Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1922, Page 1

hrll‘ el 10cal tl a Jershowers ia ture. ature for twenty-four hours nded at o Highest, 85, at 3 pm. today; lowest, 4. al § a.m. to- ended at 2 p.m. today. day. Full report on’page WEATHER. \.lw.lo‘ folle little change in tempera- od Dy tonight or Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Puge 24 No. 28,582. Entered as secord-class matter post office Washington, D. C. —_—————— AY TO he Zhe WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g 4 Star. = WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, JULY ‘31, 1922_THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. NDING OF RAIL STRIKE NOW BELIEVED TO BE IN SIGHT President Reported Assured by Cuyler and Jewell His Pro- posals Will Be Supported. OPPOSITION OF THE BIG ROADS STILL TO BE MET AND OVERCOME Executives Promise to Vote for Accept- ance, But Fail to Go So Far as Union in Pledges. By the Associated Press. President Harding was said today by close personal friends and advisers to have received assurances from Chairman Cuyler of the Association of Railway E: ‘Ivania railroad and B. M. Jewe’l, head of the‘ bury of the Penns striking shopmen’s organization xecutives, Vice President-Atter- s, that they would support his proposals for immediate ending of the strike. These assurances were und President’s hope for successful erstood to be the basis of the termination of his grbitration efforts. They have been the subject of discussion, it was reported, between the President and his immediate advisers, including some members of the Senate. The President has been told, it was said, that Mr. Jewell would, in the union conference to be held tomorrow at Chicago, give his indorsement to the settlement proposal. Ready To Accept. Mr. Cuyler and Mr. Atterbury, it was said, did not go so far as the union head, but were said to have advised the President that they would at least vote for its accept- ance. It was said that Mr. Cuyler told the President he would agree to present the executive's proposals to the railway heads’ conference to- morrgw at New York, and in doing so e¥press the personal belief that they ought to be adopted. The in- fluence of Mr. Cuyler and Mr. Atter- bury is counted upon by the admin- istration to have a large influence at the railway executives' meeting. Some Leaders Oppose Plan. Opinion among the railway ex-| ecutives who will meet tomorrow in’ New York to pass upon President| Harding's proposals is markedly divided, according to all reports coming to the White House, but it is considered certain that a mllflfl!)" of the 148 railroads represéntéd. will be in favor o1 accepting the admine istration plan. Their decision, however, will not necessarily be binding upon the rail- roads considered likely to be in a favoring rejection of the ttlcment scheme, and these rail- ads on the basis of advice avall- e are the larger and better known l stems. The leaders of the striking unions will accept the settlement provided the railroads will put it into effect, but the final decision of the union leaders on calling off the strike would probably be held up in case the settlement did not get their men back at work on the| larger roads. Every possible infldence is ! being brought to bear by the adminis iration to increase the number of rail- roads which might accept the settle- ment plan, but the President’s inform- ants_have not been confident that the result would be satisfactor: ro sy Senlority Chief Difficulty. President Harding’s settlement pro- | posals definitely involves returning to the striking shopmen a degree of | senfority in employment, if they re-; turn, ever men who have been em- vloyed by the rallroads to flll.their; places. This would mean the dis-| charge. eventually If not at once, of | & large part of those who took the | places of the strikers. A considerable group of chief exec- utives of the larger roads, who claim to have fought the strike successfully and to have replaced the strikers with an effective force, are on record in advance of tomorrow’s meeting with a flat refesal to take any such action, regardiess of what other rail- road managements do. Spirited Debate Expected. Administration leaders said they | expected spirited debate in tomor-; row's session of the executives, but that the final result would be reluct- ant accoptance of the President's proposals. It might be, according to administration adgisers, that the ex- ecutives would g0 on record against accepting the proposals and yielding to the anion demands for waiving the men’s seniority rights. but place | AGAINST HARDING PLAN. | I DENVER. Col., July 31.—Entire dis- | approval of that part of President! Harding’s railroad peace pian giving | back seniority to striking shopmen ! was volced by Joseph H. Young, presi- | dent of the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad, last night. T cannot concelve of such a plan being accepted.” Young declared. “I. am familiar anly #ith conditions of | lines in the west, but I know they! are united agahst that partsof the! President's plan for’settiement of the strike. The men Who have taken the| places of the strikers cannot be dis-; charged by the Railway Labor Board or | the railroad exectives, If these new men | are dismissed they will have the right | to appeal to the Labor Board, and it can do nothing but sustain its deci- | sion and rulings. This being the case. ! all of the present workers must then | be reinstated and paid for all the time! they have lost in fighting the question ' of their rights.” - ' RAIL HEADS ARRIVING. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. July 31.—With 148 railroad executives arriving here for the conference called by President Harding for tomorrow, interest otl both sides centered today on the re-; port irom Chicago that an agreement had been reached between the strik- ing shopmen and the roads. - s report also salid tomorrow’s aneetings both lere and in Chicago, where the union leaders are gather- re to take formal action of xe- themselves in position of .ylelding under protest «to a virtual “order” from the President. At the same time it was thought probable that the ex- ecutives would take action declaring that the President and not they themselves were responsible for watving the seniority question. May Be Back in 48 hours. Rallway workers should be back on the job withid forty-eight hours or less from the time the strike is set- tled, Secretary Hoover said toda: He declined to comment upon the prospects of a settlement being reached at tomorrow's meetings. Secretary of Labor Davis expressed confidence today that the rall strike would shortly be adjusted to the satisfaction of the and settled through direct conferences be- tween the operators and mipers' rep- resentatives with no further move on the pa the government. Mr. was of the opinion that the views of: A. O. Wharton, labor member of the Raliroad Labor Boafd, that the plan said to have been sub- mitted by President Harding to both parties to the rall strike would be accepted, represented the in labor circles. Mr. Davis called attention that Mr. Wharton formerly | held the position now oecupied by M. Jewell, head of the striking hopmen. Hooper Sees President. Ben W. Hpoper, chairman of the Rallroad Labor Board, who stopped; off in Washington today en route back to Chicago from Newport, Tenn., spent nearly an hour in con ference with the President, going over the strike situation and the plan for settlement. Chairman Hooper on leaving the White House said he could not “with propriety” discuss the nature of his conversations with the President. He appeared quite hopeful and said that in event the President's proposal was ac- cepted the Labor Board would grant a rehearing of the wage dispute as soon as the two parties could prepare their cases. He indicated that neither the executives nor the union leaders were as yet in possession of the full details of the settlement plan. PRESIDENT AIMS TO END RAILROAD STRIKE FIRST Chief Executive to Straighten Out Transpor- \iom e iewpoint’ct prilucal o2 tation Problems Coal Trouble, BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The rail strike settlement first and then the cdal problem—that's Pres dent Harding's course this week. And he has a feeling that when the fairness of the rail strike settlement is disclosed as the details are re- vealed, the striking miners and opera- tors will find themselves compelled by a powerful public opinion to make concessions to each other’s viewpoint and bring peace. Neither the railroad executives nor the rallway employes will be able to say that the settlement is what they would have made it if left to them- selves in a prolonged fight. But the intervention of the President has been on the theory that the American people will not permit the disputants to have a fight to a finish. And the same is true of the coal controversy. Operators are adamant in their viewpoint, miners representa~ tives are subbornly refusing to con- cede an inth, but they will both have to change tactics before the end of this week, when they are brought face to face with the chief executive in the White House and are gsked in the name of the Americap people to accept a compromise. All Concessions Opposed. Neither miners nor operators will voluntarily make concessions. They will not even give in by processes of persuasion in conference with the peaceful elements in their own ranks —and both labor and operatots, re- spectiviey, are being urged from within to make a settlement. But when the President of the United Sta initiative again he is expected thi xl.n to get com- pliance from both operators and min- ers. There were be- | and ‘miners” spokesmen. administration, | that the coal strike would be | Cuyler,RailHead, DeniesRoadsHave Agreed to Terms By tle Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. July 31— | © DeWitt Cuyler. head of the rail- read esecatives’ organization, sald to- day that “it 18 not trae” that the rall- road employers had given assurances they would support President Hard- ing’s proposal for an immediate end- ing of the strike. Mr. Cuyler said that there has been “no commitment of any kind" He added that the understanding was to await the President's proposal, which had not yet been received. Mr. Cuyler would not amplify his denial as to whether he was speaking for himself or for all the executives. Asked whether he would personally i support President Harding's plan, he said he had no further statemept to make. FUEL GOMMITTEE . URGED IN DISTRICT Commissioners Get Hoover Letter Sent to States Asking Co-Operation. POLITICIANS AWAIT | 'BOARD TO STUDY NEEDS HUUSERflSS END | —— Returning Representatives Keller Already Has Been Making| pyi00t0 to Bring Guage Inquiries of Conditions at . ti { Utilities’ Plants. i of Sentiment. The District Commissioners today | received from Secretary of Commerce { Hoover a copy of the letter which he TO MOLD LEGISLATION sent to the governors of states sug- gesting how they should cu<operntetCIe‘n_Up of Important Pending‘ | with the federal government in get- £ | ting fuel for utilities and other neces- I&‘l jon Looked For on Reeonvening. ! sary purposes. Accompanying the form letter was | the following note from the Secre- BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Two weeks from tomorrow the House of Representatives will re- | tary: “I Inclose herewlth communications which have now been sent to the. gyme jts sessions, bringing back te various governors and I trust that the | yhe capitgl the members who have District of Columbia will organize In| heen at home xing their fences, the same manner as that current In}with their return thers should come indicated by these com= | wealth of first-hand Inféfmation on the state of the Union—political, industrial and general. 1 The Mterature transmitted with the timent | letter recommends in substance that a committee be formed for accomp- lishing the desired object, namely, of obtaining the coal that is urgently Then will set in the clean-up proce: or legislation, looking to a hoped- for completion of the legislative pro- gram in time to let Congress adjourn : needed for the whirlwind finish of the poli- The letter suggests that the plans | tical campaign in October and No- followed by Massachusetts during the | vember elections. In the meantime, war 'be followed in organizing a com- (state and congressional _elections have been held in Maine September | 11, the first “straw” showing which | way the political wind is blowing. Await General Se: ent. ! i mittee representing wholesale coal| dealers and public utility consumers. | It 1s expected that the Commission- ers will take up the coal situation | |t the regular board meeting to-| Administration leadors and poli-| morrow. | tical managers pre looking forward Engineer Commissioner Keller, who | to the return of the home-visiting is chairman of the public uuhuesglux(:te‘:r::ln :;;“‘l:: “K‘(:mllalelexl::?!’(‘ p.::; ffié’:.'i“r‘f:.‘“{;'fi‘:.? i how the corporas | soldier "bonus. and the administra- | tona 'chat_ furnish heat, light and | tions’ merchant marine bill. From transportation service are situated time to time there have been demon- | with respect to fuel. | strations, in the primaries, of state: 15 Dractically certain that the|of public feeling about the bonus, followin, out the E\?}".’:‘xé‘,’.“‘:? the _ Department of |close-up will be obtained through 4 11 co-operate in endeav- | the personal contact of members of e e a6l for ‘cmsencial’ nc | the House' with their immediate con- b stituency. 2 | Knerien: As the case now stands, the repub- ' | licans of the Senate are on record as! | declaring_ for finished action on the| | tariff and the bonus before this ses- | slon of Congress ends, or a genaral recess is taken. The President of the | United States has declared his judg- | ment that Congress should not ad- | journ until the merchant marine bill { has been passed. | "It is expected that the returning | statesmen will advise the chicf ex- { ecutive upon the merchant marine | pediency mainly, as to -he way pub- | i lic sentiment has crystallized, in their and Then Tackle i | from this angle, maintaining that it Says Lawrence r furnish troops to protect strike-| breakers the non-union production | would soon reach a point where it| would scare the union men into sub- | mission. As for the union leaders, they were confident that later on they | would get better terms of settlement. The war of exhaustion has gone on two weeks since Mr. Harding pro- posed arbitration. Figures just issued | by, the United States geological sur- vey show that non-union production since the. operators were invited to| resume operations has not been suf- ficient to warrant the nation in feel ing comfortable about fuel supply next winter. The fgures are by no means satisfactory to the adminis- tration here, no matter how Indicative | they might be to the operators of a gradual increase in productioh. The operators blamé the rail strike and! say lack of cars is hindering produc- | tion, for coal Isn't mined when cars ! are not available on which to load. But government information contra- dicts that assertion. Enough coal | hasn’t been mined and not enough men are at work to insure an ade- quate supply. Further Conferences Due. In the face of those facts, the gov- | ornment will try again to mediate in | the dispute. Further conferences Ye- tween the heads of operators and unions are inevitable the end of this week. There is a feeling of the.ut- most _confidence that this time & new | comprorise can be launched and that | it will be accepted. It wopld have re- quired ve: little mo fundamentais to have brought a'set- tl it t] last time the coal dis- ‘That modification e, al e pressure of pub- lic opinion through the President was not sufficiently acute. Industrial peace may be said to be in sight now. The situation in . th coal dullr{’l- such ‘that a settl cannot by either m:u t Harding has m.d.l thi len! |- road executives the 1:1 cteno did not com see portance | paign. the publ! elfare bstract | mittee, sena: of public w over. sl | i issues in un! for the coal ¥ & | decision, and in the la fication on | g, judgment. President Harding has not considered the proposed legislativn presents an economic question pure and simple, and should be disassoci- ated from politics. It will be inter- esting to note the reaction from these conflicting opinions. Opinion on Tariff. Senators will be deeply interested | to learn from the members of the! other body in Congress what is the real sentiment as to the pending tariff legislation. The judgment expressed may have a determining influence upon speeding up or postponing final action on the tariff bill before the elections. The crystalized opinfon of many wise men in Congress and i the political leadership of the r publican. party is that it would be a mistake to default in perfecting the legislation into law. ‘What_effect the expected - set ‘ment of the coal and rail strikes m have upon this fall's elections is a question which has not been taken into consideration for & moment by the administration or President Harding. The only things which they had in mind were the protection of the interests of the great mass of the people. the upholding of the in- tegrity of the Railroad Labor Board's extremity, the maintenance of law and order. Strike May Be Forgotten. Politicians .generally assume that it the industrlal conditions quiet down, the strike, its causes and even its settlement will pass ‘nto forget- fulness and the campaign wWwill be -cations. side -to thé set- t by compromise probably will nd some fault with the terms in the nature of thvgl. but the public at large is likely to be satisfied, it is thought, by the recognition given to the supérior sights.of the nation over classes or individuals. 'Washington is to-be the headquar ters of management for both the ri blican and democratic parties. In 1l be located the speakers’ bureaus of the twb ?-rtlu. but Ne York will nof be utilized ‘The republican national com torial ‘c:muu. and con- ‘ommittee will pool . and the 1y be followed by, Soerse il pro WA\ \\:\. '}\\\" W\ \Y Shot and Caught, Harry Boland in Dublin Hospital HARRY BOLAND. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, July 31.—Harry Boland, | Street—all the formerly represenfative of the dail eireann in the United States, is in a critical condition in a Dublin hos- pital, says a Dublin message today, as a result of wounds received In at- ! tempting to evade capture by national | army troops. Boland, the dispatch says, was wounded at Skerries, a fishing town to the north of Dublin. Boland and a friend were spending the week end at the Grand Hotel in Skerries. This morning at 2 o'clock entered Boland's room to arrest him. In resisting arrest, Boland drew a: revolver, and during the scuffle that followed, the message adds, he was shot on th abdomen. Boland's companion also was ar- rested. The incident caused a great commotion in the hotel, which was crowded with visitors. Harry J. Boland's activities in the United States on behalf of a republic in Ireland began in the summer of|booth. N RN \‘\ \\\ RN ) .| Commissioner Qyster, 1 I | . b N by NN s 7= e ZZ =z 2z 7= .frived Saturday at FOUR POLICE PHONE BOOTHS N SUBURBS Installation Tomorrow As- sure Better Protection of Areas. 40 MEN TRANSFERRED| Sergts. Burke, Lanten and Mec- Lucas Will Change Districts in Rearrangements. A big step forward in the pro- tection of life and property will be taken tomorrow when four =police telephone booths will be established in outlying sections of the District. in charge of police administration announced to- day. : Forty changes in assignments of members of the force also were made public today. Most of the transfers, it was stated. are made necessary by the opening of the telephone stations. { The locations and the booths and the areas they will serve are: Connecticut avenue and McKinley territotry situated east of Wisconsin avenue and west of Rock Creek Park, north of Ches- apeake street, Grant road and Mil- itary road to the District line. North of Spring Road. Fourteenth and Kennedy streets— area north of Spring read to Mili- tary and Shepherd road and east of Kansas avenue to Rock Creek Park. Georgia avenuc and Butternut street—the territory north of Mili- tary, Shepherd and Riggs roads to the But it is expected that a more Vivid|troops surrounded the hostelry -nd?Dmrm s e el trict. line to Rock Creek Park Spring road. Twenty-second street and Rhode Island avenue northeast—from Blad- ensburg and Mount Olivet roads north to District line, and including suburbs n{d Brookland, Langdon and Wood- ridge. to Details at Booths. Between 8 in the morning and mid- night one patrolman and one mortor cycle man will be detailed to each The motor cycle man will 1919, when he came across the At-!patrole the area assigned to the lantic as a stoker on a freighter to act as secretary here to Eamonn de Valera, the president of-the Irish re- public’ De Valera came to America about the same time to work here for the Irish republican cause. Boland remained after de Valera's return in the early part of 1921, and acted as the republican president's representative here until AuguBt of last year, when, after the signing of the truce, he was called to Ireland to take part in the meeting of the dail|while the other makes a_continuo eireann, of which he was & member. He returned in the fall, however, in connection with Irish loan and other affairs, but went back to Ireland last after the llgnln. of the Anglo-Ir{sh treaty, and spoke and worked against that pact in the dail. Boland supported Valera’s un- successful effort for re-election, and has stood with him since in his op- position to the provisional govern- ment_in Ireland. His whereabouts had been something of & myn;ry{ o since the OIItllbre’k of Y;olll"ll tween the national army forces irregulars, but early this month Wicklow. TOLBERT NOMINATION OPPOSITION INCREASES Dial’s Federal Patronage c.hugel Aguinst G. 0. P. Committee- man Denied. , Efforts were understood today to be contemplated by Semator Dial, demo- crat, South Carolins, to have President Harding withdraw the recently sub- mination of Joseph W. Tol- wre“:llb“uln national ocommittee- man for South Carolina, to be United States marshal for the western district of South Carolina. \ ‘Senate confirmation of the nomina- tion of Mr. Tolbert has been held up temporarily, and it was learned toda: that a number of republican, as well tic, tors were opposed Dial h he makes several o 'hw‘:n.;;'twul committeeman In_South lina, Friends of, teny. Mr. Tolbert-Rere, howsver, ! | E booths, while the footman remains a8t the telephone. In cases of em- ergency the footman will proceed im- mediately to the scene of trouble | after leaving 2 memorandum for the motor cycle man. Between midnight and 8 o'clock in the morning two motor cycle privates will be assigned to these booths, one of whom will remaip in the booth patrol of the territory. Phey will The Associated paper and alse Member of the Asseclated 1he wee for republication of 8ll sews credited 1o 11 or wol otherwite credited in this ANl rights of publication of spectst Press entitied to dlopetebos Pross s enclusively the local sews published hereta. - | “Sispatches bersfn are also reverved. Saturday's Net Circulation, 74951 3-TIME VETERAN QUITS U.'S. ARMY FOR THE CLERGY By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, July 31.— Soldier twenty-two years and veteran of three wars, Col. Arthur P. 8. Hyde, forty-five, who ar- the Présidio from Fort Amador, Pan- ama Canal Zone. announced today his intention to quit the Army to don_the robes of n Wi while commanding in 1910 at Fort Flagler, Wash., was ordained to the priesthood of Church. the Episcopalian Later, while stationed at Seattle, Col Hyde accepted a call to the pulpit of St. Clement’s Church, a post he left to g0 to France as commander of the 39th Fleld Artillery. Upon his return to America, Col. Hyde was appointed to the general staff of thé Army at Washington, where he re- mained until 1919, when he was sent |lo the Canal Zone. IGAMBLING DIVES NEWS T0 OFFICALS | Declare They Know of No Places Despite Expose by The Star. ;WILLING TO MAKE RAIDS :Sly They Will Issue Warrants If Conclusive Information Is Given to Them. A clean-up of the gambling dens, three of which, and probably more, | are flourishing in Maryland and Vir- i ginia, hard by the District boundary, may be made if some audacious per- son, who doesn't give a “hang” for his life, will be so kind to furnish which will enable them to issue war- rants for the “tin horn” gamblers. that they would willingly take steps to close embryo Monte Carlos, where thousands -of dollgrs are won and lost nightly by Washington sports. {men who can't resist the call of the dice and the roulette wheel, but pro- fessed ignorance a8 to their exist- f enbi: Commonwealth's Frank Attorney { the prosecuting officers with evidence | The county officials indicated today | Sunday's Net Circulation, 86,124 ALLIES MOBIZE 10/ BLOCK CREEKS ATTACK ON PORTE British and French Prepare . to Avert Fall of Turk Capital. STRONG FORCE HURRIED ACROSS THE BOSPORUS Invaders Declare Protectorate Over Captured Regions, But Allies Withhold Sanction. By the Awsociated Press, -+ MALTA, July 31~The third British light cruiser squadron fis preparing to start for tan- tinople, it was stated here today. Plans are being made, it in alto sald, to bring the Mediterrnnean fleet to full strength er the command of Rear Admiral Sir Os- mond Brock. By the Associated Press. | CONSTANTINOPLE, July 20.—Brit- ish troops today were being tran ferred actoss the Bosporus from the Asiatic to the European side, cross- ing Constantinople on their way to the Tchatalja ling, thirty miles west of the city, to reinforce the French troops. The allied military staff has cate- gorically announced that under no circumstahces will it permit a Greek { advance upon Constantinople, being | prepared to oppose by force any at- tempt at violation of the neutrality of the city, whether by Turks or Greeks. e concentration of Greek forces in Thrace is continuing. PROCLAIM PROTECTORATE. | Greeks Declare Mandate Over Asia Minor Regions. 30.—A proclama- ncing the establishment of a regime of self-government for the | regions in Asias Minor occupied by the Greeks was issued today by M. Stergiadis, Greek high commissioner. | The proclamation states that the { new regime ix in confornsity with the principles recognized by the entente !allies during tne world war and de- |crees a Greek protectorate over the specifiea territories. The populations of the regjons, «regardjess of ihe i racial or religious affilja: are in- vited to partielpate in the adminis- tration of the country by the crem- tion of local councils. A civic guard composed of loczl elements is to be intrusted with the task of maintaining law and order th Ball of Arlington county, Va., | whose jurisdiction, “The Easy Way." {said to be the toughest gambling den | {in the vicinity of Washington, is lo- | cated, was literally shockeda yester-! day when he read of its expose in| The Sunday Star. “I had no_idea | |that there was a gambling house | jthere,” Mr. Ball declared. | | In Prince Georges county, where | two and possibly more of the “joints" nightly open “their doors to the! gamblers of Washington, the prose- ! icuting officials also are ignorant of | |their existence, so they claim. i Referred to Sherif. Asked today whether the authori- ties of Prince Georges county con- | templated any action designed to| close the gambling dens in that| county, J. Wilson Ryon, the state’s| attorney who maintains an office in| the Columbian building in this city, ]| replied. ! “That's not up to me.” “Who is respousible, then, “the re- porter inquired.” “The sherift,” Mr. Ryon retorted. | “Wha is responsible, then?" the re- | “I don’t_know—you'll have to call | down to Upper Marlboro to find out,” | was his quick response. After considerable vicissitudes com- munication was established \with J. | Arthur Sweeney, sherift of Prince Georges county. knew little about the existence of the | young Monte Carlos in the county he | | in polices as did Commonwealth Attor- ney Ball of Arlington county, Va. | Sherifft Sweeney indicated that he | would make an investigation of the | gambling houses and urged that any | person with information about the places turn it over to him and he would immediately issue warrants for the arrest of the gamblers. Al though the places have been in opera tion for some time Sheriff Sweene; declared that he had not even heard of them. | _ Sheriff A. C. Clements of Arlington the interior, the Greek army being responsible for the defense and pro- tcction of the country against any external enemy. Several clauses of the proclama- tion deal with the protection of the interests of foreigners. ALLIES READY TO ACT. Smyrna Mandate Will Probably Be Declared Void. B the Associated Press. PARIS, July 31.—The entente pow- rs probably Will declare null and vold the Greek proclamation of auton- omy for Smyrna, it was said today in French official circles. The Athens government may first be asked 1o withdraw the proclamation, which, it it refuses. will be declared valueless. Fear was expressed in French cir- cles that_ the massing of Greek troops in Thrace might provoke un- desirable incidents, although there appears 1o be no_ worry as to the outcome of the Greek proposal to occupy Censtantinople. The allies have only 4,600 troops in Constantinople — 2,000 French, the eme. number of British and 600 Italians. It is thought here, however, that no trouble would be encountered in stopping any dangerous enterprise the part of the Greeks, as the allied fleet is considered able to com- Dletely block the coast and cut off all communi€ations. The Greeks are understood to have 50,000 men in Thrace, but military experts here are confident that the |allied force.on the Tchatalja line Is | able to hold it if the Greeks persist ! GREEKS SEEK FREE HAND: | 5 o | Note Requests Allies to Withdraw | Armed Forces. ternate svery two hours. On the list county, Virginia. however, apparently | By the Associated Press. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Free Music Not Free Speech | in D. C. Parks, Police Claim and the e wae| Musicians, amateurs, professionals reported Wwith an irregular force in{and beginners, you can't converse with your Muse in any of Washing- ton's beautiful parks. The police have a tin ear for music; they dis- respect nonest attempts, they hate the very sound of a note and they won't tolerate any one who wants to let the public in on any, accomplish- ment or progress made in that high And, what's wqrse, they won't even let anybody play a penny whistle in an_alley, District’dump or in-the front yar of the District Jail. They eay they culture and to, be an unexpected au- it's going :(;Lflnhfl. ‘fide and heaven knows what: public will stop anywhere to hear a| ot the ukels artists, mouth- banjo plunkers Rawe, and “Sweet quartets have led eir mejit ‘out " irito” have been MOII They “can’t” unde: should ‘be prevented from giving ve, to their own musical inspirations sccosted by cops. and, what's more, they are beginning to think this free-speech stuff is all hokum. . Singing and fre identical, they ar get yanked for home-grown operatics. Police Within Law. Well, the policemen are entirely bringing the hand of the law on these within their authority in down * " as they are support &, huwbm in effect many years. says. on the d 't, and If any one bucks them 0 umpers, Ndehine” th ti- public parks and rstand why they| graphopnones, S TRerohe, on yac speech are e, and yet u:{y ted by werful police regulation 'hlnll: cal instrument of any, ing'! wants: to get or in any public space, witho mit therefor, from the m: superintendent of policq” There's & reason, tife authorities say, and this is it: When a person down in Potomac Park or Lincoln Park or Rock Creek Park settles down to amuse himself with a musi- cal instrument it is but a matter of moments before a large crowd will gather around. The sidewalks will be obstructed and per! the streets. The police don't like structed, so to get rid of this an- noyance they think it's better to nip the guy whose the cause of the con- gregation. Moving Autos Exempt, jor and The same music-loving Washington quartet, banjo, moutl _organ -or swinette. Even if the offender is in his own automobile, but if the ma- chine s at a standstill, he's gotta stop. He does put one over on the Jaw, however, when his machine is wmoving. Harbor regulations also forbid bands, singing pr se, on yachts, imuncnes, row boats or skiffs if the boats are within forty feet of the Potomac Park sea wall. The police are afraid a crowd attracted by the crowd already pres- ent, will run up to see what bthers are looking at, and In the mad rush, not to miss anything. somebody may drop unnoticed into the water. The police point out that street hand-organs and bands aré given per- mits and that they are willing to do the same favor tp the musician who ‘with his a per- | idewalks ob- | will gather on the wall and others | | ATHENS, July 30.—A note sent by Ithe Greek government to the allies | respecting the intentions of Greece !in Asia Minor emphasizes the view | that the occupation of Constantinople |ig the only means of bringing about | peace and says Greece has made ar- | rangements with that purpose in view. ! The note begh the allies to issue the necessary orders to the army of Brig. Gen. Sir Charles Harrington, commander of the allied fordes in tantinople, and says it 1§ confi- \g::(. :Imcullleu will not be imposed {in the way of Greece. The note adds that by the neutralization of Con- stantinople, the allies are protecting, instead of coercing, Turkey, and thus depriving Greece of means for impos- ] eace. .n%h‘: Turkish atrocities, the continues, make it vital for |9 adopt more energetic measures against the Turks. but that the Greek i‘overnmem is wlllIIn‘ to discuss the tter with the allles. maen_ Harrington's declaration that {he will oppose by force any move note itoward Constantinople has ~caused jdeep discouragement and disappoint- ment in Greece, as the newspapers had been leading the people to be- lieve Greek. occupation of Constanti- nople would not be resisted by the allfes. An announcement. that the Greek government is prepared to extend the tense excitement on the bourse, and { further aggravation of Greece's finan»_ cial .and commorcial _cris . drachma. fell today to neas the dollar. 4 The Greek army .of 300,000 men in realized that this expenditure cannot’ be kept up indefinitely in the pressot. perilous state of the treasury. 3% The remittances of $50,000, ;}m‘ 7 { Asia Minor, Macedonia and Thrace, i costing $7.000,000 monthly. It 7