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TURKS RES1
FOR STRAT
BLOWING
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NATIONALIST FO
INCREASE DA
Lneasiness Evident i
Developments, as
liausted to M
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the Associated Press.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct<
rr\AT\c i-oc torrl IT* rpcnmerl tlieir
i . tv.jiv.mm i vouiiiv-vj 11 i v. i i
in the direction of Chanak, the I
Mudania dispatch to the local n<
It was reported during the i
.appeared yesterday afternoon a :
hills on the Asiatic side of the 1
Constantinople, eight miles abov
The British are intrenching arou
Bridge* Blown 17 p.
T*. >. I.. V, nnrl cmoU haTlflfl
1 Ui AI3U II IC^Uiai O aiiu
of guerrillas and bandits which frequently
form the advance guard of a
Turkish army, have appeared in small
villages east of Constantinople. These
villages include Tashkeupsu, Tavshanjik,
Omarli, Agfa and Armudli,
all within the suburban limits of Constantinople
on the Asiatic side.
The British yesterday made final
preparations for defense, blowing up
bridges and crossroads.
Turk Officer Defiant.
A British destroyer anchored Sunday
Shileh, on the Black Sea coast. The
commander went ashore, met the nationalist
officer there and requested
him to withdraw his forces. The Turk
/replied that" he had orders to remain,
whereupon the British commander declared
he also would remain and kept
to his anchorage close in shore.
Peace Conference Continue*.
S* ike Associated Press.
'"WUDANI A, octofter 9.?The allied
p generals here for attendance upon the
armistice conference spent this morning
conferring with the Greek deleLondon
Anxious. as
Again Gather O
By the Associated Press. i
LONDON. October 9.?The near east;
situation continued to present dis- j
turblng potentialities'today, with the j
revolutionary Greek army at Adria- j
nople declaring it would not retire
and with the victorious Turkish army
concentrating at Brusa and Ismid,
' anxious to reach Constantinople and
protect the Turks in Thrace.
The uneasiness was increased by
the fact that the allies are not generally
considered to have sufficient
armed forces to control either the
Turks or the Greeks.
British Patient.
While the British are using the
utmost patience to conclude peace, it
He believed the Greeks and French
have warned that if a settlement is |
not reached the British will abandon
ihe whole peace effort. At the same
time the belief is that Gen. Harington
has orders not to risk any act of J
fwar, and it appears from the tone of j
the British press that no war with the {
Turks would receive popular backing, j
One of the points of insistence re- j
garding the present situation with re- j
spect to the neutral zone, is that I
whatever zone is agreed upon may !
become permanently neutral. In this I
connection Lord Curzon is believed to j
have informed Premier Polncare
frankly that the British were not j
working to secure exclusive control i
of the straits, they they had too many j
undertakings already and would ue;
satisfied with the league of nations, ;
American or any participation which j
would make the straits open to com- j
merce and neutral in time of war.
It is affirmed that Ismet Pasha is
showing as much reasonableness at
Mudania as is consistent with his instructions,
and that for one thing, he
fas not demanded that Constantinople
be evacuated at once.
On general lines, the instructions
upon which Gen. Harington is acting
today are to reiterate to Ismet
that the Turks must respect the neutal
zone and that they cannot send
a large number of troops to Thrace,
but of which points were made in the
original allied note of September 23.
The general is not making representations
regarding the reported armrest
by the Turks of large numbers
of Greeks in the outskirts of Scutari.
This action is considered a form of
banditism which is not connected
with the forces of Mustapha Kemal
Pasha.
STBONG BRITISH DEFENSE.
Xy the Associated Press.
CHANAK, October 9.?"Wo are
only three weeks Old, but already
have the strength of Gibraltar,"
proudly said a British captain, who
scorted the Associated Press correspondent
ashore at Chanak.
It is just three weeks since preparations
for the defense of Chanak
were begun, and in that time this
struggling village of white-walled
houses has become the center of one
of the most formidable fortresses in
the world. Visible evidence of Great
Britain's earnest preparations for
whatever may happen in the near
east greets the visitor on all sides,
and the officers In charge, who are
all veterans of the world war, declare
that no defensive positions on
'4e west front were more impregnable.
From the harbor, where a dozen
freighters and transports swing at
anchor, there is little to be seen ex;ept
a few gaunt earthworks and
hospital buildings to the west of the
A
DME DRIVE
rS; BRITISH
UP BRIDGES
aching at Beikos
gain Appear in
f Chanak.
RCES DEFIANT; j
lNGERS OF CLASHj
I
in London by Critical
Every Effort Is Ex- j
?
aintain Peace.
i
i
I
>ber 9.?The Turkish nationalist
advance in the Dardanelles area
3ritish stronghold, according to a
nvspapers.
light that Turkish irregulars had
short distance from Beikos in the
Bosporus, lieikos is a suburb of
e the American naval anchorage,
ind Beikos.
gates. The conference with Ismet
Pasha, the Turkish nationalist representative,
was scheduled to be resumed
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The delegates met informally last
i night, postponing formal discussions
until this afternoon,
i Gen. Harington, the British comI
mander-in-chief, received in writing
an assurance from Ismet Pasha that
\ there would be no further advance of
i the nationalist troops in the neutral
1 zone.
Loas of Thrace Admitted.
By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, October 9.?The Greek
government has instructed its dele
gates at the Mudania conference to
j accept decisions which may be unanimously
agreed upon by the allied
representatives.
This action was taken following the
receipt of advices from former Premier
Venizelos that eastern Thrace
must be considered as lost to Greece.
Greece will endeavor to secure two
months' time to permit the evacuation
of her army and the Greek civilian
population, which is estimated to
aggregate 250.000. It is probable that
another 200,000 Greeks and Armenians
will leave Constantinople for Greece,
1 which will make more crushing the
l problem of the country, which is alI
ready burdened with refugees.
Clouds of War'
ver Near East Crisis
i town. Here and there along: the hillsides
are Rrroups of white tents and
the long white highway which twists
across the town and dfeappears
among the close clipped hills is dotted
with army trucks, mule wagons and
other transport. But the real defenses
are back from the town in the
rocky valleys, protected from prying
eyes.
IMQ m niiADn
UllLLIIU UM uuni\Li
AGAINSTREVOLTS
Military Dictator Says Army
Is Ready to Put Down
Agitators.
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j
By the Associated Press.
ATHENS. October 9.?Attempts by
reactionaries to make capital out of i
tho Inoa r\t *
. ? vt ?u.at.o win De met. If ^
necessary, by force, it is declared by ,
Col. Gonatas, who is still the military
dictator of the new Greek govern- 1
ment. ,
He announced before a meeting of i
the Commercial Association of Athens *
that the army was ready to take 1
severe measures to protect the national
safety and assure permanency
to the objects of the revolution.
"The revolution was achieved peacefully."
he said, "but the army is ready ]
to take grave decisions against those
who seek to exploit the loss of Thrace '
by discrediting the revolution, which J
came too late to save Thrace.
"But the revolution came early '
.enough to prevent a greater disaster. <
The pretensions of the enemy will not !
be limited by the line of the Maritza 1
river." (The Maritza river marks the '
western boundary of that portion of
Thrace which the allies have
to return to the Turks.) " !
Thractnne Expect War.
The Greek members of the chamber i
of deputies for Thrace have sent a 1
statement to the British press, de- ]
daring that if the British people be- 1
lieve the re-entry of the Turks into 1
Europe will assure peace they are '
suffering from a lamentable illusion. 1
The Thraclans predict that before 1
many months the British and French J
mandates for Palestine, Mesopotamia ]
and Syria will be challenged. The
Egyptian question will be reopened
and the Galllpoli campaign will have 1
to be fought over again. They declare 1
that in avoiding armed conflict to- I
day the British are merely postpon- 1
ing the inevitable and that in the >
near future they will have to fight t
under infinitely worse conditions than >
at present. 1
If nevertheless, Greece is to be t
stripped of her new territories, says <
the statement, she ought to be spared
the crushing blow of being swamped i
with 300,000 refugees. The signs- i
tories demand that allied troops re- t
main permanently in Thrace to save <
the non-Turkish population frt>m t
massacre or deportation. 1
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RIVAL IS ARRESTED
ON YOUTH'S STORY
OF HALL1RDER
Slain Couple Mistaken for
Bahmer Girl and Friend,
He Charges.
300-W0RD STATEMENT
ACCUSED LAD, AGED 19
Informer Held as Witness?Tells
of Trailing Couple to Crabapple
Tree.
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.. October
9.?Clifford Hayes, nineteen-year-old
admirer of Pearl Bahmer. who found
the bodies of the Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt
Mills, choir singer, was arrested today
and formally charged with first
degree murder for the slaying.
luymona ounneiuer, wuu was wiui
the Bahmer girl when the bodies
were found, was held as a material
witness. Prosecutors Beekman and
Strieker of Middlesex and Somerset
counties say Schneider signed a 300word
statement accusing Hayes of
the crime.
Trailed Man and ixlrl.
According to Schneider's statement,
the double slaying was the result of
mistaken identity. He had gone out
with Hayes on the night of the murders,
he said, trailing a man who accompanied
the Bahmer girl. Seeing
a couple beneath a crabapple tree,
he said, Hayes opened fire. Formal
announcement of the arrests was
made at 11:45 o'clock by Prosecutor
Strieker.
The authorities had been questioning
since 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon
Hayes and Schneider, local youths. It
was said that they had been in the
vicinity of the Phillips farmhouse,
where the bodies were found, on the
night of the murders.
No More Arrests Now.
TUft nnnntmnmanf laciiad inintlv hv
Prosecutor Strieker of Middlesex
county and Beekman of Somerset
county, read:
"Upon information in the prosecutor's
office obtained from Raymond
Schneider and other witnesses, we feel
obliged, under the circumstances, to
prefer a charge of murder against one
Clifford Hayes. Raymond Schneider
will be heid as a material witness^
awaiting further developments in the
case.
"Process will be issued out of Somerset
county, where it appears the
crime was committed. Consequently,
the prisoners will be detained in the
Somerset county jail."
The prosecutors would not say
whether the arrest of Hayes had
eliminated the Hall and Mijls families
from further consideration. No further
arrests are contemplated for the
present, they said.
I.lar, Shouts Hayes.
Hayes. when confronted with
Schneider, as the latter told his story,
explained:
"He is a liar."
According to Schneider, who admits
he is In love with the Bahmer girl, he
was standing on a street corner with
Hayes and Heo Kauffman when he
saw the girl pass with her stepfather.
Nicholas Bahmer, he was jealous of
the stepfather, he said, and when he
told the others of his suspicions they
agreed to follow the pair.
They searched first through Buceleuch
Park, where Kauffman left
them, and then proceeded to the
nearby Phillips farm. About 11
o'clock, Schneider said, they approached
the crab-apple tree under
which the bodies of Mr. Hall and Mrs.
Mills later were found, and Hayes
pointed to the two figures beneath
the tree, exnlaining:
"There they are. Now we'll fix
them."
Began to Shoot.
Hayes, Schneider declared, whipped
out a pistol and began to shoot.
When the pair collapsed, Schneider
said, he went forward, struck a match
md then turned to Hayes, explaining:
"Great God, man, you've made a
mistake."
The three then fled, according to the
statement.
Schneider declared he did not know
how the throat of Mrs. Mills was cut I
or who had laid the bodies out under
the tree, carefully adjusting their
:loth!ng after they had been slain.
He declared that neither he nor his
companions had touched the bodies,
and they saw nothing of the love letters
written by Mrs. Mills, which were
tound scattered about the scene.
Still at Work on Case,
Detectives continued vigorously to
n-ork on the case, cleaTly Indicating
that they did not believe the double
slaying had bean wholly cleared up
toy Schneider's statement.
When word first was taken to the
home of Mrs. Frances Hall, widow of
the slain clergyman, who has been repeatedly
questioned about the case.
Miss Sally Peters, her most intimate
friend and adviser, said:
"Isn't that fine. What has Mr.
StTickler got to say for himself now
for the way he has been treating
Frances and Willie (Willie Stevens,
eccentric brother of Mrs. Hall)."
Husband Is Bitter.
' m?i Mills, husband of the slain I
woman, was mors bitter when told of
:he arrest.
"A mistake!" cried Mills. "My God,
what a mistake! Now I will have to
stand for the funeral expenses, and
what have I left, my family Is broken
lp and while Mrs. Hall has servants,
[ am alone. I am forced to get my own
neals and do my own washing, and I
im left with my daughter in her last
pear of school."
Schneider, the Bahmer girl. Hays and
fCauffman were called to the Court
House yesterday for questioning, the
firl told her story and was allowed to
;o Kauffman also was excused after
engthy examination.
Subjected to Long GrllL
Hayes and Schneider, however, were
teld at the courthouse all through
:he night, and subjected to repeated
[rilllngs. It was Schneider and Pearl
Sahmer who first told the authorities
>f the presence of the two bodies on
:he Phillips farm. They told a polloenan
they had discovered the bodies
while hunting mushrooms. This was
wo days after the slayings occurred
>n the night of September 14.
.Schneider. in his statement today,
mid he had gone bade to the scene
with the Bahmer girl partly out of
iurloslty and partly because he wanted
to show her how near she had
:ome to death because of her walk
rith her stepfather <
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DROWNS HIS THREE'
CHILDREN IN TUB;
Father, Out of Work, Then
Kills Himself With
Revolver.
MOTHER WAS AT CHURCH j
Faints After Discovering: Bodies
and Note on Bathroom
Floor.
Bj the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.f October 3.? <
The bodies of a father and his three
children today lay side by side in an
undertaking: establishment here, victims
of a tragedy last night. The
.ghildren?Ethel yu. five; two,
and Ruasell, six months?were drowned
in a bathtub at their home by the
father, William E. Wheeler, who then
fired a bullet into his brain.
Despondency because of inability to
obtain employment was responsible
for the crime, police said. Mrs.
Wheeler discovered the' bodies after
she returned home from church. A ^
note protruding from beneath the {
bathroom door told of the act of her
husband and grave Instructions as to
the disposition of his body and the
furniture in the house. It read. In
part:
"Dear Milly:?It had to come at
last. I can see no other way out.
Pay up every bill. That's what I did
it for. I'm taking- the kiddles with
me so you and no one else can say
that I left them a burden on you. If
I were to hang on longer it would
only be the same old story."
Mrs. Wheeler swooned after the
bathroom door was broken down by
a boarder. She told police that her
hurband appeared to be In excellent
spirits when she left for church.
The children were found clasped in
each others' arms on the bottom of
the tub, which was half filled with
water. The father hung over the edge
of the tub, still clutching the pistol
from which he flred the fatal shot.
CARRY LANTERNS
AFTER SUN SETS,
ORDER IN SMYRNA .
By the Associated Press.
SMYRNA, October 9.?Noureddln
Pasha, military commander of Smyrna,
in his "regulations for the conduct of I
civilians in peace time" Includes the re- 1
qulrement that all persons on the streets 1
after sunset carry lighted lanterns. t
njioiner order 18 that all flags must t
be removed from private houses. The <
order says: 1
"No residence, shop, carriage or motor t
car may display a flag, whether Turkish j
or foreign, except on fete days" J
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BRITISH OFFICIALS
BACKU. S. RIGHT TO
BAN SHIP LIQUOR
&j the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 9.?Prohibition of
iquors on vessels within American
vaters will give rise to no interna:ional
complications, according td the
/iew expressed by British foreign ofIcials
today.
The government's view, according
0 these authorities, is that the matter
s one in which the United States has
1 perfect right to take any action it
lees fit.
woulIMIick :
ON D. C. SURPLUS
Senator Curtis Favors
Prompt Use of Funds if
Title Is Proven.
The surplus revenues of the Dis- j
trict now held by the Treasury,!
amounting to some five million dollars,
ihould be appropriated for the benefit
of the District without delay, in
the opinion of Senator Curtis of
Kansas, If the joint congressional
committee now Investigating the
natter decides that these surplus I
revenues belong to the District.
Senator Curtis, who has always
Seen strongly in favor of having the
District surplus revenue question
settled with as little delay as pos-1
slble, said today that he believed
the representatives of the District
jovernment should urge that the
money be used for the benefit of the
District as soon as possible. If the
tunds were used, he pointed out,
there would be no future controversy
in regard to them.
Some of the money, he said, of
rourse could be used to help put the
District on a cash-paying basis as
lirected by the appropriation act for
the present fiscal year, but, he said,
i very small sum could be approbated.
"X would take care of the publlo
ichools of the District first," said Senitor
Curtis. "New and additional
school DUliaings are nccucu iu ovjommodate
the children. Next I
vould take care of the public playgrounds
and thirdly I would have a
lew building: constructed to house the
~~ m r\ f H corSc flnH
)mces ui mo i cw. uv?
he register of wills. It should be
placed on a site on judiciary square."
TWO DIE FOR POLITICS.
Bight Others Wounded in Cuban
Election Campaign Fight.
HAVANA, Cuba, October 9.?Fightng
which arose out of the heated
jolitlcal campaign being waged prelmlnary
to coming partial elections
-esulted in the death of two per10ns
and the wounding of eight i
>thers last night at Ouanajay. near J
>ere.
The contending factions were mem>ers
of the liberal party and of a
jolltical' organization known as
"rlends of the People.
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iNO RELIEF SEEN
! IN RENTSjTUATION
j Despite Much Building,
Labor Department Finds
Few Places Available.
HOMES HELD FOR SALE
Survey Discloses Surplus of General
Clerical Workers as Col
lege men been Jobs.
Notwithstanding: a building program
approximating $32,000,000 In
the past eight months, very few
apartments or houses are available
for rent In the District of Columbia,
the Department of Labor announced
?|oday in a survejr-rxf employment
conditions for the month September
30. The majority of residences are
held for sale, the department said,
and apartments available for renting
purposes are not within reach of
persons of moderate means. The
future holds no promise of early re1
lief, the announcement said.
| There is a surplus of general clerii
cal workers in Washington, which
| has been increased by an influx of
college students securing part time
employment. Construction of a con
venuon auditorium tho department
added, will provide additional work
for building: tradesmen, I Employ
I merit conditions In Virginia were refiorted
to be Improving: with heavy
ncrease in employment In the lumber
industry.
Effect of Strike Settlement.
Industrial employment in all parts
of the country has been accelerated
by adjustment of the coal and rail
strikes, although inadequate car and
fuel supply has retarded a further
improvement, the department announced.
Decreased employment was disclosed
in "liquor and beverages,"
vehicles for land transportation,
metal and products other than iron
and steel and stone, clay and glass
products. Building construction
throughout the country, the survey
said, is maintaining a steady pace
in practically ail sections, while the
most encouraging sign of prosperity
is tho threatened common labor
shortage everywhere. Elimination of
transportation and fuel difficulties,
,the survey declared will speed production
and employment "to a higher
degree than has obtained since the
war."
efforTtohDrry
mm. fails
Supreme Court Refuses to
Advance Hearing?Expect
Action in Spring.
A motion to advance the hearing in
the case of the Public Utilities Commission
of the District of Columbia
against the Potomac Electric Power
Company, involving the valuation of
I the company's property found by the
commission for rate-making purposes.
was denied today by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Chief Justice Taft, In making the
i announcement, said that the court
had denied the motion to advance because
the case would be heard within
a reasonable time, in the ordinary
course of the docket; It is expected
that the case will come before the
court for argument In the ordinary
course of events next March or April.
The motion to advance was filed by
F. H. Stephens, general counsel for
the Public Utilities Commission, and
Conrad H. Syme, special counsel, for
the Public Utilities Commission. The
case Is before the Supreme Court on
appeal from the decision of the Court
of Anneals reversing the decision of
the Supreme Court of the District,
which sustained the valuation found
by the Public Utilities Commission.
The present controversy Involves the
basis of the prices now paid and to
be paid in the future by all consumers
of electricity.
GOXKAEDS BOCXWELL FIELD.
Ma). Henry H. Arnold, air service,
at San Francisco, has been assigned
to the command of. Rockwell Field,
> Coronado, Calif.
Russian Factions
In Fierce Battle
As Japanese Quit
By the Associated Press.
VLADIVOSTOK, October S?Desperate
fighting between the "red" and
"white" armies Is In progress on the
Spassk front The battle is the
severest recorded since the Japanese
evacuation began. The soviet forces
are reported rushing troops with
airplanes and tanks toward Vladivostok.
The defenders are offering furious
opposition.
RED CROSSPRAiSEO
FOR NEAR EAST AID
President Gratified by Quick
Action in Great and Appealing
Emergency.
SENDS CONVENTION NOTE
Judge Payne Tells Delegates Every
Penny Needed for Sufferers
Will Be Used.
Readiness of the American Red
Cross to meet all emergencies at all
times and anywhere was pointed out
at the first meeting of the annual
convention today in Memorial Continental
Hall by Judge John Barton!
Payne, who. was elected permanent
rhfllrman of trnnvpntlnn Tudtr**
Payne has Just returned from a trip
to Europe in connection with the
meeting of the League of Red Cross
Societies.
President Harding, who is president |
of the society, was unable to be present,
but received the delegates at
the White House this afternoon at
12:45. He sent his regrets in the
following letter.
"The circumstances are such that
I will not be able to attend the opening
session of the anntlah convention
of the American Red Cross beginning
in Washington this morning. I wish
you would express my very cordial
greetings and the satisfaction that 1
feel in knowing of this annual session
of the delegates from the various
chapters which give to the
American Red Cross its unfailing
strength and readiness for every
emergency.
Takes Pride ia Red Crass.
"It ha3 been most gratifying to
learn that your executive committee
this morning has appropriated funds
and has taken steps to render efficient
relief in the great and appealing
emergency which has arisen in the
near east. The readiness of your organization
to meet this most distressing
situation adds to our gratification
in being able to turn to a great organization
prepared for any task. The
consciousness of this capacity to do
things must contribute to the enthusiastic
spirit which Imbues the American
Red Cross throughout every unit,
and the knowledge adds to the pride
and confidence of the people of the
United States in having such agency
to give expression to human sympathy
and helpfulnesa"
Gen. Pershing, who also was on the
program for an address today, could
not get here in time. Chairman Payne
announced, but expressed the hope
that tne delegates would nave the
opportunity of hearing the general at
one of the future conventions.
Telia ef Relief Plana.
Mr. Payne told the delegates that
he had brought back the impression
from Europe that no matter what
the people thought of the political
conduct of the United States, there
was one thing on which he found
unanimity of opinion, and that was
on the splendid work of the American
Red Cross. At some later time, he
told them, he would go into details
on this.
After telling that the central committee
had decided to take up the
relief work In the near east he was
questioned as to the amount of
money which had been authorised, to
which he replied:
"No specific sum was appropriated,
and no one knows the amount that
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n in uo tu^uiivu. i "w 111011 uviivuD
ares That the Job be done. If it
takes all we have it will be spent,
and If it takes more than we have
we will get It."
Meeting Near East Crista.
Be outlined briefly his work in connection
with the international Red
Cross meeting. The immediate task
before the Red Cross, he said, grows
out of the war between the Oreeks
and Turka The Red Cross took immediate
steps upon his return to
meet that crisis, he said, and the note
of the President merely emphasises
U1C l*Cl LU?l 1UB BV<C1UU1QUI IB WBV
nizant of that situation. The plan
was agreed upon after a two-hour
conference on Saturday, and the Red
Cross, he continued, is prepared to
meet that emergency. The Paris representative
has been directed to proceed
and Is expected to arrive at
Athens within two or three days. The
representative from here will be sent
on Wednesday.
The American Red Cross he pictured
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MATERNITY LAW TEST
GRANTED BY HIGH COURT
Massachusetts request for permission
to test the constitutionality of
the maternity law was granted today
by the Supreme Court and the process
ordered returned on January 2,
1922.
Massachusetts attacked the law on
the ground that It "usurped" authority
belonging to the states and established
a system of government
"whereby certain governmental functions
are performed by co-operation
between the federal government and
said states," from which Massachusetts
is excluded by reason of its assertion
of its sovereign rights.
To accomplish the encroachment
upon state rights, the federal government,
Massachusetts asserted, offered
to make available an appropriation
conditioned upon expenditures by
the different states and their co-operation
in giving effect to the law.
MAY REFUSE COAL
TO D. C. VIOLATORS
OF SUPPLY RULES
Commission Is Keeping Close
Check on Both Dealers
and Householders.
NAMES OF OFFENDERS
MAY BE MADE PUBLIC
Warning Issued as Officials Detect
Breakers of New Fuel
Steps mrr fee fc* Ou ?ublic
Utilities Commission to Mt <4 the
supply of fuel to certain deaiers and
to householders who are ignoring the
rules governing the delivery of coal
This was intimated today by Walter
C. Allen, secretary to the com mission,
who said the commission has
information that deliveries in excess
| of the regulations have been made
since the warning to the public and
to dealers was issued last waek.
It was learned today that fee commission
has considered rtdvisa
i billty of making public tfci names
: of dealers who do not obsery# the delivery
rules.
Must Obey Rules,
i The commission on Friday issued a
statement explaining how coal should
I be delivered in order to lnutife every
| home an equal amount in proportion
to the size of the dwelling*
This statement was intended as a
warning to both dealers and con
aumers, but. Mr. Allen sa!d, violations
still are occurring.
The rules provide that onf* a thirtyday
supply of the larger sizes of anthracite
or a sixty-day supply of pea
coal may be delivered to a house at a
time. It is further provided that no
deliveries shall be made to houses in
which the above amount of coal is already
stored. The commission has
been advised that Washington will
receive only 60 per cent of its normal
supply of hard coal this winter,
and the purpose of the restriction on
deliveries is to guarantee every home
a sufficient amount of fuel with which
to start the furnaces when the first
cold day dawns.
Check on Deliveries.
Of course, when furnace tima arrives
and a family begins to use its
first allotment, a dealer may then
deliver the second shipment.
If the rules are violated generally
frosty weather undoubtedly will
catch some homes without coal, and
it is such a situation the commission
is seeking to prevent.
A corps of clerks in the District
building are keeping a close check on
all coal ordered and delivered, so that
Violations will show up readily.
It was estimated today that approximately
70,000 homes have now filed
their orders for the winter supply of
fuel on the pink blanks supplied to
all dealers by the commission, a nnr%\
of every order received by the dealers
is on file with the commission.
RECORDSSMASHED
IN PUBUCSCHOOLS
Enrollment Exceeds by 598
Peak of Last Year's
Attendance.
Enrollment in the District public
schools has exceeded by 598 the peak
of last year's, which was reported in
November, according to the latest
figures given out today by the authorities.
The officials now feel confident
that their pre-school opening
estimates, which placed this year's
maximum enrollment at approximately
67,000, will be reached sometime
next month.
The statistics show that there are
now 65,498 children on the school
rolls, or 1.922 more than on October
9 of last year. Of this total 62.825
are In the elementary schools, 12,192
In the high schools and 481 In the
normal schools. This is an increase
of 1,331 In the high schools, E54 in
the grade schools and 137 In the
normal schools.
3201 at Central Hlfk.
Central High School, according to
the figures, now has 3.202 students enrolled,
compared with 3.030 on the
corresponding day of 1121. Enrollment
in the other high schools follows:
Eastern. 1,058; Western. 1,034; Business,
1,392; McKinley. 1,527; Armstrong,
1,075. and Dunbar, 1,608. The
Columbia Junior High School reported
an enrollment of 866, and the
Shaw Junior High School, 431. The
Wilson Normal School has an enrollment
of 217, and the Miner Normal,
264.
Graded School Figures.
The graded school enrollment by
divisions, follows:
First division, E.E50; third. 1,076;
Wilson, Normal practice, 137; PYanklln-Thomson,
668: special, 411; fifth
division. E.741; sixth, 3,?21; seventh,
1,747; eighth, 1.E01; ninth. 1.18S; tenth.
5,256; eleventh. 4,009; twelfth, 1,471;
thirteenth, 6.261; Miner Normal practice,
213: Cardosa-vocational, 42. and
the O Street Vocational, 117,
DANISH CABINET QUITS.
Former Premier Christensen Asked
to Form New Ministry.
COPENHAGEN, October According
to the National Tldende, the cabinet
of Premier Neergaard has resigned
and the king has asked former
Premier J. C. Christensen to form a
new ministry.
The resignation of the cabinet was
foreshadowed following the recent
suspension and reorganisation of the
Landsraandsbank. The premier designate
held the portfolio of publie
works in the retiring ministry.
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