Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1922, Page 1

Rain probably tonight and tomor- row; cooler % Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 84 at 1 p.m. yesterday: 11:30 p.m. yesterday. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28624, lowest, 72 at @h ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 4 0 Star. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclustvely entitled to the use for vepublication of all news dispatehen eredited to 1t or Dot otierwise credited in this Daper and also the local news published berels. Sai All rights of publication of spectal @ispatches hereln are also reserved. turday’s Net Circulation, 75991 Sunday’s Net Circulation, 85,434 RA". SIRIKERS WINII TO HOUSE INDICTED FIRST TILT IN FIGHT ONU. 5. INJUNCTION Court Overrules Federal At- torney and Gives Union Plea Precedence. COUNSEL FOR JEWELL DEFENDS WALKOUT CALL Government Ready With Two Car- loads of Evidence, Including 17,000 Statements: CHICAGO. 11.—Argu- ments on the government's motion to make permanent the temporary in- junction against the rail strikers opened at 10:35 o'clock this morning before Federal Judge James H. Wil- kerson. Blackburn Esterline, assistant to the solicitor general. opened for the government, with the formal reading of the list of defendants on whom personal service had been obtained. Donald R. Richberg, attorney for B. M. Jewell, president, and John Scott. secretary-treasurer, of the rail- way employes department, American Federation of Labor. called attention to the motion he filed Friday asking dismissal of the injunction so far as it relates to his clients, and said it should take precedence over the government's motion. Grants Union Plea. Mr. Esterline objected after Mr. Richberg had stated his plea and moved the court proceed to consider the government's petition. Judge Wilkerson ruled there was a distinction between a motion to dis- miss the bill and a motion to set aside the temporary restraining order, and said he would hear the strikers’ attorney on the former question. Mr. Richberg declared in his open- ing statement that the acts involved in the calling and conducting of the strike were entirely lawful. The re- straining order, he said, was one the court had no power to issue, because. he maintained, it _is unconstitutional and violates the Clayton act. 1f the bill is stripped of its conspiracy al- legations, he continued, all that is September left is a bill to enjoin criminal acts | by unknown persons, who may or may not be members of the strikers’ organization, Denies Board Rule Binding. The bill, Mr. Richberg said, is based on an assertion that the defendants are under a legal duty to obey the decisions of the United States Rail- road Labor Board. There is nothing in the transpor- tation act creating the Labor Board providing any method for enforcing its decisions except by public opinion, he said. en if the board's decisions were legally binding they could not be lawfully enforced to prevent the workers from withdrawing from service. 4 He quoted Representative Esch, one of the authors of the act, as saying | in Congress that “there is nothing of | an anti-strike nature” in the law, and also read similar statements by Sena. tor Cummins, whose name the law als From the message of President g to Congress on the present rail strike the attorney read sections in which the President bought out the same absence of mandatory provisions for the enforcement of the board’s or- ders. Cites Court Declslon. The Attorney General has no right, Mr. Richberg declared, power of the government to prevent labor from doing any lawful thing to fight the “open shop” movement. Whether the open shop or the closed shop is to prevail is entirely outside the province of the Attorney General, and is a question only the legislative branch of the government can pass on if it comes under government juris- diction at all, he said. e The defense attorney cited the de- cision of the circuit court of appeals in the drastic provisions of the in- Junction issued by Federal Judge An- derson at Indianapolis a few months ago against the coal miners. From the appellate court's decision he read that either employers or union men may have free access and appeal to unemployed workers, to win employes on the one hand or union adherents on the other, and that employers have the right to appeal to unfon men to become nonunion, while union mem- bers may urge unorganized workers to switch to their side. Hooper Enters Courtroom. Gov. Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the Railroad Labor Board, entered the courtroom during Mr. Richberg’s at- tack on the government's right to en- force the board's decisions and took a seat within the bar. He was ac- companied by several members of the board. The defense attorney defended the right of the workers to peacefully in- terfere with Interstate commerce. To get around the provisions of the Clay- ton act he said the government's bill meeks to maintain that the purposes of the alleged conspiracy to interfere with traffic are illegitimate and un- lawful, but this, he maintained, is not true. The bill. he claimed, Invokes jurisdiction which has been denied federal court ‘The Clayton act cannot apply to one set of cases and not to another, Mr. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH ATTORNEY GENERAL FAILS House Sidetrgcks Representative to use the| JAIL REMODELED GEN,LORD WLLNG TO TURN VER ROAD MACHNERY T0D.C. Col. Keller, However, Virtual- iy Admits He Will Make No Changes Here. MINERS OF HERRIN By the Ansoclated Press. MARION, IIl, Septémber 11.—Wil- liamson's county jail has been re- furnished and an entire tier of cells remodeled to house the miners indict- ed by the grand jury in connection with the Herrin massacre. Fourteen of the thirty-eight thus far Indicted for murder are confined in jail here, while six of the twenty-one indicted on charges.of conspiracy to kill and rioting have been released on bond. SHOP CRAF HEADS N PEACE SESSN Two Courées Open, Says Jewell, But Announcement Is to Be Delayed. DECLINES TO DISCUSS FIGURES FROM STATES Head of Budget Decides Act of Congress Is Unnecessary to Deliver Material. Maj. Gen. H. M. Lord, director of the bureau of the budget, announced | By the Awsociated Press. today that he would turn over to the CHICAGO, September 11.—Leaders | District engineer department any of the striking railway shop crafts | road-building equipment in the pos- were in session this morning in what |gession of the federal government it was heralded as a peace meeting in- | that office would supply the proper tended to effect a new policy for the | authorities with a list of material shopmen. needed. No charge would be made for B. M. Jewell, head of the Feder-|ihe machinery. ? ated Shop Crafts, said there were two| whether or not the District engl- courses of action to be considered |, qor gepartment would Inaugurate and that announcement of the deci- {quch a plan was a very doubtful sion would come &t the close of the | ucstion today. following a statement meeting of the general policy com=is . (o] Charles Keller, Engineer mittee of nilnety members, Probabl¥ | ;n miscioner, that practically all tomorrow. new paving laid in Washington was Mr. Jewell first went into session | qo oy 't contractors. with the officials of the six striking |~ po (i f.n aamicred that he would shop crafts, known as the executive | %€ C R e nd declined to | council. At the close of that session | zuo o figures which showed that sev- the general policy committee Was | era] western states had saved money scheduled to convene. The action to |in road bullding by using machinery be considered was closely guarded |Eiven them by the federal government under an act passed by Congress, par- and Mr. Jewell refused to make |icylarly designed to promote the con- {known any details of the program struction of good roads. | to be placed before the union leaders. | Lot Desesi Quickly: i See Two-Day Session. When Gen. Lord's attention was A long meeting, probably of two ! called by a representative of The Star | days' duration, was indicated by Mr.|to the fact that large quantities of | Jewell's statement that the decision | road-building equipment lie idle in | was not only the possibility that the [able to realize a badly needed road- policy committee’s deliberations would | building program for lack of funds, he bo extended, but mot all the members | called into conference a number of | had arrived this morning. | his executive assistants. | While the executive council was| As a result, Gen. Lord announced { meeting in the old Masonic Temple |that he would be glad to let the Dis- bullding, a few blocks away, the fed- | trict engineers have any road build- eral government. represented by At-|ing machine in the possession of the forney General Daugherty and a large | government upon request. Previous force of assistants, was preparing in | to this decision it was thought an act federal court to argue for a perma- | of Congress would be necessary be- nent injunction against the unions|fore the District could share in to prevent any interference of any |distribution of the War Department's kind with the operation and_ prop- | equipment, as all of the states have erties of the railways. Mr. Jewell, done since shortly after the war. Con- Who had been served last week with | gress omitted the District from par- the papers on the government’s suit. | ticipation. If necessary, Gen. Lord sald today he.was in easy reach of isaid he could arrapge.to. have _taned., counsel in the case, but that he did |back to the War Department some of not plan to appear unless his pres- | the machinery taken over for distri- ence was desired. He was ready to bution to the states, and then have g0 to the federal building as soon|the War Department lend it to the as notified he was wanted, Mr. Jewell | District authorities for the construc- added. tion of roads here. An investigation today disclosed the Fifty of Policy Body Arrive. presence of the following material in i places hereinafter named: The executive council, of which Mr. | Places hereinafter named: =~ o Jewell is a member, comprises the |y "roaq rollers, at Jeffersonville, presidents of six striking shopcrafts|Ind.; cement and concrete mixers, at D Villiam H. Johnson of the Interna- | Port Newark, N. J.i screens, bias, 1 ! riation of Machinists, J. J.| Picks. shovels, “wheel barrows and tional Association o nists, J. J-1 pyundreds of thousands of small tools, Hynes, International Alliance of | at New Cumberland, Pa.; air compres- { Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers;|sors, air jack himmers, 5.000.000 St | .| pounds of tar and pitch, at New Cum- {J. W. Kline, International Brother-|FnC0 ®n % 50060 Mack trucks, all hood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers|prand-new, at Camp Holabird, near and Helpers; Martin F. Ryan, Inter-|Baitimore, Md. There are also mil- ilway | llons of ~pounds of explosives at national Brotherhood _°lJ Rallway | S Gewood ‘arsenal, Md. All can' be Car Men of America; James P.l.htaineq for the use of building roads Noonan, International Brotherhood of | {P el 108 0e, e O o e of the { Electrfcal Workers, and J. A Frank- | o4 puilding bureau of the Depart- lin of the International Brotherhood | oad, PAIINE DUTEEE of the Depgris of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders tn% DI AEFCHIure THese ool and Helpers of America. | building equipment obtainable. James Burns, international repre-| - sentative of the sheet metal workers, | Cost Per Square Yard. Tepresented that organization at the| Figures on the cost of building a council meeting this morning. | square vard_of road here. obtained Timothy Healy, president of the|from the office of the District en- International Brotherhood of Sta-| gineer, show that labor represents 13 tionary Firemen and Oilers, whose|per cent of the cost. The Star, in organization also is on strike, was a | Sunday issue, placed this cost at 12% | e arrival at the council meeting. |per cent, a slight difference. The |1 out fifty of the members of the|Star's statement regarding the per policy committee had arrived for the| centage of cement represented in road general meeting to follow the coun-|building which the War Department B Gession. Others were expected | cannot supply, was about the same as during the day. that given today by engineers at the MINERmflB DL kelior safd today that even If AFTER LONG LAY-OFF government machinery were used, he doubted whether the saving would be appreciable. Majority of 155,000 Hard-Coal Workers Return to/ Their Task. It is interesting to note, however, about a year ago the Ohio state roads authorities contemplated build- ing a forty-mile stretch between Co- lumbus and Cleveland. They required $249.000 worth of machinery. Of this amount they got from the govern- ment, without charge, $230,000 worth and had to spend only $19,000 for small tools the War Department had been unable to spare. Since Congress passed the law au- thorizing the government to give the various states road building equip- ment, there have been but few changes from the plan of having pri- vate contractors build the roads. g.rhe only difference is that the state sup- plies the machinery and the con- tractor makes a proportionate deduc- tion from his charge. The state also supplies the crushed rock, gravel and sand, so that the contractor’s charge s only for the labor and actual lay- ing of the road. It was declared today by a com- petent authority that there was no reason why a similar plan should not be adopted for Washington, and thus save both the city and the gov- ernment the large sums heretofore spent by having to use privately owned machinery. The contractor must naturally figure the use of his macaines _into the price. Not only would this be saved, they point out, but also the charge for, crushed rock and sand, all of which eould be obtain- ed by the District government at lit. tle cost, it is stated. These elements were ali figured out by prominent en- gineers to represent 42 per cent of the cost of laying a modern road, which coujd be saved by using the ma- chinery now said by authoritative government officials to be lying idle in the Army depofs. FAVORS USE ON D. C. -ROADS. Senator Jones of Washington, a member of the District committee and also a member of the subcommittee By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa., September 11. —The contract that sent 155,000 mine workers back’ to work at their old wages after being idle more than five months, was for- mally signed today by repre- sentatives of the miners and the | operators. H WILKES-BARRE, Pa., September 11.—In striking contrast to the idle- ness of the last five months the an- thracite coal fields today were scenes of teverish activity, when most of the 155,000 mine workers who responded to the suspension order of their union on April 1 returned to work. Many of them did not wait for the formal signing of the agreement which was ratified Saturday by their tri-district convention, but were waiting at the mouth of the mines when the whistles blew at 6 am. Signing of the new wage scale by union officials and representatives ot the operators was set for 11 o'clock. John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine Workers, declared that at least 98 per cent of the men were satisfled with the new scale and that a great majority would resume work today. ‘The remainder, he added, | might not come until tomorrow. There [ Army depots, while the District is un- | the | ‘would return as soon as the mines are put in condition for operation. A number of mines were flooded during the summer by heavy rains and will not be in shape for several weeks. Little or no coal will be mined for two or three days, most of the col- lleries planning to use their entire force in placing new timbers and clearing the mines of water and gas. By the end of the week, however, it is expected that production will be well under way and that several hundred thousand tons will be on the way to market. Leading ators said ocutpat of two the no: million tons a week probably would not be reached before the last of this month. Keller's Demand for Action on Resolution. Deémand for impeachment of Attor- ney General Daugherty for “high crimes and misdemeanors” was made in the House today by Representative Keller, republican, Minnesota, who sought immediate action on a resolu- tion for an investigation. By an overwhelming vote the House, however, referred the question to the judlciary committee, ‘thus. in the ;pll}:ol of leaders, disposing of It nally. on appropriations which handles Dis- trict appropriations, said today that he thought there was every reason why surplus war material now held by the War Department for road building should be used for the con- struction of roads in the District of Columbia. He expressed surprise that this was not being done. If necessary, he said, legisiation could be enacted to make this material available. He said there was no more reason why it should be used in the states than in the District. He suggested that if the District Commi; ners made re- juests for this material to the War partment they would be alloywed to use what *hey needed. Y CAPITAL AND REDS { OPPOSE TOWNSEND {Senator Declares “Selfish Interests” Fight Him on Waterways Plan. INVASION OF RADICALS Seize “Newberryism” as Excuse | for Entering Campaign, But H ; Stray Afar From Topic. BY 0. MESSENGER. (8t Correspondent of The Star.) b€ attucked by the seIMsh Thancial interests of Wall street and by the Tadical element of the feverish mid- dle west at one and the same time, but this is what Senator Townsend | alleges is happening to him in his [fight for renomination. These dis- patches have already told of the “wrecking crew” of the radicals of other states sent into Michigan to fight Senator Townsend. Their pres. ence is admitted, their object frankly | stated and their names given. | " Now Senator Townsend is out in a | | statement saying that business and | banking interests of New York, known to be opposed to the great lakes-St. Lawrence waterways plan, of which Senator Townsend is the chief advocate, are fighting him and inference is sought to be drawn from circumstantial evidence that they are supporting_one of his opponents, Candidate Patrick Kelley. Pamphlets From New York. In the last few days the state has been flooded with pamphlets mailed from New York City entitled “Fal- lacies of the St. Lawrence waterways Greeks in Disordered Flight As Turk Army Enters Smyrna BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Wirelesy to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922 SMYRNA, Asia Minor, September 11. —Two regiments of Turkish cavalry commanded by Col. Salaheddin Bey entered the city at 11 a.m. Saturday, followed by a number of irregulars. The discipline of the troops was ex- cellent and even the irregulars seem- ed to obey smartly the orders of the officers in command; The colonel, aft- DETROIT, September 11.—It would | o o % - 3 er O dquarters, seem " that one were out of luck to SRS e oo dauarters the American naval officers. He is- sued orders in the name of Mustapha Kemal Pasha, warning his troops that any attempts on the lives of Christians or destruction of their property would be punished with im- mediate death. These orders were not in vain. In the morning a Greek civilian threw a bomb at the officers leading the advanced guard, wounding -two of them, but the Turks did not retaliate. Greek as well as Turkish civilians were armed and the allied consuls | feared trouble, especially as the na- tives in their exuberance were firing into the air and it was thought that Senate Amends Measure to scheme.” Senator Townsend's state- mént says that “it is significant to find in this literature a resume of interviews and warning in opposi- tion to the deep waterway project issued recently by selfish New York interests including men high in New York shipping, railroad, banking and political world and in particular the central mercantile association and the united real estate owners of New York.” Senator Townsend has branded this literature as Inspired propaganda designed to deceive the people of Michigan, and points out the signifi- cance which attaches to the time chosen for the circulation of it in Michigan, just prior to the senatorial primary. Goes Into Personalities. Then he goes into personalities and say! “It is of interest to call attention to the fact that two of the most prominent supporters of the candi- dacy of Representative Kelley are on record as being rabldly opposed to the building of this great water- way. Ex-Gov. Chase S. Osborn, in speeches made in this state in be- half of Mr. Kelley, has repeatedly (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) LIQUOR DRINKERS IN FORD FACTORIES " TO BE DISCHARGED. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 11.—The 70,- 000 men employed by the Ford Motor Company here were under orders from Henry Ford today to leave all forms of liquor, wine and beer alone at all times under penalty of losing their Jobs. tain of his employes recently had been the cause of accidents in the Ford plants, the manufacturer issued a statement declaring that any of his workmen whose breaths smelled of liquor, who were found to be carrying lquor or who were known to have it in their homes would be dismissed at once. “From now on. it will cost a man his job, without any excuse or appeal being considered, to have the odor of beer, wine or liquor on his breath or to have any of these intoxicants on ‘his person or in his home,” Mr. Ford's notice to the employes sald. “The eighteenth amendment is a part of the fundamental law_of this country. It was meant to be enforced. Politics has interfered ~with."enforce- ment of this law, but so far as our organization is concerned.it.is going to be enforced to the letter.” - i Asserting that drinking among cer-¥ Provide Better Method of Collecting Taxes. A bill amending the tax and license laws of the District of Columbia so as to provide for better administration was passed by the Senate today. The first section of the bill provides for fixing the status of the sixth assistant assessor as a member of the perma- nent board of assistant assessors. It is also provided that the board of personal tax appeals shall con- vene on the first Monday in January of each year instead of the first Mon- day in February. This is made nec- essary by reason of an amendment to the original law made cn March 8, 1917, requiring personal tax books to be placed in the hands of the col- lector of taxes by April 1 of each year. Another section of the bill defines who are residents of the District of Columbia for the purposes of taxation and assessment. Certain persons who live in the District practically all the year, but who are voting residents in Various states have claimed exemption from taxation, although the corpora- tion counsel of the District has ad- vised that they are taxable in this ju- risdiction. The bill exempts members of Congress and of the cabinet. Another section of the bill changes existing law by providing that new buildings and improvements on land shall be assessed every six months, instead of every twelve months. This proposed change 1s important, as large apartments require considerable time for erection and they are built in such a way that the roof is put on after the building has been three- fourths completed. Under the bill phrenologists are to pay a license tax. Another section of the bill is de- signed to aid the assessor of the Dis- trict in the collection of data relating to the true consideration in the sal of real estate. e proposed legisia- tion requires information as to the true consideration to be given the grantee or his authorized agent, but requires that such information shall be confidential. BRAZIL FLYER GETS ENGINE. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Septem- ber 11.—Lieut. Walter Hinton, who is making a ffight from New York to Rio de Janeiro, received his new high- power engines today from’the ayia- tion service of the United States Ma- rine Corps.. Their installation will delay Lieut: Hinton's departure until ‘Wedn at the earliest, when the ayiator ns to start for Santo Do- mingo City. Mustapha Kemal Prevents Looting and Violence—Prescribes Death Penalty for Attacks on Christians. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEP’fEMBER 11, 1922—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 11/4a they might use their weapons on the Greeks later in the day Turks Well Equipped. British officers riding in motor cars through the Christian quarters of the | city exhorted the people to remain | quiet. At the same time the Turkish | officers riding through the streets! ordered the civilians to disarm, | Kemal Pasha having guaranteed the | lives and property of all. “The pasha | wants to find the city as it was two years ago,” they said, “and he desire: to restore it to its former prosperity. The Turkish troops which continue | pouring into the city are remarkably ell equipped, and though the' cav-| alrymen have been marching for ! three weeks they show no signs of | fatigue. Soldiers as well as officers salute smartly all the allled officers they meet. Many of the men wear American tunics which they probably | captured from the Armenians last| year. W The destroyer Litchfleld, which ar- rived here on the ith, made the trip from Constantinople to Smyrna, which usually takes twenty-four hours, in ten. She was sent by Admiral Bristol | when Consul General Horton an-| nounced that American property | worth _millions of dollars and the D. C. LICENSE LAW |SMYRNA IS IN GRIP 1S CHANGED AGAIN| OF KEMALIST ARMY | ment at Central, the officials said it | %"y (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) | Strong Turk Detachments | Posted at Strategic Points in Captured City. By the Associated Press. SMYRNA, September 11.—Strong forces of Turkish nationalist infantry | today were holding all strategic! points in the city. The troops are| under strict orders against indulgence | in excesses, the foreign representa- tives and military headGuarters have | been informed by the Kemalist com- | mander, Gen. Selah Eddin Bey. | Selah Eddin complained that the| Greeks had committed wholesale devastation without military reasons | and said his men were showing that they could make war in a civilized manner. Entry of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, under Mursel Pasha, was received with enthusiasm. This commander’s first act was to take steps to prevent further firing of revolver shots and | exploding of bombs by the en-| thusiastic _ Turkish residents of | Symrna. Refugees to the number of | 150,000 are here, having trailed in for days afoot, on donkeys and in carts, some crazed by famine. Only those | provided with money have been able | to leave, obtaining passage at ex- | tortionate rates to the Iionian and other Greek islands. TURK V'IC,’.EOBY COMPLETE. Greeks Swept From Asia Minor by Kemalists. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 11.—Sweeping the Greek forces from Asia Minor in a whirlwind campaign lasting only two weeks, the Turkish nationalists under Mustapha Kemal Pasha have won a great military victory and at the same time at least partly nullified the losses tto their nation through the lwm—ld war. Thus is created a situation full of the gravest possibilities—one de- manding the immediate adoption of a unfted ‘policy by Great Britain, France and Italy—and such a policy is far from existent, according to the view generally held here. France and Italy are accused in some quarters of having not only encou! the Kemalists, but of hav- ing supplied them with arms and munitions, although it is reported now in the same circles that they are ‘becom! alarmed at the unexpected extent of the Turkish successes. Italy’s concern Is said to have been manifested in a freshly expressed de- sire for a prerliminary conference lof the allies at Venice to consider the {Continucd o0 Puge 3, Column 3.) | have to be started » Commissioners Ask All to Pray ForMrs.Harding All Washingtonians were called upon by the Commissioners today to join in prayer for the speedy re- covery of Mrs. Harding. The appeal of the Commission- ers, as made public by Secretary Daniel E. Garges, reads as follows: “The Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, joining in the solicitude of our esteemed Presi- dent for the recovery of his be- loved wife, and deeply sympathiz- ing with Mrs. Harding in this time of her suffering and danger, call upon the people of the District of Columbia to unite in prayer for her speedy recovery.” A public prayer service for the speedy recovery of Mrs. Harding is to be held at noon tomorrow at Keith's Theater. A call for public prayer meet- ings as well as individual prayers at noon tomorrow has been sent out by Edward Percy Gates, gen- eral secretary of the United Chris- tian Endeavor Society at Boston. The Alumni Association of Chr tian Endeavorers of tie District, has arranged the meeting here tomor- row in which all denominations will participate. It is estimated 20,000,000 persons will participate in’the prayers tomorrow through- out the country. Those who wiil participate in the exercises tomorrow are Rev. Dr. William §. Abernethy, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, of which President and Mrs. Harding are members; Rev. Dr. Freeman Anderson, assistant pastor of that church; Rev. Dr. George A. Miller, pastor ‘of tthe Ninth Street Chris- TWO CENTS. DEFER OPERATION AS MRS. HARDING REGAINS STRENGTH Bulletin From Bedside De- | clares Complications Subsid- | ing and Condition Improved. PRESIDENT TAKES HEART AT FAVORABLE CHANGE Many Visitors Express Sympathy for Chief Executive—Doctors in Conference. Improvement the condition of in Mrs. Harding, which began yesterday, continued throughout the night and the forenoon, and physicians in a tendance deferred the operation which has been under consideration, An official bulletin issued shortly after 10 o'clock today said the wife of the President had spent a less rest- less night, that complications were subsiding and that generally her condition, which became critical late R e emvas ot ihe |last week, was improved. It also Now Youra Avenue Presbyterian |announced The decision to defer an Church, and Rev. Dr. Thomas C. |operation. Clark, pastor of the Takoma Park s Presbyterian Church. The music will be conducted by Prof. Percy Foster. SCHOOL COURSES CUT BY CONGESTION District System Will Be Only 60 Per Cent Normal This Year. Part-time instruction, equivalent to 60 per cent of a normal education, will be forced on all District high school students and hundreds of graded school pupils during the com- ing year, which begins next Monday, because of the ever-increasing short- age of classroom accommodations, school officials announced today after estimating the prospective enrollment for the new term. Western, Eastern and McKinley high schools will operate on the double-shift system. Business and Central will have what officials de- | scribe as an_ overlapping system of operation somewhat similar to the two-shift scheme. As a result, all of these schools will be running from early morning until late in the even- ing. some opening as soon as 7:30 a.m. and closing as late as 5 p.m. Eastern High School will be so crowded, despite the dual operating arrangement, that four portables \\‘l!l be temporarily. pressed into use until the new Fastern is completed. It is planned to have the new Eastern in operation _at the beginning of the second school semester next Febru- ary 1. Emergency Measures. Although school authorities have adopted emergency measures for ac- commodating the increased enroll- will be necessary to bar admittance at this school to all first-year stu- dents who can be more adequately accommodated at other high sehools. Only students living in the territory served by Central and who have ap- plied for the courses the school offers I will be admitted. Children who want | to at¥end Central because of its arch- jtectural beauty and its modern facilities will be required to attend | one of the high schuols that offer courses similar to this school. How many part time classes will in the graded schools to accommodate the expected enroliment increase school officials are unable to estimate. It was point- ed out, however, that the ffty-two additional classrooms which will be available next Monday will only ac- commodate the children who were crowded Into the portable buildings at the schools where the additions have been constructed. Therefore, they emphasized that the use of the additions will not materially relieve the overcrowded conditions. Expect Big Enrollment. According to tentative figures pro- duced by the officials, the enrollment for the coming school year is expected to range bbtween 67,000 and 68,000. The peak enrollment last year reached apjroximaiely 6%,900. 'With the minimum enrollment in- crease estimate which amounts to 2,100, the officials made it clear that To additional accommodations are available for them, considering, of course, that the fifty-two additional classrooms will only allow for the dis- Continuance of the use of a number of portables, where the annexes have been built. These portables, however, are being transferred to schools wherc overcrowding is expected to be seri- ous for further use. MISSING ACTOR SOUGHT IN SANITARIUMS HERE New York Asks Local Help in Tracing Wallace McCutcheon, ‘Who Disappeared Year Ago. NEW YORK, September 11.—The missing persons bureau today request- ed the Washington police to look through all of the sanitariums in the capital for Wallace McCutcheon, actor, and former husband of Pearl White. McCutcheon, during the war when he went to the front ‘major, disappeared from his home here last September. A_friend recently told his brother he had seen McCutcheon in a Wash- ington sanitarium, but did not remem- ber which one. Up to noon today the police had not received the request from New York. A Yfl"‘tfl canvas of local sanitariums failed to locate any. patient describing hiwself as McCutcheon. who was shell-shocked | The statement “Mrs. Harding's condition at 9:30 am.—Temperature, 99%2; pulse, 961 respiration, 30. “Night less restless. Elimination increased. Complications subsiuing. General appearances indicate i'n provement. Operative procedure de- ferred. C. E. SAWYRR* The bulietin was supplemented by statements made by visitors to the ! White House saying that Mrs. Hard- | ing had spent a fairly restful night | Sceretary Weeks, who called, said he had been informed that the night had been the best the patient had had since her condition became alarming. Temperature Decrenses. The temperature of the patient at 9:30 o'clock today, as noted in the official bulletin, was 99, as com- pared with 100% at 9 o'clock last night; her pulse was 96, as compared with 116 last night, and her respira- tion was 30, as compared with 36. These figures were said by medical xperts to be quite indicative of an mprovement. President Harding was reported to be greatly encouraged by the seeming improvement today in his wife's con- dition. An air of optimism pervaded the White House, those in intimate touch with the patient appearing to be in better spirits over her condi- tion than at any time during the { past three days. Refreshed somewhat by a night's sleep, the President continued to keep in constant touch with his wife's bed- side and with the attending phys cians. The presence at the White House of the entire consulting staff, made complete yesterday by the ar- | rival here of Dr. Mayo, spe- { cialist from Rochester, Minn., seemed to strengthen the hope that Mrs. Harding would successfully pass through the present crisis. { _The relief felt by the Presidemt at |the turn for the better was shown { shortly before noon, when he left the Executive Mansion for a walk about |the White House grounds. It was | the firs. time he had left the Execu- | tive Mansion since last Friday except for a brief visit Saturday to the | office adjoining the White House. lie | was accompanied in his walk by Mr. |Hays and Edward B. McLean, pub- lisher of the Washington Post. William C. Redfieid of New York, Secretary of Commerce in_the cabinet of President Wilson, called at the White House to express his hopes for the recovery of the patient and to jextend his sympathy to the President. An endless stream of close friends of the President and Mrs. Harding | visited the White House during the |day. The President personally met most of them and was reported to be bearing up well under the strain. Among_ those who called were Will H Hays, former Postmaster General and republican national chairman at the time of Mr. Harding’s election to the presidency, and Commissioner Ru- dolph, chairman of the board of Com- missioners for the District of Colum- | bia. Business at the executive offices was practically at a standstill, only routine matters being transacted by the clerical force. The President re- mained away from his office and Secretary Christian, who arrived at the White House early this morning, remained during the morning near the President instead of going to his office. Many Express Sympathy. Messages of sympathy, all express- ing the hope that Mrs. Harding would be restored to health, continued to arrive, many of them from lea.ers in governmental and private aff<irs in other countries. Brig. Gen. Sawver, the family phy- sician, was undersiood to have in- formed some of the President’s close friends today that Mrs. Harding avas “brighter and stronger, and there Is a ohance this attack might clear up, as the prevjous attacks.” The impres- sion gathered from Dr. Sawyer, these friends said, was that the chances “rather favored recovery." Mrs. Harding spent “a fairly restful night,” but there was no marked change in her condition, Secretary Wallace was informed at the White House shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. The Agriculture Secretary did not see the President, but talked with White House attaches. Secretary Weeks, who called at the White House soon after Mr. Wallace left, announced on leaving that Mrs Harding had spent the best night in several nights and that the slight im provement which set in yesterday was continuing, with the patient’s temperature getting nearer norma: Operation Ix Doubtfal. Mr. Weeks indicated that decision as to an operation, which was post- poned yesterday after a consultation of physicians, had not as yet been reached, and said that Dr. Charles Mayo, the Rochester, Minn., speclalist, had told him last night that develop- ments would be awaited. - Senator Medill McCormick of Ili- nois, after talking with Secretary Christian this morning, told corr spondents that reports on Mrs. Hard- ing’s condition were more encourag- ing than last night. Indications, Be said, pointed to an operation, as ] o Harding's physical condition was { much more able to stand it. The condition of the first lady of the land was described as “much bet- ter” by Senators Kellogg of Min- nesota and Hale, both of whom are close personal friends of the Presi- dent. They indicated that no opera- tion was imminent, taking s differ- ent view from that expressed by Sen- ator McCormick. Bulletin at P.M. The bulletin issued by Mrs. Hard- ing's attending phvsicians L7 Wonihiuis v s e -, CliAD 2)