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3 tonight or tomorrow; ended at noon . toda: noon today: lowest, 72, Full report on page 2. Cloudy. and unsettled, showers late ontinued warm. Temperature for twenty-two hours Highest, 78, at t4am. today. No. 28,622. STRIKERS GRANTED WRIT CURBING ACTS * OF MARSHAL HERE + Order Restrains Snyder From €xceeding Scope of Chicago Injunction. ACTION AGAINST GORDON FAILS; CAN BE RENEWED Injunction Runs Until Hearing Next Friday on Motion to Dis- miss Bill of Union. Edgar C. Snyder, United States mar- shal for the District of Columbia, was today temporarily restrained by Justiee Jennings Balley of the Su- 4 Preme Court of the District of Colum- bia from interfering with meetings of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, one of the striking rail shop crafts, or with do- ing anything in excess of the scope of the Chicago injunction. The application of the strikers Yfor an injunction against United States Attorney Gordon was de- nied without prejudice to a rTe- newal after next Monday. Wlleh‘ the Chicago restraining order ex- pires under its terms. The strik- ers were allowed to give only a nominal bond of $100. The restrain- ing order against the marshal will run until the hearing of a motion to dismiss the bill of the strikers which was filed today by the govern- ment. Hearing will be scheduled on the motion for next Friday. Jurisdiction Is Attacked. The filing of the motion to dismiss was the method adopted by United States Attorney Gordon and Assistant United States Attorney West to pre- vent the hearing today of the appli- cation of the strikers for the tem- porary injunction. The government's motion to dismiss attacked the juris- diction of the District Supreme Court to interfere with the service of an order from a federal court of competent Jurisdiction. Maj. Gordon was not prepared to argue the motion to dismliss, pointing out that it had been noticed to coun- sel for the strikers, Col James S. Eas- by-Smith and David A. Pine, for next Friday. Col. Easby-Smith offered to walve notice and have the motion argued at once. to which Maj. Gordon objected and declared he wished to proceed in the regular and orderly way under the rules of court. Justice . Bailey upheld the right of the United States Attorney to defer the ment and stated he would hepr the application of the strikers. Threats Are Charged. Col. Easby-Smith made a lengthy argument in support of the applica- tion of the strikers and pointed out that threats to interfere with the or- derly meetings of the strikers had been alieged against Marshal Sny- der, as well as other acts claimed to be in excess of the scope of the in- junction order, even if it were valid. He denied the validity of the injunc- tion and asserted that while the suit was filed in Chicago September 1, the process attempted to be served on James P. Noonan, president of the Electrical Workers, bears date of September 2 and was not sought to be served until three hours after Mr. Noonan and the other strikers had filed in this court the application for injunction. He claimed a clear case of threats had been made out and that the plaintiffs are entitled to a re- straining order. Opponed Temporary Order. Maj. Gordon opposed the granting of a temporary injunction, declaring that full remedy is avallable to the plaintiffs next Monday in the Chicago tribunal which issued the injunction. He questioned the right of the court to grant the relief asked by the plain- tiffs and pointed out that no facts are stated In the petition to show that the Chicago court lacked jurisdiction, and without such showing this court was without jurisdiction to interfere with the order or the service of the injunction, which was the duty of the government officials named in the pe- tition. He refused to enter into a stipulation suggested by the court that nothing would be done to carry out the terms of the injunction until Monday, when the matter comes be- fore Judge Wilkerson in Chicago. MaJ. Gordon sald he was not in a position to say there would be any modifica- tion of the Chicago order and was un- willing to agree not to do his duty as be sees it. Basis of Petition. The government's move to dismiss the petition for Injunction was made on the following grounds: . 1. That the suit is in effect one against the United States, to which the United States is not a party, and in which it has not consented to be sued. 2. That the bill of complaint al- Jeges no facts showing that the dis- trict court for the northern district of Illinois was without jurisdiction to enter the order which it is alleged ~the defendants (Peyton Gordon and 4Edgar Snyder) have threatened to enforce, and that this court is with- out jurisdiction to modify or review the order duly entered by that court, the same being & court of competent Jjurisdiction. 3. That said order, 50 entered by the district court for the northern dis- irict of Illinois, is not subject to col- ateral attack in this court, and even f the terms of that order were er- roneous in whole or in part, the dis- trict court having jurisdiction of the controversy, this court cannot act as an appellant court to review a ju- dicial order made by a court of com- petent jurisdiction. Plaintiffs have an adequate and complete remedy by rroe“dlnll in the sald district court n the ca in which said order was entered. ‘That there are no facts alleged in the bill of complaint to show that the alleged threatened acts of the defendants will Interfere with the property or pecuniary rights of the plaintiffs, and that therefore a courf of equity is without jurisdiction to grant the relief prayed. e ————— ICOSTA RICA REJECTS TREATY. By the Associated Press. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, September 8.—The Costa -Rican national assem- /Jy, called in special session by Presi- jent Acosta for consideration of the ! Central American treaty of peace and. amity signed at the recent confer- “mhce. aboard the U. 8. 8. Tacoma, bas Fefused_fa-ratify:thet Dact— bt v Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 11 Entered as second-class post office Washington, matter D. C. Seek to Vacate Daugherty Writ Against Jewell By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September 9.—A motion 0 vacate the government's tem- porary restraining order against the shoperafts union, so far as it applies to B. M. Jewell, head of the railway em- | Ployes department of the American Federation of Labor, and John Scott, secretary, was flled in United States district court here today. The action was begun by Attorney Donald R. Richberg. on behalf of the railway employes department. and was based on three general allega- tions: That the government had failed to make a case; that the re- lief asked and obtained on a tem- porary order was prohibited by the Clayton act, and that relief was sought and obtained with ulterior objects and under misrepresentations. MINERS EXPEGTED TO. . CONTRACT Convention Will Probably Vote Today on New Hard Coal Agreement. LEWIS PREDICTS VICTORY Union President Says Peace Pact Will Win by Big Majority. WILKES-BARRE, Pa.., September 9. —President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and the presi- dents of the three anthracite districts were confident today that the agree- ment with the operators would be ratified by a decisive majority when it came to a vote. Mr. Lewis stated that as a result of careful check-up of the delegates he was satisfied with the outlook. He sald that 1,732 votes would be cast by the 690 delegates who make up the convention and he predicted that 90 per cent of this vote would be cast |for ratification. | When the convention adjourned |yesterday afternoon to meet again this ‘morning, the resolution calling for ratification of the new agreement with the operators was still the sub- Jject of lively discussion. Despite the flery oratorical assaults made on the peace pact and repeated demands that the convention vote it down and send the scale committee back to negotiate a new one with the oper- ators, the union leaders ‘remained confident that the convention would vote in favor of the agreement. Philip Murray, International vice president, dressing the convention as mber of the scale committee, sald. strongly urge you to o the plan to end the suspension. Of necessity you men must rise to sup- port what I term the greatest victory in the history of organized labor. Suppose you reject the proposition. What position do you then occupy? Do we think the present offer would still hold good? If we did we would be deluding ourselves.” ‘The anti-agreement forces were ex- ceedingly active yesterday, and their orators were allowed to voice their arguments freely. Strenuous effort was made to sway the convention to vote down the agreement and send the scale committee back to the operators with instructions to insist upon the granting of the nineteen demands adopted last January by the Shamokin convention. Speakers on both sides were loudly applauded. TO CONTROL COAL PRICE. PHILADELPHIA, September 9.— The Pennsylvania fuel .commission will use its authority to prevent sky- rocketing of anthracite prices and to guard against speculation. To this end a meeting of commissioners and independent anthracite operators will be held this afternoon at the sug- gestion of Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover. “The commission is concerned in and purposes to use not only its good offices, but its authority, to stabilize anthracite pric and to secure an equitable distribution of coal,” said Chairman W. D. B. Alney of the state commission, “so that the needs of the householders can be provided for as speedily as mine operating condi- tions improve and production is had. “The matter of stabilizsing prices is much more complex than would ap- pear at first blush. In connection with price adjustments, the fuel com- mission is giving serious considera- tion to thie feasibility of establish- ing a fair practice committee. “‘Before .we reach a definite con- clusion based on all the facts, I de- sire to emphasize and urge the neces- sity that all operators shall see to it that coal does not pass through the hands of more than one selling agen- cy and that the charges of that agen- cy shall be reasonable for the serv- Ices it performs.” Ford To Get Coal.’ CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 9.— According to a telegram given out here late yesterday ‘by ' Ernest F. Heasley, president of the American Export and Inland Coal Company, with offices in this city, an agree- ment has been entered into with rep- resentatives of Henry Ford of Detroit by which a sufficlent amount of coal ‘will be forwarded to the manufa. - ing plants'of the Ford Compatyts ol e shutdown at - uled for Se bl MINER DIGS GRAVE, MAKES OWN COFFIN AND TRIES SUICIDE YREKA, Calif, September 9.— George Baines, an elderly miner, was found alone in his shack rear Saw- yor’s Bar, with one wrist slashed, ly- ing alongside a homemade coffin lined with flour sacks. Nearby were a will, burial garments and an empty polson bottle. A ve, evidently ‘with h own ‘.Dl:k and shovel, 7‘-:‘«:0540 0’: shack. < lmwm‘n: WASHINGTON, D. C, BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Did Woodrow Wilson have any con- nection with the resignation of Justice Clarke from the supreme bench, to which he originally nominated him? Or, to put it another way, did the in- fluence of Woodrow Wilson bring about the retirement of Mr. Clarke at the very moment when the return of for- mer Gov. Cox of Ohio from Europe re- vives the latter's presidential boom? These questions have been varivusly asked and znswered by democratic politiclans who cannot believe that Mr. Clarke’s primary reason for leaving the bench is to read books, but that his real reason is to take an active part in the advocacy of American member- ship in the league of nations. Mr. Clarke's own letter to President Hard- ing stated that he wished to serve his neighbors and espouse public causes. The most important cause in the mind of Justice Clarke is the league of na- tions, and his thoughts run so much along the same lines as those of Wood- row Wilson that his entry into the political arena as a champion of ths league would surely be followed by some expression on the part of the democrats of Ohio in favor of Clarke for President. The democrats could not object to a candidate from Ohlo, since it is not unlikely that Mr. Hard- Ing will be renominated unless he de- clines to serve again. A Wilson and Cox. In any event, the biggest fact about the democratic situation is that, for some reason or other, Mr. Wilson is not overly fond of Cox as a candidate, much as he likes what Mr. Cox has done in advocating the league of na- tions as a democratic issue. Possibly it is that Mr. Cox was S0 overwhelm- ingly beaten and posaibly because Mr. Wilson would prefer another type of candidate, and possibly it is because the former Ohio governor was nom- j Inated as a result of a combination of leaders in the democratic party Who are, in Mr. Wilson's opinion, un- D. C. COAL CONTROL MAY COME 10 END The Public Utilitles Commission is making a survey of the coal situation in Washington for the purpose of de- termining whether it is now possible to discontinue the municipal control of fuel, it became known today. Engineer Commissioner Keller, in direct charge of local fuel control, stated, in answer to questions, that it inquiry shows that Washington is now approaching a normal supply of fuel at reasonable prices the com- mission undoubtedly will cease to function as a fuel distributing agency. » Meeting Is Called. Col. Keller explained that if the city is getting back to normal in coal shipments, he doea not see any function for the commission to per- form. The commission has called a meet- ing of the committee representing the the trade bodies of mest at the o'clock Monday afternoon. future activity of the commis: o lhum N;H to coal will be dis- Weould Continue Cheek. One prominent coal dealer express- ed the belief today that the commis- slon should continue to keep a check on the amount of coal ordered and ob- tained by each conusmer. He pointed that this would prevent some con- :::un from placing several of with different dealers, thereby ob- tal who %fio present rules of the com- consumers &re required to] d re tatives of ol e Sodies of the District ¢o|ure contains puts the taxes as fol- tl D District bduilding at 3}lows: -more coal than the consumer{ernment has would order coal from only ome|srom the. country of Archbishop Luls eir . 0! with one "dn’:m CLARKE MAY BE WILSON’S CHOICE FOR NOMINATION Politicians See Hand of Former Presi- dent in Resignation of Supreme Court Justice—Break With Cox Possible. friendly to him. The truth is that if the former President were asked his ideas on the subject and he were to give them frankly he would not urge Mr. Cox for the presidency. It was because Mr. Wilson steadfastly re- i fused to send a letter of greeting to | the dinner given in honor of Mr. Cox just before his departure for Europe ||hn Mr. Wilson and Mr. Tumulty, his former secretary, fell out. Certain circumstances make it ap- pear that several of Wilson's frjends in Ohlo who can interpret his mind are back of Justice Clarke's resignation from the bench. One piece of circumstantial evidence is brought forward in democratic circles thus: For many months Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War in the Wil- son cabinet snd the man who to the last has retained Mr. Wilson's un- ed oconfidence, has been asked to participate actively in Ohio poli- tics. He refused. Clarke Is “Avatlable.” Yet recently when he was asked to accept the chairmanship of the Cayuhoga county commitee of the democratic party he accepted, much to the surprise of these same Ob- servers who now belleve that he was inspired by a desire to help the Wileon cause in Ohlo through the Interjection of *Justice Clarke into the situation. As a plece of political strategy the lining up of the Ohio delegation for important bearing no doubt on the action of a national democratic con- vention. Assuming that Mr. Clarke is him- self not a party to the politics of the imply interested as i he says in espousing the league of nations, nevertheless his availability as a_democratic candidate for the presidency is bel gwldely discussed by Wilson men, as he has the stature and intellectual capacity for the job. All this, of course, is predicated on the theory that Cox can be beaten in a state he has thrice carried. He is a fighter who knows no obstacles and he is never beaten till the votes are actually’ counted—and sbme of his friends say not then either. (Copyright. 1922.) TROLLEY MERGER BILL 15 PASSED ‘With an amendment providing for the collection of taxes on excess profits the Senate this afternoon, dur- ing the consideration of bills on the calendar, passed the bill, of which Senator Ball of Delaware is the author, authorising the merger of the street railway corporations in the District. . Inquiry brought’ out a statement from Senator Jones of Washington that the measure before the Senate today was substantially the same as the one which was passed last week and_which was held up on & motion of Senator Jones to reconsider. Senator- Jones told the Benate, that he had moved reconsideration of the other measure in order to prevent its being sent to the House, 'but that members of the House had asked him to let the bill come over there and they would insert the excess pfofits provision. He said he was much . better satisfied with this bill 'and urged its passage. The amendment which he wanted in the other bill and which this meas- “Upon operating incomes in each ficial announcement has. in excess of 6 per cent and not, e O o the program of discus- |sxceeding 7 per dent of the fair value sion, it is probable that this question |of the property of- - {and useful for the each company. used rict"of ‘Colombla. as within the District of lum! as ascertained by the Public ' Utllitie Oolnmlukm of the District of Colum- bia.® * tax of 60 per cent, anfl upon operating .incomé in each’ year in excess' of 7 per cent upon sald fair value, & tax of 76 per cent.” . ARCHBISHOP EXPELLED. GUATEMALA - CITY, Guatemala, September_ 9. —The Guatemalan gov- 4 decreed the 'expulsion Munos y Capuron, and the' préiate WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | | | H COSGRAVE CHOSEN | DAL PRESIDENT! Labor Votes Only Opposition | at New Parliament } Inaugural. PROMPTLY PICK CABINET Desmond Fitsgerald Elected Min- ister of Foreign Affairs. | By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, September 9.—William T. Cosgrave, minister of local govern- ment, was elected president of dail eireann by the new parliament at its inaugural session today. The oaly votes cast against him were by the labor members. After the election President Cos- grave nominated Desmond Fitzgerald as minister of foreign affairs, and Fitagerald was elected. The remaining ministers were ap- pointed as follows: Minister of home affairs, Kevin O'Higgins. Minister of local government, Er- nest Blythe. Minister of agriculture, Patrick Hogan. Minister of industry, commerce and labor, Joseph McGrath. Minister of education, Prof. John Richard Clarke instead of Cox would have an |McNeil. Minister of defense, Gen. Mulcahy. , Minister of Finance. President Cosgrove nominated himself for the present as minister of finance. He said that those of the new minis- try who were serving in the army would shortly be released. The only anti-treaty member present when the session began was Lawrence Ginnell. The various military chiefs, including Richard Mulcaby and Owen ODutty, were in civilian clothes, the only uniform seen being worn b Sean McGarry. S e early every pro-treaty, Ind and Iabor member was present o oent Prof. Michael Hayes was speaker without oppasition. \wrence Hnnell, havin refy he roll of ‘what he calles parliament . and having shouted several times his objections to the proceedings, was, on motion of William Cosgrave, voted exciuded from the house. After the adoption of this motion three men forcibly re- moved Glanell, nnell's ejection from the ho qas effected while he was Bpeaking, use continu ts b While he kept shouting: . oiness WUl any member for the aix coun- es in northern Ireland be all sit in this hous Ao All the parllamentary procedure for his_ejection occurred while he de- manded answers to his question, which was ignored by Speaker Hayes, Who ruled that he could not speai unless he signed the roll call. elected 2 | | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1922—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. The Associated the use for republication of credited to it or Dot otherwise credited I8 this Al rights of publication of special dlspatches hereln are also reservid. Press 1s exclusively entitiod to 1 news dispatenes the local news published herela. | MRS. HARDING’S CONDITION REGARDED AS DESPERATE Turn for Worse Follows Restful Night; Tem- perature Higher. Decision to Operate Held Up Until Arrival of Dr. Mayo. Bulletin. The bulletin. issued at 9:30 am. by Brig. Gen. Sawyer. fol- lows: “Mrs. Harding had a fairly good night. The complications of yesterday are less threatening this mornipg. On the whole, her condition is as favorable as can be expected at this time.” Mrs. Warren G. Harding grew more desperately i1l today, and her condition at noon was described as less favor- able than at any time since she was stricken several days ago. Hope for Mrs. Harding’s ultimate recovery was encouraged early this morning by an announcement from Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer, the White House physiclan, that she had passed a “fairly comfortable night,” only to be followed by a rise in her tempera- ture shortly before noon. Shortly after this it was admitted by those close to the President and Mrs. Harding that the patient's condi- tion had passed beyond that of ordi- nary concern and reached a stage seri- ous enough to cause grave doubts as to her recovery. Passes Fair Night, The first intimation that Mrs. Hard- ing was seriously’ ill was made public yesterday, when Gen. wyer, in an official announcement, said complica tions had arisen, which made recov- ery uncertain. This morning, how- ever, his first bulletin was encour- aging, stating that the President's ‘wife had spent a “fairly comfortable night,” and that the complications were “less threatening.” A similarly optimistic view was ex- pressed by Attorney General Daugh- erty, who spent the night at the White House to be of assistance should a crisis arise. The Attorney General said he belleved her “pluck and will” would pull her through. Secretary of War Weeks, who was an ear)y visitor, sald a marked im- provement in Mrs. Harding's condi- tion had taken place during the night. ‘When a rapidly increasing fever de- veloped several hours later, however, those in a position to know admitted the physicians in charge were not sanguine and that the rest she had obtained during the night apparently had not benefited her, as had been hoped. The one thing that Mrs. Hard- WHITE HOUSE BAND MUSIC CANCELED; GATES ARE CLOSED The Marine Band concert sched- uled for this afternoon, at 5 o'clock, has becn canceled, it was ‘announced at the White House, on account of Mrs. Hard- ing’s iliness. The White House grounds were clozed to the public today for the first time since the President's Inauguration. SWEETSER 1S 3 UP N VAL AT BLF Evans Off in Approaching and Putting in Match for Amateur Title. By the Associated Press. BROOKLINE, September 9.—A new head was pushed up in the gallery of Bolt champions today and an old one was being bowed when Jesse Sweet- ser, metropolitan titlist, led Chick Evans, twice national champlon, 3 up at the end of the first half of their final match at thirty-six holes for the national amateur championship. Sweetser was good today, but not as good as yesterday. Evans was off in approaching and putting. Cards for the first nine holes: Sweetser ......4 454 4354 538 Evans .. 54634545 4—40 Cards for the second nine holes: Sweetser ......4 53 44434536 Evans 36445634337 WOMAN DIES IN AUTO CRASH. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., September 9.— Blanch Davis, twenty-seven, was al- most instantly killed last night near Harrisonburg. when an automobile in which she was riding sideswiped another car and plunged down an embankment. Her neck was broken. Clarence Stepp, a companion, escaped serious injury. SCIENCE HOLDS 47 MINERS ALIVE ~ AFTER ENTOMBED FOR 12 DAYS By the Associated Press. ; JACKSON, Calif., September 9.— Science, through one of its uncannily subtle {nstrumests, had turned de- spair into hope when crews of .diggers resumed .today their hectic task of reaching the spot walled in by rock and debris and flame where: forty- seven workers in the Argonaut gold mine here have been imprisoned for twelve days. It med yesterday that the res- cuers would releage only corpses. An official of the company had expressed the Dbellef that all the entomibed miners ‘were dead and every evidence appar- ently ‘pointed to that.~ Yet, late last night, came the astonishing an- nouncement ' that chemical' tests had demonstrated that the men all were alfve. : B $5,000 Reward Offered. = It was announced Argonaut officials said they werel ber bulkhead has ¢-goclar-{ OB the 1,600-toot level of the Kennedy was that none of the| woyulg be chopped through by to the face of the preparing & formal ing it their opinioa. backedup their. flery and gaseous shaft which the men had gone. recorded no gases indicating the pre: ence of a single dead ly. More- over, it was saild to show that nox- lous gases had not penetrated to the region where the then are entombed, but that the air In the lower levels ‘was pure enough to sustain li An analysis of air currents in the shaft indicated that there was no carbon monoxide below the 2,600-foot level. Previously it had been bellsved that poisonous gases had permeated levels far below that Many Obstacles to Reseme. A recheck of progress made by res- cue crew showed that on the 3,600- foot level 245 feet of muck must be cleared before the seventy-five fest of solid rock remaining could be penetrated. On the 3,900-foot level there remained 130 feet of soft sub- stance and' 142 feet of rock, that an old - tim- been encountered through It and passage be open beyond it. naut rock may However, engineers who are familiar, that a further ! the countess th this .tunnel. fear i N this Argo- ‘encountered -in_the "nl silt, which have —_—_——— ing’s physicians pin their hopes upon was a moderately steady pulse. President at Bedside. President Harding remained by his wife's side until 3 o'clock this morn- ing and left strict orders that he should be called if a change for the worse occurred. This morning. for the first time he broke his rule of entering the executive offices imme- diately after breakfast. He remained in the White House proper and gave instructions to have his calendar kept clear of engagements. The utmost quiet ordered main- tained and the big gates of the White House grounds were ordered closed for the first time since President Harding was inaugurated. No visi- tors were permitted to enter the grounds and a concert which was to have been given by the Marine Band in the rear of the White House at b o'clock was canceled. Mrs. Harding’s room is on that side of the house and it was feared the music ‘would annoy her. No steps will be taken to operate on Mrs. Harding until Dr. Charles Mayo, the noted surgeon, arrives from Rochester. He is expected to reach Washington late tonight or early tomorrow and will go fnto con- sultation with Dr. John Finney of Baltimore, who was summoned last night; Dr. Carl W. Sawyer of Marion, Ohio, brother of Brig. Gen. Sawyer, and Brig. Gen. Sawyer. Symptoms of Disease. The nomenclature of medicine de- scribes hydro-nephrosis as an accumula- tion of fluid in the pelvic region of the kidney. caused by an obstruction of the flow of urine between the kidneys and the bladder. Frequently it has been misdiagnosed as dropsy, and it is be- lieved that previous indications of the same trouble in Mrs. Harding’s case have misled intimate friends to believe that _she was disposed to a_dropsical (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) SCADOL OFFCALS W BUDGET RASE Commissioners Increéase Es- timate to $7,000,000 After Hearing Board’s Protest. A number of the most essential items of the school building program eliminated from the original school estimates for the next fiscal year when the drastic reduction of $2,900,- 000 was ordered will be restored by the Commissioners. Decision to grant the schools an appropriation larger than the $5,500,000 was reached by the Commissioners at a conference to- day with school officials and members of the board of education How much the Commissioners will | add to the budget was not revealed, | but it is believed to be about $1,500,- 000, which will bring the total school | |estimates up to $7.000.000. the amount Dr. Abram Simon, president of the school board, declared is absolutely inecessary for the schools in 1924. Of- | |ficlals asked for $85,400,000 in the joriginal budget. The increase to be allowed in_ the { school estimates will provide for a| partial carrying out of the school construction” program, which would have been entirely abandoned had only $5,500,000 been granted. Prepare New Estimates. The remaining items of the build- ing program which will not be con- tained in the original budget will be included in the supplemental esti- mates the Commissioners plan to send to the budget bureau. What items the Commissioners will cut from their estimates was not made known. Under the order of the budget bureau the entire Distrioct estimates must be kept within ap- proximately $24,000,000. Engineer Commissioner Keller an- nounced after the conference with the school authorities that he is in hearty sympathy with the efforts of the school authorities to obtain all the funds needed to operate the school system on an efficlent basis. He pointed out that the Commission- | Yesterday’s Nef Cimlh_fion,_ 83,131 TWO CENTS. SIYRNA SHELLED BY TURKS AS CITY POPULATON FLEES Evacuation On, With Great Disorder, as Victorious _ Army Approaches. U. S. SAILORS LANDED TO PROTECT AMERICANS Greek Fleet Leaves Harbor—Ad- ministration of Affairs Turned Over to Allies. By the Assoctuted Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, September $.—A movement for the dethrone- nt of King Constantine of Greece and the establishment of a republic is reported by the Greek newspapers to be under way om the sl of the Greciam Archi- pelago. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, September 9.—Smyrna is being bombarded by the Turkish nationalists. Nine ajrplanes from the Greek naval base there arrived here this morning, the airmen telling of their departure from the city under artillery fire. As they left the smyrna airdrome & shell dropped the tenth plane which was just leaving the ground. The plane was unable to continue and the aviators were ignorant of the fate of their comrades. Great Disaster Prevalls. Symrna is being evacuated amidst scenes of great disorder, according to refugees, 2,200 of whom have ar- rived here. Panic reigns as the Turks approach the town, it is de- clared, and Greek soldiers are con- tending with the civilians for places on_the outgoing ships. Rioting is reported among the troops in the Brusa sector, in the north, where the Greeks are embark- ing at Mubania on the Sea of Mor- mora. M. Kalogeropoulos, the premier- designate, is expeoted to present the names of his ministers to King Con- stantine tonight. “The only program we have is to try to extricate the country from the present critical situation,” he declares. REPORTED 25 MILES AWAY. Former Premier Venizelos Said to Be in Smyrna. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 9.— Turkish cavalry units have penetrated to within twenty-five miles of Bmyrna after through the Greek delphia, say di (An night said Turkish foroes had réached Manissa, which is about twenty-five miles northeast of Smyrna.) Gen. Dousmanis has been appointed commander-in-chief of the Greek forces, to succeed Gen. Polymenakos. Veniselos Reported in Smyrma. The Greek newspapers here carry 2n announcement that former Premier Venizelos of Greece and Gen. Paras- kevopoulos, the Venizellst former chief commander at Smyrna, have ar- rived at Smyrna. The report is not confirmed. In Greek quarters here it was de- clared that if Venizelos was among the troops at Smyrna his presence would give a marked stimulus to the Greek defense, helping the morale of the army notably. GREEK FLEET LEAVES. American Troops Landed to Pro- tect U 8. Citizens. By the Associated Press. SMYRNA, September 8 (6:55 a.m.). —The Greek fleet left Smyrna this afternoon. The Greek commissioner of police planned to embark tonight. The allies probably will occupy the town tomorrow. Allled and American detachments were landed at noon U day from the warships for the pro- tection of the foreign population. Naturalized Americans have been instructed to leave the town. Turkish nationalist vanguards have been reported fifteen miles from the city. GREEK GENERAL FACES TRIAL Hadjanesti Compelled to Give Up His Command. By Cable to The Btar. SMYRNA, Asla Minor, September 9 —Gen. Hadjanesti of the Greek army has been compelled to give up his ers ~would lay before the budget bureau in the regular estimates and in supplementary estimates all of the requirements of the achools originally prepared by the school board, and said that he was hopeful that the city heads would be abl to show the budget bureau the nece: sity for these requests. District officlals in discussing the cuts which had to be made in all of the city's estimates explained that the bureau of the budget should take into consideration when it goes over the Districts budget the fact that only 40 per cent of the appropriations for the National Capital comes out of the Treasury. School Oficials W command and return to Athens, where it is sald he will be tried. The Turk- ish army is still eighty miles from here, but irregular Turkish cavairy is reported to be at Kassaba, twenty- five miles from Smyrna. Refugees continue to arrive and their number is now estimated at §0,000. The local population is in & panic and the short- ge of food is fe U. S. Citlesns Proteeted. The American destroyers Litchfield and Simpson have landed detachments of sallors, and Commander John Rhodes has organized a square around the American Theater, where all Americans will gather in case of dan- ger. The naval detachments are sup- plied with food for four days and For this reason the District officials | gmple ammunition. American citizens id that the local budget should not | here have formed a corps of volun- e cut as severely as the estimates of | teers, under command of naval of- the federal departments, which come | cors, and will assist the sailors in wholly out of the Treasury fund. protecting American lives and prop- In impressing upon the Commis-|erty in case of trouble, which, accord- sioners the absolute need of an ap- ing to the local authorities, is um- propriation larger than $5,500,000 for | avoidable. the schools in 1924, school officials British citizens have embarked on scored one of their greatest victories ! warships, and many have aiready left during the budget cut controversy. —_— FIND COUNTESS ROBBED. | t of | to the allies, whose consuls meat and Former Alma Loeb Victim Thieves in Rhennish Prussia. LONDON, September patch to the express from Berlin Smyrn: City Abandoned. Greek authorities at 10 o'clock this morning abandoned the city. They urned over administration of affairs decided to send emissaries to request the Turkish commander, Kemal, not to attack. since the Greek army had 9.—A adis- | evacuated Smyrna. American, British, French and Italian officers will leave tomorrow to meet Kemal's representa- says the Countess von Bluecher,|ives and discuss conditions under has bbed at a hotel !num ™" Rhennish ‘Thieves broke l‘;ll:ml::r ‘rlm)m. chloro- formed her an ,250. ispatch to the Daily Mail says Eemsialas lous from chlogoform Dot Jowels had . been beneath . her pillow. formerly Alma Loeb of New York,|which there may be in | pation of the town Prussia. | forces. in & written left hat | in % White oty fram (Continued on 2, Column 6.) a peaceful occu- by the Turkish U. 5. INTERVENTION ASKED. t Hardlog was urgsd today