Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight; tomorrow cloudy and unsettled; moderate temperature. Temperature for twenty-four houvs ended at 2 p.m. yesterday: Higheat, 85, at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 61, toda; Full report on pag: 7. at 4:45 aau. No. 28,627. Entered as second-class. matter post office \Washington, D. C. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 ™ MORE ROADS ACCEPT PLAN FOR RAIL PEACE; STRIKE ENDS ON FIFTY Agreement Reached Will Aff 55,000 Out of Other Lines 250,000 Miles. Follow Lead. UNION HEADQUARTERS SENDS OUT INSTRUCTIONS FOR SETTLEMENTS Hooper Hails Decision as Victory for Labor Board—Shop Crafts Men Alone Go on Commission. Advices to the Labor Department today from its representatives in | Chicago said that railroads representing approximately 35 per cent of the | r intention of ending the shopmen's | country's mileage had signified thei strike on the basis of the agreem crait's general poiicy committee and that roads representing an additional | 30 per cent were ready to so end th upon to ad- Deiween workers The commission dec Judicated differences and rail heads, as provided under the offi- Labor Department cials were informed, will be posed of six shop crafis rep tives and not officials of the hrotherhoods as originally provided. Section four of the agreement, the advices further explained. was inter- preted in Chicago by union workers 1o mean that the railroads signatory to the agreement will meet union representatives on wage questions and all other matters growing out of the strike, and upon failure to agree on points at issue, the questions under dispute will be referred to the com- mission provided for in section five. Business Outlook “Very Good. The new development in the rail strike situation was received with satisfaction by all administration offi cials, including President Harding. Many would not comment for publica- tion, preferring to walit until an actual settlement had been reached, but at the Treasury it was said that Secretary Mellon, who. because of his life-time experience in dealing with industrial and financial affairs and because of his present duties watches the business situation closely, took the view that with an end to indus- agreement. Mr. Meflon was sald, however, see limitations upon the transporta tion facilities of the raliroads, which o ent accepted yesterday by the shop e strike. would prohibit any enormous expansion of business activity in the immediate future. Shortage of equipment and possible labor shortages are the limit- Ilng factors in Mr. Mellon's opinion. Ability to Be Limited. Normally, the railroads of the coun- try require about 100,000 cars a year added to their rolling stock equi ment, it was explained at the Treas- | ury, and as this replacement of roll- ing stock has not been kept up the |carriers’ ability to handle traffic {would be Mmited for the present to | that extent. |1abor being largely employed in oth- ler lines might affect the railroads’ | supply of workers. sented as seeing no diMculty ahead | of the carriers in supplying the needs and requirements of the country over the winter, particularly in the mat- ter of coal. ‘- Seme Projects Deferred. | Some commercial projects result of the labor disputes in the I reports to the Treasury, which would lessen to some extent the national coal requireme; while the recently increased use u"z’" as fuel Is expect- ed to diminish the by approximately 2 weekly. 2 Separate Peace Negotiations Begun As Several Roads By the Asociated Pross CHICAGO, September 14.—Leaders of the Federated Railway Shopcrafts, who today began negotiating separate set- tlements of the shopmen's strike, which began July 1. in accordanc: with the agreement adopted by the union's gen- eral policy committee, announces that several railroads had telegraphed union headquarters indicating willingness to go into the negotiations. These, the lead- ers said. were in addition to about fifty roads which previously had agreed to separate settlements. The settlement plan by which the strike will be ended on some fifty cr more roads, as announced last night at the close of the meeting of the general policy committee, provides for the re- turn to work of the strikers in their former positions and at tne rate of pay prescribed by the Railroad Labor Board. Any disputes or controversies incident 10 the settlement, will be refarred to & commission of twelve members, Six of whom will be selected by the railrads in the agreement and six by the shop- crafts. Te Meet Unlon Leaders. The Chicago and Northwestern, one of the large western systems, party to the agreement, was expected to meet leaders of its shopmen some time today with the possilility that the men would return to work to- morrow or Monday. With that road as a party to the general agree- ment, it was the understanding at the general offices that no pact w8uld be signed with the union chairmen, roads of the country. Some of the lar stems were counted among thoy peace. 5 The mileagé affected today was esti- mated at about 55,000 of the 250,000 miles in the United States. The text of instructions to officials of system federations would remain secret, Mr. Jewell said. He said also that union leaders would not make public at this time a list of the roads which were parties to the agreement. The reason for retaining the list, he augmented by new signers as the result of a continuous series of con- ferences with roads not already in the agreement. W. H. Finley, president of the Chi- cago and Northwestern ralilway, was one of the most outspoken of the of the settiement plan. Proceed to Settlement. “Our shopmen have asked us to meet their leaders here toda. tlement with our men,” he said. “I think it is a good thing that the roads are now making individual settle- ments instead of national agreements. “It puts these matters back where they belong, between the persons most direct'y interested, the roads and the men who work for them.” Efforts to verify published lists of roads accepting the_ settlement drew denials from the Erie, Burlington, Chicago Great Western, Southern Pacific, IMlinois Central and a large number of other roads. : The New York Central group was one of the largest generally credited | With planning to sigr®the agreement. Under the terms of the peace plan ect Also the possibility of | Nevertheless. Mr. Mellon was repre- | have been deferred until next year as a coal and rail industries, according to | emand for eoali 000 tons of coal | policemen have been dropped. the Wire Union Leaders! said, was because it will probably be ! | FFFECTVE HERE 900 Terminal Employes to Be Treated as New Men if Taken Back. Washington Terminal Com- employment source of 900 ! Jocal shopmen. is not a party to the | railroad strike settlement and will not take back any of its old em- | ployes who went on strike. except | as entirely new men and as it needs them. This announcement was made to- {day by Superintendent J. F. Tonge lof the Washington terminal. after conferring with officials of sthe com- pany for several hours __‘Although a number of the speciai The | pany. | cut @oss not mean that protection ! will cease to be given to the' prop- erty of the company. it was said. The move was simply made for a general cutting down of unneces- | sary protective agents. | Action a Surprise. | News that the terminal is not a party | to the agreement which meant settle- willing to sign for imqui‘.lle‘ ment of the shopmen's strike was re-: cuperative progress, he added, is be- | celved with considerable surprise in | labor circles today. where it was rather confidently expected that the terminal {would fall in line with the Baltimore | and Ohlo railroad, the Southern, Chesa- | peake and Ohio and Atlantic Coast { Line, all of which operate from the| Union station and which entered the | settlement agreement. “We are in this fight to an absolute i finish now,” declaged Charles Frazier, business representative of the ma- chinists and semi-official spokesman for the striking snop crafts in this vietnity, on hearing of the company's | dectston. satistactory conclusion is reached.” Mr. Tonge intimated that labor ob- i tained when the shopmen left their | jobs had proven satisfactory to the | Washington terminal executives, and and we will | gefinitely stated that the shops were,of proceed to make an ifidividual set-|in first-class working condition here. ing reiterated previous statements | that any employe who left the service {as_a result of the strike would not be taken back with seniority privileges. ! Seniority Wiped Out. As a matter of fact he reached over { He his desk to a pile of mimeographed | circulars and said: “Here is all I wish to add regard- ling the latest developments.” handed over a copy of the circ#lar | which saia: : *To all employes:: Any cmploye Ileaving the service of this company | las a result of strike will be consid- !ered as severing his relations with | the company, and in event of any but that informal discussion would ! shopmen are to return to work under | smploye who leaves the service under take place. The officials had not been notified this morning, when thegshop- men's representatives would appear, hut, it was said, the basis of agree- ment had been approved and the conference would be entirely infor- mal. B. M. Jewell, head of the railway employes’ department of the Amer- fcan Federation of Labor, did not is- sue an official list of the roads which had agreed to the settlement plan. He sald such information must com from the railroads. Mr. Jewell wa. expected to confer today with mem- bers of the shop crafts’ executive council, whose members still remained in Chicago today. The general policy committee members acattered to their homes last night. The shop cratts’ executive council, meeting in a North Side hotel, was said to be considering the instruc- tions to be sent to the various sys- tem federations throughout the coun- try, relative to negotiating with the various roads. Mr. Jewell was said to possess the only list of roads that were parties to the settlement agrée- ment, and some others that were said to have indicated willingns to enter negotiations. Unfon Instructions Sent. Instructions to various system féd- eration officials to sign negotiations and arrange agreements with their roads were sent out from union head- quarters by Bert M. Jewell, chief strike leader and head of the railway employes’ department of the Ameri- can Pederation of Labor. Although the shop cralts’ executive | wage scales prescribed by the United |States Rallroad Labor Board. ef- | fective July 1, the date the strike!pasis of a new employe, his SenioTity Iywijson in which this high spot was | began in protest against the board's | decisions. The question of seniority, which came up after the strike began, and .prnved to be the chief barrier to an earlier settlement, was not specifically mentioned in the agreement, which | provides that the shopmen shall re- turn to work in “positions of the cll.‘l': they occupled before the strike. Two Subjects Omitted. The agreement made moc mention either of working conditions or th | contract system for “farming out shop work, which, with the wage con- troversy, were the original issues in the strike. Disputes over the “relative stand- |Ing” of employes, and new disputes which might arise as outgrowths of the strike shall, under the peace terms, be referred to adjustm boards, composed of six n»rucnel:E tives of the carriers and an equal number of employes, if the disputes cannot be ttled as an individual matter. The agreement requires the sig- natory roads to find places for all re- turned strik within thirty days after it becomes effective. Roads are not required to take back strikers who have committed acts of violence. J. A. Franklin, president of the boil- :;mlker‘. l“‘lld ib:'{,:‘! b|'||Illllmr of opmen will pro o thnlrlpnld jobs within n’w mk = ‘W. H. Finley, president of the Chi- council remained here-with Mr. Jewell | cago-and Northwestern, said the road 1o direct the affairs of the railway’ would make a settlement with its shop unions in-‘settling the strike, policy committee membars scattcred to their respecitve districis soon after the settlement plan was adopted. Railway systems counted among :ho- expected to sign Samber aboal Ao i the 202 class 11" (Continued on Page 3, ‘men today. Much of the credit for effecting parate settlements was given by the_shop crafts’ executive council to dent of the S. Davies Warfleld, n.r..:: ‘the agreement | Seaboard Air Line head of a “waere sald to ties co: to ) ! ! the above conditions being again em- | ployed, he will be taken back on the | to date from the date he reenters the | service.” Strikers held a meeting today at their headquarters, 3d street and | Pennsylvania avenue southeast, at which the latest reports on the situ- }ation were gone over and discussed. The strikers here are on tip-tos awaiting news regarding this section from Chicago. They have received no definite official information as to the {atest state of affairs, and. officials ments on this line until they had re- ceived definite word. —_— $56,000 AND BIG LIQUOR CARGO IN DRY NAVY HAUL Two-Masted Schooner Seized Off Atlantic Coast by unltoi States Ship. NEW YORK, September 14.—The two-masted schooner. H. M. Gardner was brought into port today by the dry Navy boat Taylor, and one hundred cases of liquor and $56,000 in gold were taken to the customhouse. The Gard- ner was seized last night off Scotland) rht. u& M. C. Betts, who said he was the iner's_skipper, declared he was going from Nova Scotia to Nassau when the Taylor's crew boarded him. He said he had just delivered 4,000 ‘of liquor and was taking the one hundred seized cases back, to Nassau beca! ‘jt had not been accepted by his . £ Betts said that he first thought the prohibition boat was filled with pirates h.ul cleared his ship intending to ram their but when the SETTLEMENTNOT WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1922—FORTY-SIX PAGES A SPIR\'T OF ET TOGETHER. ERYWHERE? FIGHTINHOUSE AMUNDSEN FLIGHT ACROSS ICE FIELD IS DELAYED AGAIN NOME, Alaska, September 13.—In- formation from a reliable source re- ceived here today was to (he effect that Capt. Roald Amundsen would not attempt this vear his proposed Aight across the north pole to Green- and, as was reperted recently from ‘openhagen, Amundsen, who was last Compulsory Atten;lance Act Is Referred to Sub- reported at Wainwright, 100 miles : southwest of Point Barrow, Alaska, | plans to spend the winter there, ac committee. cording to thls Information. 5 Rough sledding confronted the smpulsory schoo! attendance bill when it was considered by the House committee on District of Columbia affairs today. While representations were made that the school officials here, led by Dr. Ballou, were anxious (MRS, HARDING STILL {coming session. so much opposition developed to the bill as it came from | the Senate that it was referred to a subcommittee with Instructions to report it back to the full committee by 10:30 o'clock -Baturday morning. At that time It will be discussed at gredter length with a view to repart- ing It to the Housp and probably get- ting it passed next week under the ‘Prgsident’s Brother Leaves City—Bulletins-Are-Dis- continued. ! Further improvement in the condi- ition of Mrs. Harding was reported | unanimous consent arrangement. {today by Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer.| The subcommittee. which will con- {White House physiclan. The Presi-|sider the bill is composed of Repre. o= e _isentatives spaugh, Zihlman and dent's wife, he said, spent an excel-| 3ERTRCNes MUIlISpRugh, Zihiman and lent night—the best since her illness|that the subcommittee would hold a ibecame critical. Satisfactory re-jhearing In the District committee :rnoom at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. « equests will be sent this afternoon ing made. __lto Dr. Ballou, superintendent of the | Announcement was made | night | District public_schools, and Judge | i at the White House that in view of|Sellers of the Juvenile Court of the {the steady improvement in Mrs.: District of Columbia. asking them to *ON SCHOOL B “The men here are ready and deter- | executives who announced acceptance |{mined to carry on this fight until a| He ; sald they wished to make no state-| turned [financed by the sal 'when | = | Harding's condition no more formal | bulletins would be issued to the press. | Dr. George T. Harding, jr., brother of the President, who has been in | attendance, returned today to Co- lumbus, Ohio. Clifford ‘Kling, 2 | brother of Mrs. Harding, also hasleft| | for his home in Marion, Ohio. ; President Stays at Bedside. i President Harding had no engage- | ments for today, and it was expected he would spend most of his time near | his wife's bedside. The President, it { was said. is ‘doing a considerable !amount of office work in his study { near the sickroom. ! ! As in tne case of a previous siege) the same Illness, however, attend- | physiclans believe that Mrs. | Harding's convalescence would neces- | Isarily be a tedious one. On one of 'the two previous occasions in the ilast eight years in which Mrs. Hard- ing has successfully resisted an at- tack of the present malady here con- | valescence, it was recalled here to- day, extended over a period of seven or eight months. Blow to Social Program. That the hostess of the White {House, therefore, would not be able {to give the soclal life of the capital this winter the same center of in- terest and attraction which her ex- ;tenulve program of entertainment af- forded last year appeared almost cer- itain The colorful White House func- tions of last winter marked the end of a long period during the war and ithe subsequent illness of President 1 missing from the capital’s social life. The bulletin issued last night by Dr. Sawyer read: Mrs. Harding’s condition at 8 p.m. / “Temperature, 100; pulse, 90; respi- iration, 26. “All , appearances- and _conditions show the best day since the serious time of her -iliness. Convalescence will necessarily be tedious. All things going well; symptoms will vary only slighty from day to day. Sufficient reports will be given to relate prog- ress of case. Regular bulletins will be discontinued. i “C. E. SAWYER, M. D." i | RUSSIAN COUNTESS. REFUGEE IN U. S. Says Reds Slew Husband Before Her Eyes and She Is Seeking Cousin, Count Tolstoy. NEW YORK, September 14.—De- claring she escaped from Russia after her husband had been shot down be- fore her eyes by. the holshevists, untess Anna Zarnekau is In New York in an effort to'find her cousin, Count Ilya Tolstoy, son of the fa- mous Russian writer, who is now |living (n seclusion near Stamford, Conn. : / Countess Zarnekau said she had been living In a Staten Island board- ing house for several weeks, After her and’s death she escaped from Russia across the White sea to Fin- nd_then came to America, she stated. Her stay in America has been of her jewels and gone’ that 'lhe Senate to which he was not fa- Ifora the House before the adjourn- appear before the subcommittee to- morrow morning to go into details of the bill. Opposition Devel Not a little opposition developed m; the measure. Representative Mills- paugh of Missouri, who led the oppo- sition, said that he didn't believe any one was opposed to the purpose of such a measure, but that there were some features of the bill as it passed vorable. He objected particularly to the paragraph which will give to the numerous officers and inspectors | which the measure provides for the enforcement of the act the unlimited right of search of homes and places of business without the formality of a search warrant. He thought thia was a particularly vicious feature of the bill, and, for that reason. asked that it be re ferred to a subcommittee for exami- nation. There also was objection to the section providing for the appoint. ment of officers and employes, which placed no limit on the number who could be appointed to the service to carry into effect the provisions of the proposed adt. epresentative Zihlman su that the measure should be permitted to take its regular course, and come up for consideration at the shorc session of Congress. but Chairman Focht sad that Dr.”Ballou had pointed to the great meed f a law at this time. et Mr. Focht said that he would make every. effort to get It passed mext Feck, It the committee decided to report after further co Saturday merning. By deration Other D. C. Bills Face Delay. Representative Hammer suggested that the committee should discuss what legislation should be passed be- ment of the current session. Chair- man Focht told him that he proposed to have passed, if he can, every Dis trict measure that was on the calendar &t this time. He' pointed out that these measures have had the consideration of the full commit- | tee, and he assumed that the mem- bers wanted them passed, and for that reason had them put on the unanimous consent calendar. Mr. Hammer pointed out that there | was- some opposition to the milk bill. Mr. Hammer also said that he would object to consideration of the street railway merger bill at thi ession, and gave indications that thi| measure would have to go over until there was time fqr greater considera- tion and discussion, Represen’ ive man was au- thorized by the commit: o report the so-called pawnbrokers’ bill, wgfeh 2d been' rewritten and reintroduced in the House. VANDERVORT INJURED. Pension Official Is Knocked Down by Automobile. Hamlin M. Vandervort, députy com- missioner of pensions, was struck and knocked down by an automobile at 5th and G streéts shortly /after noon today. /He was taken to Emergency Hospltal, where, it was stated, he was suffering cuts about the face :;:d a possible fracture of the left oulder. : tion {s not rogmided as se- BRITISH SOLDIERS RUSHED 70 DEFEND CONSTANTINOPLE One Regiment Ordered te Sail; Other Troops May Soon Follow. [ WARN KEMALIST LEADER TO OBSERVE NEUTRALITY Allied War on Turk Nationalists Dardanelles. By the Associated Press. MALTA, September 14.—The British transport Somali, with the 2d Royal Susscx Regiment on board, will leave Malta for Constantinople tonight. All the other British troops in Malta have been ordered to stand by, prepared to sail. By the Awsociated Press. LONDON, September 1i—A thou- eand officers and men of the Royal Alr Force embarked today at South- ampton for service in Mesopotamia. Alljes Ready to Strike. By the Assocated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 13. --The allies have notified the Angora government that an attack by the Turkish nationalists against the neu- tral zones of Ismid and the Darda- nelles will mean war with the allies nd that they are determired to de- fend Constantinople against the Kemalists with as much resolution as they mobilized their troops against Greece when the Greeks threatened an invasion of Constantinople. A squadron of British hussars and a company of Itallaan infantry left the Dardanelles today for Ismid. Marshal Sounds Warning, Marshal Franchet D'Esperey consid- ers the situation in the near east very serious. He is quoted by the Echo de Paris as declaring: “Don't forget that the Bosphorous at certain points is only 800 yards ide, and that all the European quarters in Constantinople might well find themselves under the fire of Turkish four-inch guns. “However, I believe Mustapha Ke- mal Pasha is too intelligent and pru- dent to commit such a blunder.” Peace Conference Urged. Py the Ausociated Prose. LONDON, September 14.—The im- pression is "gFOWIDE” Teré that a Turkish peace can-only be arranged tn a large internatiohal conference, In which Russia, Rumania, Bilgaria and the other Balkan states partici- pate. This' impression is based in part upon the renewed expression of Rus- sia’s attitude regarding the straits of the Dardanelles as contalned in her note of protest against the allied action in Constantinople sent recently to Great Britain, in which she de- mands the question be settled pri-| marily by the powers that use the Black sea as an outlet to the ocean. Tomorrow the British cablnet will meet in full session to discuss the myriad political phases of the situation brought on by the Turkish vietory. The question whether Turkey shall be permitted to occupy eastern Thrace, at least, is believed not to be considered vital here. In some quarters, indeed, it is argued that with Turkey In Thrace she would thus give Europe a military hold on her. The most important problem, it is conceded, is the settlement of the question of the control of the straits. The eastern situation is causing considerable concern here. °This is reflected in the editorial columns of the morning newspapers, some of which adopt a distinctly alarmist tone. “A grave crisis” confronts the pow- ers, says one, while others declare “the situation is drifting to the dan- ger point.” that “all the elements are present for another flare-up of war,” and that “the powers must act at once, and In agreement; if they fail to agree, nothing but a miracle can avert disaster.” The one sentiment which dominates all is fear lest France, although agreeing to maintenance of the neu- trality of Constantinople and the straits of Dardanelles, may interpret the “legitimate aspirations” of the Turks in such a manner as to prevent the co-operation of Great Britain. Those papers which are habitually suspicious of France comment strong- 1y on her tenderness for the Turks and insist that the latter cannot be allowed to recover Thrace and Adrian- afternoon i ople, which they believe France is willing to give them. Elsewhere the fairly confident hope is expressed that France eventually will agree to co-operate with Great Britain, which 1s generally crediusd with upholding the letter of the trea- ty of Sevres. Declaration of the French view is expected hourly, and awaited with the greatest eagerness. Great Disorder Reported. ATHENS, September 14.—Persistent but unconfirmed rumors reaching here relate that Smyrna is in great disorder. The Kemalist entry into that city was accomplished by vari- ous explosions which threw the popu- lation into & panic, these reports state. A well known resident of the city who arrived here today said that o Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively eatitied 1o the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper aud also the local news published hereln. All rights of publication of special Qlspatches herein are also Teserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 85,074 TWO CENTS. Dr. Bell Leaves Entire Estate To His Widow The will of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was flled today for probate. He leaves his en- tire estate, real, personal and mixed, to his widow, Mabel Gardner Bell, ab- | solutely and without conditions. The widow and his cousin, Charles J. Bell, president of the American Security and Trust Company, are named as executors, with the request that no bond be ‘required of them for the faithtul discharge of their duties. No schedule of the value of the estate bas been filed. The document was executed June 22, 1898, at Beinn Shregh, near Bad- deck. in Nova Scotia, in the presence of “four witnesses. The executors will probably file a petition for the | probate of the will in a few days. RESERVIR A DAMAGE REPHIRED $4,000 Spent on Washouts Caused by Recent Downpours. CITY HEALTH GUARDED Water Chlorinated, Following In- vasion by Flooded Creeks Nearby. Dalecarlia reservoir on the Con- duit road at the District line, where all the drinking water of the District is impounded before it reaches the filtration plant near the Soldiers’ Home, narrowly escaped serious im- pairment during recent heavy rain- falls. When the reservoir was first put into service about sixty years ago, several small streams, including Lit- tle Falls branch, Murdock Mill branch and their auxiliaries, draining the country around Somerset, Friendship Heights and Chevy Ch fed into it. Several years later these streams became badly polluted and seriously affected the water supply of the Dis- trict. To remedy the situation it became necessary to divert the flow of these streams from the reservoir. Embank- ments were constructed around the exposed sections of the reservation on the northwestern. northern and northeastern sides. Outside of them a drainage ditch was provided and the waters from the offending streams were then diverted through a short tunnel into Little Falls branch. That stream was then grained into a brick shaft about fifty feét deep and car- ried under the reservolr through a long steel tunnel to an outlet near the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, from which it reached the river. Flooded Twenty Years Ago. That arrangement invasion of the reservoir until about twenty years ago. when water from the streams swollen by heavy rains rose over the arch. broke through the embankments and entered -the reservoir. a result, the embank- ments were widened and heightened and reinforced with sheet \piling in the most exposed places. No further trouble was experienced until a few weeks ago, when a series of heav. rainstorms caused a general overflow into the reservoir. Two Sections of the embankment, each involving about 1,000 yards, were washed away and the embankment was seriously eroded in several other places. The heaviest washout occurred September 2 on the line of Murdock mill creek. Where the embankment had been re- inforced with sheet piling. That was near the northwest corner of the reservoir, and before the stream joins Little Falls branch. Prompt action was taken by Maj. Tyler, the engineer officer In charge. and his assistants. It took a large force of men Eeveral days to replace the fallen walls and repair other sections. The work cost about $4,000 and was met out of the emergency funds. Health Precaution Taken. Maj. Tyler today said that the water stored in the reservoir had not been seriously impaired by the Invasion, but that as a matter of precaution it was deemed advisable to chlorinate it for several days, preliminary to its final purification at the filtration plant. He said the fact that a reinforced - section of the dike had been washed out twice indicated that some more permanent means of protection must be taken than is possible under existing conditions. He indicated that Congress might be asked to make special provision for the better protection of the big reservoir, which will become of additional importance when the Kemalist army entered on | Saturday morning a hand grenade exploded among the cavalry. An of- ficer was wounded. The Turks were infuriated by the explosion and began to loot. . In the evenning the Armenian quar- ter was raided. He said that women were outraged, and, all told, 150 per- sons were killed. He' declared that the same thing occurred in the Greek quarter, where he estimated the num- br of killed gt 200. - There were reports of disorders in other parts of the town. Before the formal occupation of the Kemalists a proclamation was posted throughout e city threatening the penalty of leath for the murder of any Chris- tian. Later the word punishment was substituted for death penalty, iafor- mation received here states. The Christians were thrown into a state of panic. Turks occupied the interallied pas: port office and prevented further de- ‘partu ‘The scenes which took place among the refugees on the quays mr:. eribed : ‘those reaching here when the aqueduct, now under construc- tion, is put into operation. “These recent washouts,” “indicate to my mind that conditions on the watershed draining toward Dalecarlia reservoir are mak- ing the streams more difficult 5f con- trol. The territory around Chevy Chase and Tenleytown is building up and I believe that more positive methods than earth dikes will shortly be required to prevent the rather frequent breaking through of surface watel into Dale- carlia_reservoir. studied with a view to submiiting to the chief of engineers at an early date recommendations for remedial work.” PRIZE AWARD PROTESTED. American .Balloon Racer Contests Decision Favoring Belgian. By the Awsociated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo, September 14.—A protest will be made against award- said he, ing first prize to Lieut. Ernest de| i Muyter of Belgium, in the Inter- natfonal balloon race, which started from Geneva. August 6, Capt. H. E. Honeywell. who was awarded second prize, announced today. Capt. Honey- ‘Well returned home last night. U. S. SHIP FOUNDERS IN GALE. By the Assoc'ated Press. TAMPICO, Séptember United States Shipping Board steam- ship Danville, from New Orleans with freight, and the Mexican steamship Yucatan,r from Vera Cruz witn pas- sengers and cargo, foundered at the mouth of the Panuco river, near: here, during a hurricane which swept thi port yesterday. reported. i prevented any | changing | The situation will be : 14. — The No loss of lives is i l r UNINCORPORATED HOME LOAN FIRMS * HERETHREATENED ;Crissenger Warns Local Companies to Get Charters or Quit D. C. l | | | CONTROLLER IS DEFIED, COURT FIGHT PROBABLE Hiring of Lawyer Is Reply to Edict—Congress May Outlaw Assailed Associations. Controller of the Currency Crissinger has notified heads of all so-called 3 and 4 per cent loan assoclations in the Dis- trict of Columbia, that they must “im- mediately incorporate,” as provided by the laws of the District of Columbia covering building and loan associations, r remove from the District,” it was announced today. Letters to this effect have been sent to four concerns operating in Washing- ton. They are the United Home Owners | of America, the Atlantic Society Homa | Builders, the Union Home Builders. and the Co-operative Home Building Trust- Ieex' Agency. It is understood that sim- lilar letters may be sent to one or two other institutions of like character. It is said to be the belief of officials that the scheme under which the companies are doing business is unsound basically. Text of Letter. The controller’s letter follows: “This office is advised by counsel after an exhaustive study of sections 691 and 691a of the code of the District of Co- lumbia, that no unincorporated associa- tion doing business of a building and loan association ean lawlfully operate |in the District of Columbia. “You are advised. therefore, that it will be necessary for your associ tion to immediately incorporate, provided by the laws of the District of Columbia, or to remove from the District in which latter event you would cease to be under the super- | vision of the controller of currency and must discontinue advertising such supervision. “Please advise immediately what steps will be taken to comply with | requirements.” Firms Flle Reply. In answer to this notice, fulfillment of the provisions of which would mean changing the whole method of doing business, several of the loeal companies affected placed their case in the hands of an attorney. Webs ster Ballinger, who drew up and filed with the treasury department a brief opposing the recommendation of the solicitor and setting forth | reasons why promoters of the con- cerns believe they are not violating any law. This brief and a mass of idata relating to investigations and court and state decisions of a num- ber of states are said to be now in { the hands of the solicitor of the de- | partment. who so far has not mad~ {an announcement of his findings. | It was learned today that legisia- | tion designed to wipe out of exist- ence all such loan organizations is | likely to ensue. Representative Mils- | paugh of Pennsylvania. himself a | banker and financial expert. is xnown i to have received a mass of informa- | tion about the companies. and it is | understood_that he is framing a bill { which would make the unincorporat- ed loan firms illegal. Local bankers, building and loan association inter- | ests and real estate men are said to | be backing Congress in this respect |~ Several prominent legal and busi- i ness men are said to be officials of {some of the companies affected by the { Treasury edict. Many persons of ! more than average means also are al- |leged to have put their money into { the companies for “investment” pur- poses. It is estimated that Washington |residents already have “invested" | several hundred thousands of dollars | in the loan associations, in the beliet | that they are bona fide building and | loan associations. | Follows Missourt Act! ' Several weeks ago similar institu- | tions in Missouri were declared lot- jterlu and a violation of the law. {In holding that such an institution in | Missouri was in the nature of a lot- { tery, and a violation of the Constitu- { tion and the laws of the state of Mis- {souri. the attorney general of Mis- {souri. on August 11, stated: _“The contract of the organizatioh | Giscloses that the contract holder &t | maturity is entitled to receive back | without interest what he has paid in !and to borrow at 3 per cent the differ- { énce between the amount paid in and 181,000 In other words, if the con- {tract matures when the contract {holder has paid %10 per month for fifteen months, the sum of $150 is repaid him and he can borrow $850 at 3 per cent, repayable at the rate of $10 per month; or if the contract | does not mature ‘until the lapse of, {say, sixty months, the holder is re- Ifunded $600 without interest and can | borrow '$400; or if his contract runs | ninety-nine ‘months after maturity. he is refunded $990 without interest 1 and he can borrow exactly $10 for one month at 3 per cent. Applications for contracts undoubtedly will be written by agents scattered throughout the icountry. The number that will ba placed on the contract is unknown tu the_applicant and to the agent. “Maturity of contracts is in order of the number thereof, and such num- bering is determined by the exact minute and date of signing.” | |ITAL|AN KING STRICKEN WITH FEVER ON JOURNEY | Monarch Obliged to Cancel Ap- pearance at Fair Because of Illnese. NAPLES, September 14.—King Vic- tor Emmanuel of Italy is sericusly 11, according to the Mattino here, which announced today that the Ital- jan monarch would not be able to at- tend the Naples fair because of his Irll)l!l’ grave condition. | The newspaper states that King { Victor contracted his ifness on a { journey 1n the Trentino mountains. A high fever developed and thie king Was obliged to return to his country castlé at_Racconigi, in Pledmont. The doctors think that he will recover ia time to attend.the closing of the fair.