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2,000 MASSACRED
BY TURKISH ARMY;
SMYRNA AFLAME
' Hundreds of Bodies Reported
Lying in Streets of Loote
ed Town.
ALLIES ACT TO PREVENT
CONSTANTINOPLE ATTACK
!
American Officials Rescued; 141
Naturalized U. S. Citizens
Reported Missing.
I
the Afsor.ated Press. I
Massacres of far-reaching proportions
are reported to have occurred
at Smyrna, attending the terrible conflagration
which has just swept over
the city.
The first reports came from Greek
sources and estimated the victims as
high as 1,000 to 2.000. Later reports
from British eyewitnesses and from
Americans arriving at Greek ports !
tended to confirm the massacres and
** gave harrowing accounts of the extent
of the devastation wrought.
An English agency dispatch declared
the British admir.il had warned
tne Turks at Smyrna that if the massacres
continued the Turkish quarter
would be bombarded.
A correspondent of Reuter's arriving
at Malta said hundreds of bodies
of the victims were lying in the
streets of Smyrna when he left and
that the pillaging and killings were
continuing. Vie Greeks were not
blameless, he declared, as they had
aroused the Turks by setting fire to
villages during the retreat of the
Greek army.
The invasion of the British consulate
at Smyrna by the Turks and the
murder of an official there also were
cpui ICU.
A Greek semiofficial dispatch from
Athens quoted an American invest!- J
gator as estimating the number of j
victims up to the time of the fire in j
Smyrna at l.Oou. j ne property loss |
from the conflagration is estimated j
in the Greek quarters at $75,000,000.
Meanwhile the various European
chanceHei ies are considering measures
to deal with the political developments
of the Turkish victory, in- I
eluding the calling of a peace con- !
terence to settle the near eastern i
quotation. It stems probable the j
Turks will be given a joint allied i
warning to respect the neutraJity of!
the Constantinople district in the
meantime, and not march upon that
city or invade Thrace.
Civil Students Missing;.
Jfi.v the AJuuxSated Pr*s?.
* LONDON, September 15.?From l.OOOt
to 2,000 Christians had been massacred
in Smyrna by the Turks before the Asia
Minor seaport recently evacuated by
the Greek army was swept by fire, it
is charged in semi-official and other
Greek messages from Athens received
here today.
Among the Turkish outrages was the
carrying off of many pupils of the
American Girls' College, it is believed.
The Greek belief is that the fire was
nn' K*. fha Turl/u nnn/ioal th. frugal !
of their alleged misdeeds.
A considerable share of the property j
loss from the Are. the total of which
is estimated in Greek quarters at one |
billion francs (about $75,000,000 at |
present exchange rate for the French
xrancK' fell upon American Arms.
Massacre Follows Fire.
A message from Greek semi-official .
sources at Athens dated Thursday
reads:
"Absolutely trustworthy persons belonging
to the foreign colonies at
Smyrna and notably Americans arriving
here on the destroyer Simpson,
wnich also brought United?6tat?s Consul
General Horton, relate terrifying
details regarding the massaore of
Smyrna following the big fire which
reduced the Armenian. Greek and
Kuropean sections of the town to ashes.
"According to the general fonviction
the fire was started by the Turks
. to efface the traces of their massacres
and other crimes. Mils Mills,
matron of the American girll' college,
declares she saw an officer or
non-commissioned officer of the Turkish
regular army enter a house
carrying several cans of petrol. Soon
after he came out the house burst
Into flames.
"Fire appeared immediately in other
sections of the town even near the
Turkish quarter of Basma Khane.
This was the first day after the
Turkish occupation.
"A southeasterly wind drove the
flames west, the Turkish quarter thus
escaping untouched.
Refugees in College.
"Besides the pupils, about 1,300
refugees had been taken Into the
college, which was near the place
where the fire started. The fate of,
many of the girl pupils is unknown
and It is alleged they have been carried
off by the Turks.
"When the Simpson left the flames
had reached the quays and were menacing
the foreign consulates. I
"Prior to the fire there were massacres,
which continued through the
night in the midst of the flames. It
is impossible to estimate the number
of killed. Dr. Post, an American, who.
with members of the American Relief
Administration, made an investigation
expressed the opinion that the number
of victims up to the time or the
, fire amounted to 1,000. (Other estimates
from Athens run as high as
2.000.) A large number of Christians
are believed to have perished in the
flames.
Losses Are Eaormous.
"Th* foreign trade suffered en.
ormous losses, especially branches or
agencies or tne Dig American iquscoo
houses, such as the Oary Tobacco
Company and the Standard Commercial
Trading Company of New York,
nearly all of whose stocks were
destroyed. The total material losses
are set at one billion francs.
"Great quantities of provisions were
destroyed, creating a food shortage.
Several French and British establishments.
the French College of St.
Joseph and other French schools and
the American Y. M. C. A. were
destroyed. The outlying Greek and
Armenian villages and the suburbs
of BurJa and Burnabat, where Europeans
reside, were burned."
XXMAL NEAB POBTE CITY.
LONDON. September 15.?Mustapha
Kemal Pasha has resolved to march
hla army on Constantinople unless
the powers hand over the city to the
Turks, according to a statement he
made to the Dally Mall correspondent
at Smyrna He also reiterated that
hla peace terms were based on the
national pact.
The Turkish naUenallst army Is
now within thinty-flve miles of Constantinople
The population is In a
state of nervous tension and the entire
otty Is rife with nnsore about
(Continued on Page 4, Column 1)
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Turks Kill Wome
As Flames C<
American Sailors T(
Pillaging After Ken
'Asia Minor
BY COYSTA.YTIYE BROW A. s
By Cable to Th* Star and Ch'cago Pally News. c
Copyright. 192'J.
SMYRNA, September 14 (delayed). c
?A crime which will brand the Turks ^
forever was committed Wednesday,
when the Turkish soldiery, after fln- t
iahing their looting and pillaging. t
set the town on fire. Smyrna Is now f
almost completely destroyed. Not a
single important establishment is left ?
and the total loss is estimated at f
more than $1.000,000.000. c
There is Indisputable evidence that J
the crime was planned and executed
by the Turkish authorities. Ameri- h
can sailors guarding the various V
buildings into which the refugees a
had crowded saw with their own
eyes Turkish officers spreading fires t
and setting Are to houses, after which t
they locked the doors and left. n
At the American Collegiate Insti- 5
tute. where 1.500 Armenian refugees 2
were gathered, the American guard n
saw the Turks killing women and ^
bhbies. An American sailor leaving a
the institute was flred at by the Turk- ?
ish soldiers who had been sent the a
day before by the Turkish author!- v
ties to protect the lives of the Ar- P
menians. 1
Fire Envelop* Town.
The conflagration started in the
Armenian quarter, where the houses v
were sprayed with kerosene by Turk- a
ish soldiers. Half-maddened, the 0
people rushed to the water front, hop- ^
ing to get on board the foreign war- v
ships. The whole town, except the c
Turkish quarter, is burning. Criminals
have already appeared on the g
streets, and are shooting or clubbing e
to death all whom they suspect of p
possessing money or other valuables.
The authorities are assisting the c
gangs of murderers. r
The destruction of this flourishing 1
town Us a crime made more monstrous f
by the assurances given by the au- s
thorities that normal conditions t
would be re-established in forty-eight d
hours. They were clever enough to i
act in such a way as to lead every
body to believe that the promise 1
would be kept. S
Twenty-four hours before the flre /
RUSS WELCOME I
TERMS WITH U. S.
T
Ready to Enter Any Pre- I
liminary Negotiations,
Says Tchitcherin.
DEMAND FOR EQUALITY F
Moscow Note Believed Beply on S
Technical Commission
Inquiry.
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. September 15.?A note 4
which is considered a reply to the un- 1
official inquiry of the United States
a a to u-h?th?r on imapioan tanhnl/yil
commission would be welcome in Rus- ?
sia states that soviet Russia "is ready ii
to enter official preliminary negotia- ?
tions for the re-establlshment of offl- t
cial relations with an American dele- g
gatton appointed for this purpose." c
The note, which was sent by Foreign
Minister Tchitcherln to Berlin | s
for delivery to American Ambassador c
Houghton, suggests that the pre- c
llmlnary negotiations might be held c
in the United States. In Russia or in 0
some other country to be determined d
later. n
Russia Aaxlous for Move.
d
"The soviet government, the note fl
states, "is particularly interested in o
any move which might soon bring *
the re-establlshment of economic re- e
lations between Russia and America, t
It being understood that such rela- 8
tions will be based on equality and in r
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LONDON FINANCIERS r,
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A*smr a a A I _
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Guarantee to Be Considered in si
Crisis Over Payment to *
Belgium. *
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By the AsaoclaUd Prase. a
PAJRIS, September IS.?The German j
reparations crisis shifted to London tl
today on the receipt of news from T:
Berlin that Bank of England officials
would confer with Pxesident Rudolph c
Havensteln, president of the relchs- *
bank. Some plan for the partial a
guarantee of German treasury notes, s
the payment of which Is now due Bel- ti
glum, will be proposed.
Sir John Bradbury, the British
member of the reparations commission
is going to London tonight and
" w norHfinatP in thi meetinsr. FT#?rr
Havenstetn Is expected in London to- ?
day. .
One suggestion which is under con- "
sideration by the Bank of England, h
according 1 to reports from German |i
sources, is that the latter bank accept ,,
the German notes dated eighteen
months from date. Belgium, under P
this proposal, would be guar- .jed a
payment, at the end of six months,
and this would meet the French in- b
slstence on the strict 'observance of ,.
the terms of the compromise.
Officially. Germany has until mid- f
night tonight to deposit the gold, but "
since her refusal Is already known
officially. It is unlikely that there i!
will be any last minute change. Bel- ;
glum will await the result of Havenstein's
conferences in London before ?
laying the question before the repa- V
rations commission.
n and Babes |
msume Smyrna
til of Looting and
talist Forces Enter
Seaport.
i
tarted Nureddin Pasha, the Turkish
ommander. said to the writer:
"You must realize that things have
ihanged and that the timea when
ictorious Turks used to massacre and
lesiroy every intuit Hao?The
only plausible explanation of /
he burning of a city of more than '
100,000 inhabitants may be found in
he fact that the Turks wanted to
cet rid of all the Christians In the
empire. and the only way of doing
to was to destroy their homes and
ompel them to leave the country j
brever. When the commander of the
,'it.y was approached and asked for
issistance in bringing food for the
efugees he eaid:
"Don't mention food. This will not
telp. The only way r#f assisting these
eople is to bring ships and take them
way from here."
Little assistance can now be given
hese unfortunate refugees even if
ransports arrive in town. The most
optimistic relief workers hope to save
0.000, but are afraid that more than
00.000 will die. At present there are
nore than 400.000 people In Smyrna.
Twenty thousand have been taken
board various commercial vessels
nd warships which are standing by
nd about 120.000 are making their
ray toward the hills, where they will s
robably be'exterminated by bands of i
'urkish irregulars. ^
American Losses Heavy. i
The others are mainly children and <
women unable to face the hardships <
.nd dangers of a long foot journey <
>ver the Inhospitable mountains of *
Isia Minor. They ar# herded on the
vater front looking for help which 1
annot be given. ?
The losses sustained by Americans ^
.re heavy. Tobacco worth more than ]
1.000.000 and other American proprty
valued at $500,000 have been comiletely
destroyed. *
The American theater, where the t
olony gathered, was destroyed Wedlesday
night, and nothing is left of it.
"he American flag, however, is still 5
lying from the stAfT, having been <
nved by an extraordinary chance
hough the whole building was reluced
to cinders. All the consulates,
ncluding the American, were burned.
Most of Ihe Americans 'n Smyrna (
eft Wednesday on board the United v
States destroyer Simpson, bound for j
Lthens.
WIDANFK
VI ! bVI 1 llllliv
PLEAD LEGAL SNAG:
(
* 1 i
)eclare Incorporation Im- j
possible Without Passage
of Enabling Law.
:AV0R FEDERAL CONTROL
tatement Says Associations Want
Legislation to Fat Business
Under Controller's Office.
I
I
Incorporation of the so-called 3 and
pec cent home loan associations in
he District of Columbia, as ordered
y the controller of the currency,
apparently is impossible," Webster
tallinger, attorney for several of the
nstitutfons, declared today. Laws
hich would make incorporation pracicable
and which would result in
overnment supervision of the conerns
are desired by them, he said. <
"It is true, as stated in Thursday's j
tar," Mr. Ballinger added, "that the j
ontroller of the currency addressed a 1
ommunication to each of the unin
orporated home loan associations ,
perattng in/ the District of Columbia (
irecting them to incorporate or re- j
tove from the District.
"The object and purpose of this or- 1
er was to give the controller's of^ 1
ce complete supervision and control
ver the business conducted by these '
ssociatlons. Under existing law the 1
ontroller's office has the power to '
xact reports from the trustees of 1
hese unincorporated associations i
howing the condition of their busiess,
and to examine their books and
ecords.
Authority la Lacking.
"He has not authority to supervise I
nd control the business. This authory,
as I understand, the controller deires,
and every association doing buaiess
in the District of Columbia?cerslnly
ail my clients?desire that he
hould have complete authority to m- .
ervise and control their buslnesa.
"Theee doncerns are in the same poition
today that the banks and building
nd loan associations were in years ago.
ii order to safeguard the public and to
ive stability to the institutions. It was
jund necessary to bring them under 1
late and federal Inspection, supervision
nd control.
"There is no law applicable to the .
listrlct of Columbia under which
hese associations could be incorpo- 1
ated. The code of law for the Dis- 1
rict of Columbia provides for the in- t
Drporation of particular kinds of so- ?
leties and business. Chapter IS deals
rith ' incorporations. There is no <
building and loan" association law t
ppilcable to the District of Columbia,
ubchapter 7 of chapter IS of the Dlsrict
code provides for the incorpora- T
Ion of building and homestead assoclalons.
# y
Impossible to Obey. 1
"Companies incorporated under this c
sctlon have been and are now doing, c
general building and loan associa- j
Ion business. The u nin^n.??.*
ome loan association! are not build- t
iff and loan associations. Therefore. (
le Controller requested the unlncor- j
orated home loan associations to do
pparently an impossible thtnff. 1
"The entire situation has been J
rouffht to the attention of the conroller's
office and is now under conderatlon.
The home loan asaocla- :
ens have requested the controller's ,
ffice to assist them in securlnff leff- .
ilatlon by Conffreas .that will fflve i
tat offloe complete Supervisory con- I
rol over their bo sin ess, all thf power i
is controller's office desires. The j
irmulatton of soms leffislatlon that c
(Continued on Pace Cbtumn 1.) it
RAIL PEACE HIIS
SNAG IN REFUSAL
OF BIGSYSTEMS
Separate Agreement Program
Fails to Appeal to
Some Roads.
OTHERS ARRANGE
TO RESTORE MEN
Conferences Continue, as 50 Lines
Are Said to Have Accepted
Terms.
Bj the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 15?The
entire New York Central rnllrond
*intern today nl?ned an agreement
with Itn condnetom and trainmen
covering working condition*, wagea
and rule* for one rear, beginning
September SO.
CHICAGO, September 15.?Refusal by
i number of the country's biggest railway
systems to enter into the WarfieldSVillard-Jewell
plan for ending the shopnen's
strike on the basis of separate
ind individual agreements developed an
dement of considerable uncertainty tolay
over the scope and effectiveness of
he peace program.
While some of the larger systems had
latly rejected the plan, others, however,
notably the Chicago and Northwestern,
Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul, had virtually completed arrangements
for restoring strikers at once to
hAir fnrmor inho nnJ.- ?? ?"? v ?
jeparate settlement plan.
Negotiations were in progress with
several roads in an effort by shop craft
officials to effect additional settlements.
Address I nniiling Roads.
Strike leaders were said to be adiressing
communications to some of the
unwilling roads asking them to reconlider
their rejections.
Among the larger systems said to
have closed the door against the settlement
plan today were: Pennsylvania.
Union Pacific^ Norfolk and
Western. Southern Pacific. Chicago
and Alton; Chicago. Rock Island and
Pacific; Northern Pacific; Great
Northern; Chicago, Burlington and
Qulncy; Missouri. Kansas and Texas,
and subsidiary lines.
Other roads still outside the agreement
today, included: Central of
Georgia; Delaware. bsckawann* and
Western; Brie; Illinois Csntrai; bonis.'ille
and Nashville; Missouri Pacific;
Prisco; Wabash; Santa Fe; Chicago
3 rest Western, and numerous others.
Accept Proposal.
About fifty roads were generally
element proposals, with the Baltimore
and Ohio; Chesapeake and Ohio;
New Tork Central lines; Southern;
Seaboard air line; Chicago and Northwestern
and Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul, among the larger systems
In tile agreement.
W. H. Finley, president of the
Northwestern, and B. B. Green, vice
president of the Milwaukee, expressed
the hope that many of their
hopmen would be back on their jobs
today over the entire systems. The
Northwestern employes, about 12,000
hopmen. and the Chicago. Milwaukee
and St. Paul, about 15,000.
"Fullest and fairest consideration"
by the United States Labor Board of
my Issues on which the strike was
based was promised by Ben W. Hooper,
shalrman of the board, who asserted
tile settlement plan was In strict conformity
with the transportation act.
Speed Up en Iajaacttoa.
Meanwhile Attorney General Daughsrty's
staff of lawyers in the Injunction
proceedings before Judge Wilkerson
speeded up efforts to complete
tneir evidence tomorrow.
Samuel Gompers and the executive
:ouncil of the American Federation
>f Labor, at Atlantic City, N. J.,
launched plana for demanding the
Impeachment of Attorney General
Daugherty and Judge WUkeraon bemuse
of the injunction proceedings.
No objection will be placed in the
way of shopmen returning to work on
the railroads parties to the settlement
plan. B. M. Jewell, head of the
-allway employes' department of the
American Federation of Labor, said
(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
BRIDGE DYNAMITED
AT CUMBERLAND, MP.
Western Maryland Railway Span
Damaged as Strike
n i:
vuuwnucs.
Ipeciat Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md., September lo.
?An attempt was made early this
nornlng to blow up the Western
Maryland Railway bridge over the
Potomac river here, connecting Walon
tunnel with South Cumberland,
rhere is evidence that twenty sticks
>f dynamite were used, the detonaion
arousing the entire South End.
Window glass was brpken in a
lumber of residences.
The charge was set off at the
vest end of the bridge, on the West
Virginia side near the tunnel. The
iridge seat and the abutment were
racked, and a girder was sheered
iff. The actual damage is about f 1,000.
;t was reported to the authorities,
hat seventy-six sticks of high pow red
dynamite had been stolen from
he quarry of the Cumberland Cement
Company, on the Western Maryland
oad, about ten miles south of the
>rldge.
Railroad detectives in connection
vlth state and county authorities, are
vorklng on the case and claim to
lave a clue.
The Western Maryland shopmen
itrike has been on since March 25.
ind it was announced yesterday that
he settlement of the strike on flfty:wo
railroads would not affect the
Western Maryland, which would not
a* a n?ptv tn th* Wfllard nltn. The
Western Maryland claims that it has
one siaos overcome the strike difllmltles
sad would nst be a party to
he Wlllard apreemenu . , -
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Handling of Ra
Ends CableBusiness
of All Inter<
Arrangement
Contro
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
The great cable and telegraph war
is ended. And with It comes the col- :
t lapse also of the efforts to prevent
i radio from becoming a vital competl]
tor to the cable in transatlantic comI
munlcation. Lower rates for mes|
sages between the United States and
i many foreign countries are inevitable,
j The story of the fight, which in-I
| volved the Wilson and Harding ad- I
ministrations, as well as the governments
of South American countries, is
a dramatic one, embracing at one
?l~. ...a fTwUa^ Qlala.
VII1IC IIIC UBC Ut IIIC ?- 111 . > 'J !. ?? ivd
Navy to preventative landing- of a
cable at Miami, fta.; The insistent attitude
of the United States government
that the All-America Cable Company.
an American concern, should
not be injured by the monopoly possessed
by a British cable company in
Brasil. and, finally, the making of an
exclusive agreement between the Postal
Telegraph Company whereby the
American Radio Corporation is at
last assured of thousands of telegraph
offices throughout the United States :
where messages can be collected for *
radio transmission. The essentials '
in the war just brought to an end
are these:
First, the Western Union Telegraph
Company has been granted a permanent
license for the landing of its
cable at Miami. Fla.. which connects
SEEK TO AVER! , "
eimnmcr otdii/c
ounrmoL oimm:
Pennsylvania System Clerks
Confer With Labor
Department.
A hurried conference between officials
of tl^ Department of Labor 1
and the general chairman of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks.
Freight Handlers and Ticket Sellers '
was held today at tile Labor Depart- '
ment In an effort to avert a strike ]
among such employes on the entire
Pennsylvania railroad system.
Grievances against the Pennsylvania '
system were said to have been ex. '
plained by union officers to Acting
Secretary of Labor Henning and Hugh
L. Kerwln, chief of the bureau of (
conciliation.
Strike Move Sarprlae. 1
The inclination of the clerks' union |
toward a strike at once came as a
surprise to government officials who
had just completed strenuous duties .
in aiding in the adjustment of the ,
railroad shopcrafts. grievances against
the big rail systems.
The general chairman announced
on going into the conference
that an important meeting of the
officials of the eastern division of the
brotherhood would be held in Newark.
N. J., tonight to determine definitely
if a strike call should go out
immediately.
Grlevaaees Goae Over.
The conference between government
officials and labor heads at the
Department of Labtr was for the
purpose of going over in detail the
grievances of the unions.
Henning hoped,, he said, to induce
the general chairman to defer a
strike call, but as the conference
continued little progress apparently
was made In this direction, according
to those in close touch with the conferees.
_
$150,000 LIQUOR HAUL.
Dry Navy Capture*'Two Schooners I
Near New York Harbor.
Rjp the Anot'ltfd Prew. ^
NEW YORK. September 15.?The!
dry navy today captured two alleged ;
rum-running schooners with cargoes
worth about $160,000 and $40,000 In
gold aboard, aeaT the entrance to New
York Harbor, as well as an unnamedlaunch.
which sank while tt was being
towed into port. Another schooner
land rwlM power boat escaped.
' J
CAN
dio Service
Telegraph War
3sts Spurred by Neiv
s in Historic
versy.
at Barbados with the British-owned
company's cable from Brazil. The permit
was granted as soon as the Brazilian
government canceled the monopoly
possessed by the British company.
so that now the All-America
Cable Company can land cables anywhere
along the coast of Brazil and
carry them from point to point. Up
to this time the All-America company
has had to stretch a separate cable
from Argentina to two separate points
In Brazil, because the landing of tables
from one Brazilian port to another was
exclusively the privilege of the British
company.
Bfoiopollev R?b??bm<.
Second, th* AH-America Cabfe Company
renounced its monopolies on the
West coast of South America, so the
Western Union and Its British ally in
the cable business now can encircle
South America. All monopolies are
given up by everybody concerned. This
action was the result of the influence
of the Department of State.
Third. The desire of the All-America
C!able Company for a collecting agency
has been realised. After years of
negotiation, during which it seemed
as if the Western Union would make
an agreement with the All-America
Cable Company to forward messages j
to South America originating in this i
country through an American instead
of a British concern, the Postal Telegraph
Company has been prevailed
upon to act as the American collect(Continued
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IKTAIflT Sfii
VIUII1IUI UUIIUUL
BILLAPPROVED
House Subcommittee to Report
Compulsory
Measure.
Approval was given today by a
subcommittee of the House committee
on District of Columbia affairs
to the compulsory school attendance
law for children in the District of
Columbia. The subcommittee will report
the bill tomorrow at 10:30 o*clock
to the full District committee, and it
is the plan of Chairman Focht to have
the measure considered then and reported
to the House, with a view to
getting passage early next week.
Th bill already has passed the Senate.
but the subcommittee has written
in certain amendments which will
necessitate a cohfeience if the House
acts on the measure. The amendments
are principally changes in phrase
Dlogy, although one gives the court I
here authority to suspend sentence
and place on probation any one convicted
for violations of the proposed
law.
Dr. Ballou. superintendent of the
District public schools, and Judge
Katherine Sellers of the Juvenile
Court were called into conference and
went over the bill with the subcommittee,
which is composed of Representative
Millspaugh of Missouri,
chairman, and Representatives Zihlman
of Maryland and Blanton of
Texas. The principal point of objection
to the bill op the part of the
member's of the subcommittee was
that clause giving the officers and inspectors
charged with the duty of
enforcing the law the right to enter
homes and business places in the
course of their investigations. Dr.
Ballou explained to the committee
that this particular clause does not
give any more authority than is given
the insDectors under the nresent rhilH
labor law.
DfBlra Invasion of Homes.
He assured the committee that
there was no intent to include a provision
giving any one any authority
to enter a private home without a
search warrant. He pointed out that
the inspectors merely went to the |
doors of homes and sought entry on
ringing the bell or knocking at the
door.
The subcommittee put in an amendment
restricting the number of employes
under the act to twenty-one.
As it came from the Senate there was
no limitation.
to the aouraa ef ths discuss ton on
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PRESIDENT TAKES" I
UP REORGANIZING
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unas steps tor ureaier
Government Efficiency Facing
Less Opposition.
ALSO MEETS CABINET
Chief Executive Much More Cheerful
as Mrs. Harding Continues
to Improve.
I Reorganisation of the government
! departments so as to establish a
greater efficiency by checking overlapping
and by co-ordinating the various
activities of the government
was the first business taken up by
President Harding when he appeared
ML ills ut sit ill uic rArminr unite j *
today for the first time since Mrs. | J
Harding's illness reached serious pro- i
portions. s
For more than half an hour he dis- j
cussed the reorganization plan with
Walter F. Brown, chairman of the
joint congressional committee on reorganization.
who personally directed 1
the drafting of the plan to bring about c
reorganization. The President is known >
to have stated to his caller that dur- t
ing the months the tentative plan s
has reposed on his desk for his final 1
approval he has many times given it
study and has lost none of his orig- t
inal interest in the proposition. I
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Early Accord Predicted. j i
On numerous occasions he has gone J
over certain details of the plan with |
individual members of his cabinet who j t
had made known their^ objection to j *
certain features calling for drastic c
changes in portions of their respec- f
tlve departments. According to chair- I
man Brown the President today ^
strongly intimated that the objections
which arose at first are gradually dis- t
appearing and that it is only a question
of a short time before there will >
be complete accord regarding the t
plan. It will then be returned to the I
joint committee to put in the form of c
a Mil to be presented to Congress for I \
action during the short session in De- 1
cember. I 1
Chairman Brown today reiterated I
the statement made by him when he \ <
last conferred with the President re- J 1
garding the reorganization plan, that i i
"it was by no means a dead issue." j i
Meets His Cabjnet.
The President arrived at his desk
at 10:30 today and following a careful
survey of the routine business
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forodegisIonWshut
factories unchanged
All Plants Close Tomorrow Unless
Manufacturer Alters His
Plans Suddenly. !
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By tli* AooHated Preng. 15
DETROIT, September 15.?In re
sponge to queetlons concerning con- |
Aiding rumors with regard to the 1
closing of the Kord motor plants 1
[ here tomorrow. E. O. Liebold. personal '
secretary of Henry Ford, today Is- !
sued the following statement: "Mr. !
Ford's statement of several weeks I
ago that all plants would close Sep- j,
tember IS still stands. I believe. He j1
has made no statement to the con-1'
trary. and If he has any new plans
he surely will Issue a new statement."
Asked concerning reports that 9.000
men were dismissed last night, the
secretary declared he had no knowledge
of such an action. ,
The 70.000 employes of the company .
in the Detroit district went to work I
I today hoping a last-minute statement
from Mr. Ford would keep them
; on the Job. . ,
Mr. Liebold said this morning there
was no change in the coal situation 1
so far as the FOrd company was <
concerned, but intimated Mr. Ford i
j might make a statement later In the
day that would Mulct rumors regard- i
i ing closing of his plants. .
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130,1,000 D. C.
ESTIMATES GO TO
BUDGETBUREAU
Supplemental List of $6.000,000
Requested by
Commissioners.
51.200.000 PAVING
REDUCED TO $50,000
.923 Demands Held Within $24.500.000
Limitation. a??
Required.
The District Commissioners late
his afternoon will transmit to the
lureau of the budget estimates
.mounting to approximately $30,500.00
for the fiscal year beginning next
fuly.
The regular estimates will be conined
to the limit of $24,500,000 stipuated
by Director of the Budget Dord.
>ut they will be accompanied by supdemental
requests aggregating $0. 00.000.
It had been generally expected that
he supplemental items would rot
imount to much more than $3,000,000.
Vhen the Commissioners met yesterlay
afternoon for a final survey of
heir figures, they found that even
he urgently needed municipal im
ii u?cniciiia ciiinuiAieu irom me rPRUar
budget could not be met with less
han 16,000.000.
Only *50.000 New Paving.
It was reliably learned today that
n cutting down their regular estinates
to get within the $24,500,000
imit the Commissioners have left
inly *50.000 for new street paving. It
tas been estimated by engineer delartment
officials that *80.000 is reluired
to pave a mile of roadway of
he width of the main arteries. This
neans that practically no new paving
rill be done during tbe fiscal year berlnnlng
next July unless the budget
iureau and Congress allow the suptleraental
estimates.
The original estimates prepared a
nonth ago called for *1.200.000 for
tew paving, and. it is understood
iractlcally all of that amount ha*
>een asked for In the supplemental
1st.
Even *1,200,000 would not pave all
:he new streets that have dwellings
>n both aides and tha main arteries,
such as Connecticut and Georgia avemes.
Rhode Island avenue and Blalensburg
road.
District officials say there are at
east twenty-ffv* miles of streets in
irgent need of paving, which would
equire about $2,000,000. The Commit
doners and District Budget Officer
Daniel J. Donovan are framing a
strong letter of transmittal to go
vith the estimates to the Treasury
Department. Commissioner Rudolph
itated this morning he did not believe
he Commissioners would make pubic
the letter at this time.
Reaitai Agalaat Red act lea.
It is understood, however, that this
etter will present to Gen. Lord in a
lear and concise manner the reasons
vhy the budget of the National Caplal
should not be arbitrarily cut down
is are the expense accounts of the
ederal bureaus.
The Commissioners, it is said, will
ell the budget director that at the
jresent rate of appropriations Wasnngton
is slipping back instead of gong
forward in meeting even the bare
teeds of its people for sanitation and
comfort. ,
The letter will lay emphasis upon
he fa<^ that the expenses of the federal
departments come entirely out of
he United States Treasury, whereas
>nly 40 per cent of the District budret
is chargeable to Uncle Sam's
locketbook.
Nor is the 60 per cent of the ap>ropriation
bill all that the taxpayirs
of Washington contribute toward
he maintenance of their city.*
The Commissioners, it is reported.
viu runner can attention to ine ran
hat half of the coat of every street
)&ving job Is raid by the property
wnera benefited: that taxpayers pay
12 per front foot for water mains
aid and $1.50 per foot for sewers
aid to supply service to their houses
It has been estimated that 57 per
ent of the amount spent in giving:
householders water and sewer connections
is repaid in special assessments.
More Needed for Sewers.
The Commissioners also are expect*
id to impress upon the budget bureau
Lhe fact that the sewer department
must be given larger appropriations
if the health of the people is to be
safeguarded and their property pro:ected
from storm-water damage.
It was reported that the regular
estimates Include nothing for exending
trunk water mains, despite
the fact that all expenses of the
prater department come out of water
rents. It is further pointed out that
nothing is to he gained b# postponing
laying of these water mains,
since surplus water rents go into a
special fund to the credit of the water
S Ana rt m an f
It is felt at the District building
that while there were good reasons
for holding down District expenditures
during the war period, those
reasons should not prevail so long
tfter the cessation of hostilities.
The point which the Commissioners
aant to impress firmly upon the budget
officials Is that Washington is
snjoylng an unusually rapid growth
In population and building, and thai
the streets, sidewalks, sewers, schools
and lights to go with this development
cannot be obtained if the annual
ratimates are to be curtfclled beneath
the hare needs of the community.
It Is understood, the letter of transmittal
will Inform the budget bureau,
that the regular budget of $24,500.D00,
plus the $5,000,000 of supplemental
items, is the minimum amount
that should be allowed the District
for next year.
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Coblenz Barkeeper Violated U. S.
Fixefi-Hour Rule.
BERL.1N, September 15.?A Coblenz
dispatch says the American military
court there ha* fined the owner of a
Coblenz public drinking house 70.04*
marks, the manager 10,000 marks and
a waiter (.000 marks for having sol#
alcoholic drink to American anldlefg
out of the legally teed hour*.
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