscontlnued. "C. E. SAWYER, M. D." RUSSIAN COUNTESS REFUGEE IN U. S iays feeds Slew Husband Befox Her Eyes and She Is Seeking Cousin, Count Tolstoy. NEW YORK, September 14.?D< taring she escaped from Russia aft< ler husband had been shot down b? ore her eyes by the bolsherist Ibuntess Anna Zarnekau is In Ne' Tork in an effort to'And her cousli taunt Ilya Tolstoy, son of the ft nous Russian writer, who is no' ivlng ,in seclusion near Stamfori tann. Countess Zarnekau said she ha een living in a Staten Island boarc ng house for several weeks. Aftc er husband's death she escaped froi tussla across the Whfte sea to Fir and and then came to America, sh tated. Her stay in America has bee nanoed by tho sale of her lewels an rhen that money Is gone* she sal he would have to And work. '' v, I * / ! FIGHT IN HOUSE ; t ON SCHOOL BILL ct d Compulsory Attendance Act jj Is Referred to Subcommittee. Rough sledding confronted the compulsory school attendance bill when it was considered by the House ^ committee on District of Columbia affairs today. While representations I were made that the school officials J here, led by Dr. Ballou. were anxious 1 to have the measure passed, and put into effect before the opening of the coming: session, so much opposition developed to the bill as It came from S the Senate that it was referred to a subcommittee with instructions to report it back to the full committee ' by 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning;. At that time it will be discussed at greater length with a view to repeating it to the Housf and probably geti ting it passed next week under the d unanimous consent arrangement, r. The subcommittee, which will con1 sider the bill is composed of Repre. i sentatives Millspaugh, Zihlinan and " i Blanton. Mr. Millspaugh announced 5S j that the subcommittee would hold a i- | hearing In (he District committee ?_ I room at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. | Requests will be sent this afternoon i to Dr. Ballou. superintendent of the it j District public schools, and Judge ,f!j Sellers of the Juvenile Court of the s. District of Columbia. asking them to i\ j appear before the subcommittee to8. morrow morning to go into details of r I the bill. " { Opposition Develops. a | Not a little opposition developed to j the measure. Representative Mills! paugh of Missouri, who led the oppoi sition. said that he didn't believe any ! one was opposed to the purpose of ' | such a measure, but that there were some features of the bill as It passed leithe Senate to which he was not favorable. He objected particularly to y | the paragraph which will give to the I numerous officers and inspectors re j which the measure provides for the I- j enforcement of the iwt the unlimited s. | right of search of homes and places i- of business without the formality of >f a search warrant, c He thought this was a particularly I- vicious feature of the bill, and, for . that reason, asked that it be referred to a subcommittee for examination. There also was objection to n tne section providing tor the appointment of officers and employes, which placed no limit on the number who could be appointed to the service to ;e carry into effect the provisions of Is the proposed adt. i Representative Zihlman suggested that the measure should be permitted to take Its regular course, and come i- up for consideration at the short > session of Congress, but Chairman Focht said that Dr. Ballou had r" pointed to the great need for such a law at this time. 3 Mr. Focht said that he would make . every effort to get It passed next I week, if the committee decided to II report It after further consideration 18 Saturday merning. r. Other D. C. BUI* Face Delay. / Representative Hammer suggested i- that the committee should discuss what legislation should be passed be18 fore the House before the adjournment of the current session. Chair;s man Focht told him that he proposed y to have passed, if he can, every Dlstrict measure that was on the House ' calendar at tuts time. He pointed out that these measures have had the consideration of the full committee. and he assumed that the members wanted them passed, and for that reason had them put on the unanimous consent calendar. , Mr. Hammer pointed out that there > was some opposition to the milk bill. Mr. Hammer also said that he would object to consideration of the e street railway merger bill at this session, and gave indications that this measure would have to go over until there was time fqr greater consideration and discussion. Representative Zlhlman was authorlxed by the committee to report ir the so-called pawnbrokers' bill, which , Jtad been' rewritten and reintroduced in the House, s, , I VANDERVORT INJURED. Lsv Pension Official Is Knocked Sown i- by Automobile. A Hamlin M. Vandervort. deputy commissioner of pensions, was struck and I" knocked down by an automobile at if 5th and G streets shortly 'after noon n todav. He was taken to Emergency >- Hospital, where, it was stated, he was >e suffering from cuts about the face n and a possible fracture of the left d shoulder. d His condition Is not regarded as serious. ,-J_ S ,2, . : ... M. . : BRITISH SOLDIERS RUSHEDTODEFENI CONSTANTINOPLI One Regiment Ordered i Sail; Other Troops May Soon Follow. i WARN KEMALIST LEADER TO OBSERVE NEUTRALITY Allied War on Turk Nationalist Will Follow Invasion of Dardanelles. By tlie Associated Press. MALTA, September 14.?The Britis transport Somali, with the 2d Roys Sussox Regiment on board, will leav Malta for Constantinople tonight. A the other British troops in Malta hav been ordered to stand by, prepared t sail. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 14.?A thot eand officers and men of the Roy; Air Force embarked today at Soutl ampton for service in Mesopotamia. Allies Ready to Strike. J by the Asroc sted Press. CONSTANTINOPLE. September 1 --The allies have notified the Angor government that an attack by tt Turkish nationalists against the net tral zones of Ismid and the Dards nelles will mean war with the alli? and that they are determiiied to d? fend Constantinople against tfc Kemalists with as much resolution s they mobilized their troops again: Greece when the Greeks threatenc an invasion of Constantinople. A squadron of British hussars and company of Itallaan infantry left th 1 1 * . - > * ? r _ ; j Lsarumieitea iuu?y i.yi laimu, Marshal Sounds Warning, : Marshal Franchet D'Esperey consic era the situation in the near east ver serious. He is quoted by the Echo d Paris as declaring:: "Don't forget that the Bosphorot r?t certain points is only 800 yarc ide. and that all the Europea quarters in Constantinople might we find themselves under the fire c Turkish four-inch guns. "However. I believe Mustapha K< mal Pasha is too intelligent and pri dent to commit such a blunder." Peace Conference I" rfei. Jty the Associated Prs?s. LONDON. September 14.?The in pression is *gMWin?*"Trere that Turkish peace can-only be arrange In a large International conferenc in which Russia, Rumania. Btilgari and the other Balkan states partic pate. This impression is based in pai upon the renewed expression of Rui sia's attitude regarding the straits < the Dardanelles as contained in h? note of protest against the allie action in Constantinople sent recentl I to Great Britain, in which she d< mands the question be settled pr marily by the powers that use th Black sea as an outlet to the ocean Tomorrow afternoon the Britis cabinet will meet in full session t discuss the myriad political phas< of the situation brought on by th Turkish victory. The question whether Turkey sha be permitted to occupy easter Thrace, at least, is believed not l be considered vital here. In son quarters, indeed, it is argued thi with Turkey In Thrace she woul thus give Europe a military hold c her. The most important problem, is conceded, is the settlement of tl question of the control of the strait The eastern situation is causin considerable concern here. This reflected in the editorial columns < the morning newspapers, some < which adopt a distinctly alarmi tone. "A grave crisis" confronts the pov ers, says one, while others declai "the situation is drifting to the dai ger point." that "all the elements a: present for another flare-up of war and that "the powers must act ; once, and in agreement; if they fail agree, nothing but a miracle a avert disaster." The one sentiment which dominat all is fear lest France, althouf _ to m a I n tpranop nf the n<* trallty of Constantinople and tl straits of Dardanelles, may lnterpr the "legitimate aspirations" of tl Turks in such a manner as to preve the co-operation of Great Britain. Those papers -which are habitual suspicious of France comment stron ly on her tenderness for the Tur and insist that the latter cannot 1 allowed to recover Thrace and Adria ople. which they believe France willing to give them. Elsewhere the fairly confident ho] Is expressed that France eventual will agree to co-operate with Gre Britain, which is generally credit, with upholding the letter of the tre ty of Sevres. Declaration of tl French view Is expected hourly, at awaited with the greatest eagerne; Great Disorder Reported. ATHENS. September 14.?Perslste but unconfirmed rumors reachli here relate that Smyrna Is in gre disorder. The Kemalist entry In that city was accomplished by vat vnlnslons which threw the pop. lation Into & panic, these repor I state. A well known resident of the ci I who arrived here today said th when the Kemalist army entered < Saturday morning a hand grenai exploded among the cavalry. An o fleer was wounded. The Turks we Infuriated by the explosion and bega to loot. . In the evenning the Armenian qua ter was raided. He said that von were .outraged, and, all told, ISO pe sons were killed. He declared th. the same thing occurred in the Qre< quarter, where he estimated the nun br of killed at 200. There were reports of disorders other parts of the town. Before tl formal occupation of the Kemalists proclamation was posted througho the city threatening the penalty death for the murder of any Chri tian. Later the word punishment wi substituted for death penalty, info matlon received here states. Tl Christians were thrown into a sta of panic. Turks occupied the interallied pas port office and prevented further d parturea. The scenes which took pie. among the. refugees on the qua* were described by those reaching he as heartrending fe 'Mr*. Dr. Bell Leaves I Entire Estate j To His Widow The will of Alexander Graham Bell. inventor of the telephone, was filed m today for probate. He leavea his entire estate, real, personal and mixed. ( to his widow, Mabel Gardner Bell, absolutely and without conditions. The widow and his cousin, Charles J. Bell, president of the American Security { and Trust Company, are named as executors, with the request that no bond be required of them for the faithful discharge of their duties. No schedule of the value of the estate has been filed. Th(? 11-o a ATAnntod .Tiinf 22, 1898, at Beinn Shregfh. near Baddeck. in Nova Scotia, in the presence f of four witnesses. The executors v will probably file a petition for the f probate of the will in a few days. - RESERVOIR RAIN !< DAMAGE REPAIRED " 11 4 e $4,000 Spent on Washouts tr ^ m Caused by Recent ?> ? c< Downpours. ... - I CITY HEALTH GUARDED * o Water Chlorinated, Following In- ? 3 vasion by Flooded Creeks et a il te Nearby. 01 i- it 1 Dalecarlia reservoir on the Con- ** *8 a duit road at the District line, where ^ all the drinking water of the District Is impounded before it reaches the filtration plant near the Soldiers' l(J Home, narrowly escaped serious im- a pairment during recent heavy rain- 6 a falls. Ii ie When the reservoir was first put ti into service about sixty years ago, lc several small streams, including Lit- ir iy tie Falls branch. Murdoch Mill branch l^jand their auxiliaries, draining the country around Somerset, Friendship p IS Heights and Chevy Chase, fed into o ls it. Several years later these streams ^ n became badly polluted and seriously v U affected the water supply of the Drs- a >r trlcc- 81 To remedy the situation it became g necessary to divert the flow of these r, ?w streams from the reservoir. Embank1" ments were constructed around the exposed sections of the reservation on the northwestern, northern and northeastern sides. Outside of them 0 a drainage ditch was provided and n i- the waters from the offending streams ^ a were then diverted through & short tunnel into Little Falls branch. 4*hat c stream was then drained into a brick Ii e. shaft -jhriiit flft v Ha?(I flnd par- m ia ried under the reservoir through a i_ long steel tunnel to an outlet near the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, from b which it reached the river. o Flooded Tweaty Years Ago. ! r I- i c That arrangement prevented any j a ,r invasion of the reeervoir until about j d l(j twenty years ago. when water from j ? !y the streams swollen by heavy rains J t! ?- rose over the arch, broke through i P the embankments and entered the ja 16 reservoir. As a result, the embank- ! t ih ments were widened and heightened ' e 0 and reinforced with sheet piling in i " -s the most exposed places. No further i J ] trouble was experienced until a few ! J3 wefks ago, when a series of heavy j J 11 rainstorms caused a general overflow 1 n into the reservoir. Two sections of j the embankment, each involving ! x ie about 1,000 yards, were washed away J and the embankment was seriously ! ? Id eroded in several other places. The ! 5 >n heaviest washout occurred September i ** 2 on the line of Murdock mill creek, j ie where the embankment had been re- ! ^ s- inforced with sheet piling. That was ! r, near the northwest corner of the I reservoir, and before the stream joins j ? 1 Little Falls branch. ! t Prompt action was taken by Maj. \ _ st Tyler, the engineer officer In charge, and his assistants. It took a large r force of men several days to replace ; s !*e the fallen walls and repair other j \ sections. The work cost about $4,000 i t , ? and was met out of the emergency j i it funds. lv urn it ii rrrcauiiun i nnrn. in ' Maj. Tyler today said that the water j t es stored in the reservoir had not been \ t seriously impaired by the invasion, but I j tie that as a matter of precaution it was 5 deemed advisable to chlorinate it for he several days, preliminary to its final t purification at the filtration plant. He , ly said the fact that a reinforced section 9 j?" of the dike had been washed out twice be indicated that some more permanent ? n- means of protection must be taken than ^ 1S Is possible under existing conditions. He a pe indicated that Congress might he asked * ly to make special provision for the better ! at protection of the big reservoir, which j * pd will become of additional importance j 1 a- when the aqueduct, now under construe- 1 be tlon. is put Into operation. j r id "These recent washouts." said he, . 8 is. "indicate to my mind that changing j J conditions on the watershed draining i ? toward Dalecarlia reservoir are mall- 8 nt ing the streams more difficult 6f con- * trol. The territory' around Chevy Chase ! 1 >S and Tenleytown is building up and I I J at believe that more positive methods than j * to earth dikes will shortly be required to i' prevent the rather frequent breaking iT through of surface water into ibnle- I f ? ?? rrv.? ?u..?n,:11 i,. . C u- carua reservoir. mc ouuaiivn win uc ; tg studied with a view to submitting to j J the chief of engineers at an early date j f recommendations for remedial work." ty j c " PRIZE AWARD PROTESTED, i Je f- American .Balloon Bacer Contests | re Decision Favoring Belgian, in By the Aeeociated Pre??. ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 14.?A 5n protest will be made against award- j 1 T_ lng first prize to Lieut. Ernest de j i Muyter of Belgium, in the Inter- i ;k national balloon race, which started I a- from Geneva. Auguat 6, Capt. H. E. Honeywell, who was awarded second in prize, announced today. Capt. Honey- 11 ae well returned home last night. j , Of U. S. SHIP FOUNDERS IN GALE.! i ?" By the AsWsted Press. I r. TAMPICO. September 14. ? The i i ie United States Shipping Board steamte ship Danville, from New Orleans with ; , freight, and the Mexican steamship; g. Yucatan,- from Vera Crux wltn pas-11 e- sengers and cargo, foundered at the | j oe mouth of the Panuco river, near here,. i |rs during a hurricane which swept thla I? re port yesterday. No losa of lived la | < - reported. , 11 INCORPORATED HOI LOAN FIRMS HERETHREATENEO Irissenger Warns Local Companies to Get Charters or Quit D. C. IONTROLLER IS DEFIED, , COURT FIGHT PRORARlF tiring of Lawyer Is Reply to Edict?Congress May Ontlaw Assailed Associations. Controller of the Currency Crissinger as notified heads of all so-called 3 and per cent loan associations in the Disict of Columbia, that they must "imlediately incorporate," as provided by le laws of the District of Columbia >vering building? and loan associations. or remove from the District," it was nnounced today. Letters to this effect have been sent > four concerns operating in Wasliingr>n. They are the United Home Owners f America, the Atlantic Society Home uilders. the Union Home Builders, and \e Co-operative Home Building Trustee* Agency. It is understood that simar letters may be sent to one or two Lher institutions of like character. It i said to be the belief of officials that le scheme under which the companies re doing business is unsound basically. Text of Letter. The controller's letter follows: ^ "This office is advised by counsel after n exhaustive study of sections 91 and 91a of the code of the District of Coimbia, that no unincorporated associaon doing business of a building and 'o.i .iarin.miiu.1 mil mniuii/ valine i the District of Columbia. "You are advised, therefore, that it '111 be necessary for your associaon to immediately incorporate, as rovided by the laws of the District f Columbia, or to remove from the istrict in which latter event you ould cease to be under the superIsion of the controller of currency, nd must discontinue advertising; uch supervision. "Please advise immediately what teps will be taken to comply with equirements." Firms File Reply. In answer to this notice, fulfillment f the provisions of which would nean changing the whole method of loing business, several of the loeal ompanies affected placed their ease a the hands of an attornoy. Wokter Ballinger. who drew up and led with the treasury department a rief opposing: the recommendation f the solicitor and setting: forth easons why promoters of the conerns believe they are not violating: ny law. This brief and a mass of ata relating: to investigations anfl ourt and state decisions of a numer of states are said to be now in he hands of the solicitor of the deartment. who so far has not mad?* n announcement of his findings. It was learned today that legislation designed to wipe out of exist nee all such loan organisations is ikely to ensue. Representative Mils augh of Pennsylvania, himself a anker and financial expert, is known o have received a mass of informsion about the companies, and it is inderstood that he is framing a bill ihich would make the unincorporatd loan firms illegal. Local bankers, luilding and loan association intersts and real estate men are said to e backing Congress in this respect Several prominent legal and busiless men are said to be officials of ome of the romoanifs affected bv th? treasury edict. Many person* of nore than average means also are slewed to have put their money into he companies for "investment" purposes. It is estimated that Washington esidents already have "invested" everal hundred thousands of dollars n the loan associations, in the belief hat they are bona fide building and oan associations. N Follow* Missouri Action. Several weeks ago similar instituions in Missouri were declared loteries and a violation of the law. n holding that such an institution in Missouri was in the nature of a lotery, and a violation of the Constltuion and the laws of the state of Misourl. the attorney general of Misiouri. on August 11. stated: "The contract of the organizatioh nscioses inai me coniraci nolder at naturity is entitled to receive back rithout interest what he has paid in nd to borrow at 3 per cent the dlffermce between the amount paid in and 1.000. In other words, if the conract matures when the contract lolder has paid *10 per month for Ifteen months, the sum of $150 is epaid him and he can borrow $S&<> it 3 per cent., repayable at the rate >f $10 per month; or if the contract loes not mature until the lapse of, ay. sixty months, the holder is reunded $600 without interest and can orrow $400; or if his contract runs ilnety-nine months after maturity, le is refunded $990 without interest ,nd he can borrow exactly $10 for one nonth at 3 per cent. Applications for ontraots undoubtedly will be written >y agents scattered throughout the ountry. The number that will b* >laced on the contract is unknown to he applicant and to the agent. "Maturity of contracts is in order >f the number thereof, and such numbering is determined by the exact ninute and date of signing." TALIAN KING STRICKEN WITH FEVER ON JOURNEY Honarch Obliged to Cancel Ap pearance at Fair Beoause of Illness. NAPLES. September 14.?King Vlcor Emmanuel of Italy la seriously II. according to the Mattlno here, vhlch announced today that the ltalan monarch would not be able to aland the Naples fair because of his 'ather grave condition. The newspaper states that Kin* I'letor contracted his Illness' on a ourney in the Trentino mountains. 4 high fever developed and the kin* vas obliged to return to his country :astl? at Raeconigl. In Piedmont. The v lectors think that he will recover la Ime to attend the closing of the fair.