Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and cooler today; tomorrow fair. Temperature for twenty-two hours . last night. Highest, —— No. 912.—No. 28,630 Entered as gecond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1922.—EIGHTY-SIX BRITISH TROOPS LAND ON STRAITS| IN DEFENSE OF CONSTANTINOPLE; BOLSHEVIKI HAIL TURK VICTORIES French and ltalian Soldiers Rushed to Dardanelles. | OnSmyrna Quay THOUSANDS KILLED IN BURNING SMYRNA Turk Marauders Patrol City Slaying and Rob- ing Refugees. Associated Press. LLONDON, September 16.— With i h troops entrenching at stra- tegic points on the Dardanelles, neh and Ttalian battalions rush- 5 to joln them, and from far New Zealand word that an Anzac contin- t will be dispatched to the scenes their heroic sacrifices in the late to assist in dealing with the kisl: natonalists, there has been a wwiit carrying into effect of the al-| uncements regarding a firm to preserve the free- Dardanelles and the «d pre crmination of the phorous. “*he British troops are supported by ¥ artillery and backed by thy et. and officials here are confident tiat the combined allied land and sea -es, which are declared to be pre- red for any eventuality, can hoid stantinople against all odds. The Turks, having bombarded the last departing Greek transports from *Chesme peninsula despite the Brit- ish appeal for mercy on the ground iat the Greeks were helpless, and no nger combatants, Mustapha Kemal 'asha is now supreme over all of Auatolta, but has yet made no direct avy iove toward Constantinople of the! straits, and the warnings which the ullies have voiced throughout Europe d the near east may have served their purpose. Smyrna a Shambles. Smyrna, which last month was the center of Greek rule, Is a shambles, | vith fire raging for three days and still continuing. Only the Moslem auarter has eseaped. < e Thousands have suffered death and cutrages at the hands of the Turks and hundreds of helpless victims in lospitals have been horribly tortured. The half crazed population and refugees are suffering untold misery. Six lone American relief workers are attempting the superhuman task of ministering to the dead and dying. All relief supplles sent from Con- stantinople by organizations were destroyed by the fire. Maj. Claflin Davis of the Amer- ican Red Cross and M. C. Jaquith of the Near East Relief are bending all their efforts to evacuate the Chris- tians as the only means of saving them, but are handicapped by lack of vessels. Bands of Turks are heartlessly killing the helpless Christians and the whole city is In the throes of terror. Rescue work among the ruins is proceeding slowly, the Kemalists leaving the fire victims to their fate. The catastrophe is so vast Iy the collective efforts of the allied tions can cape with it. When the fire was at its worst the American destroyers Lawrence and Litchfield e almost swamped by thousands vf maddened survivors who plunged uto the water in the darkness of night and swam out to the vessels, imploring piteously to be saved. The \merican blue jackets rescued hun- dreds from drowning. on U. S. Sailors Ald Vietims. The American sailors ashore were sbliged to hold off great crowds at ihe point of bayonets in order to keep Liem from the frail destroyers. The sag was hoisted on the quay and the bluejackets went among the- panic- stricken people, picking out those with American citizenship papers. The American flag was like a bedcon of hope; hundreds who could speak only a few words of English claimed to have been In the United States, but could show no satisfactory proof. Others said they had relatives in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and other American citles. The Americans, however, were forced to turn a deaf ear to these appeals. The big-hearted bluejackets were over- come with emotion at the distressing scenes and did théir best to comfort the terrorized women and children, «ven glving up their own bed >olls, Aothing and ratione., Commander Merrill of New York, <ide to Rear Admiral Bristol, is hailed 43 a hero; men, women and children falling on their knees and kissing his garments as he passes through the refugee concentration areas. C-2 AGAIN ON WING. Dirigible Expected to Land in Oklahoma Today. BELLEVILLE, T, September 16.— The Army dirigible C-2 en route from Langley 'Field, Va., to Ross Field Calif., left Scott Field near here at 9:10 tonight on its flight to Fort Sill, Okla., where the big blimp was ex- pected to arrive morning. —_— MAN AND WIFE DISAPPEAR. BRISTOL, Va., September 16.—Bris- tol school officialg are exerting every effort to find some trace of Harmon Dippe of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., science teacher and foot ball coach at the lo- high school, who with his wife, bhas mysteriously disgppeared. No motive can be assignéd for the dual the American relief| Turks Beat Back Allied Marines By the Assoc'ated Press. LONDON of allied marines to land Saturday morning, according to a dispatch to the Sunday Express from Smyrna'by {way of Ma The dispatch says the Creek bat. i tleship Kilkos Turkish quarter. SOVET ‘DELIGHTED - BY TURK SUCCESS Foreign Commissar Says Kemal Is Waging a War of Defense. 'NO SYMPATHY FOR ALLIES : Moscow Government Is on Side of + Turkey, Note De- clares. | | By the Associated Press. ! RIGA. Latvia, September 16.—M. | Karakhan, Russian soviet deputy for- | eign commissar, has sent a long reply |to a note sent the soviets hy Lord | Balfour, acting British foreign secre- jtary. says a dispatch from Moscow today. The reply states that Russia recog- nizes only the agreement between Turkey and soviet Russia regarding { the Dardanelles and the Bosporous, concluded in Moscow in 1921, allow- ing free passagé to shipa of all na- tlons for commercial purposes only. Russia, the reply declares, insists that only the interests of countries in the neighborhood of the Black sea | | September 17.—Kemalist forces mased on a quay at §myrna prevented an attempt by detachments bombarded Smyrna’si ! {U.S.IsKeeping Close: Watch on Situation in War Zone. CITIZENS® INTEREST | WILL BE PROTECTED ! Y Relief Work Planned By | Admiral Bristel and i Red Cross. By the Associated Press. Developments in the near eastern situation as a result of the disaster at Smyrna were watched with closest in- terest by government officials yester- day, although it was emphasized that the United States was not involved beyond caring for its citizens and their interests in the war-swept zone. It was emphasized in official circles that, although the United States was naturally interested in the freedom of ! the straits, it has not taken any part | fin any of the territorial or boundary | settlements in the near east—was not {at war with Turkey, nor a party to { the negotiation which resulted in the | signature of the peace treaty at Sevres | ,in August, 1920. It is understood that ithe American government has as-| sumed no commitments and entered { into no understanding which will in- {volve it in any way In the territory | ! readjustments which may result {rumi | the apparent success of the Turkish | | nationalist movement and the Turkish | | reoccupation of Smyrna. 1 { The unratified treaty of Sevres pro- ivided for the neutralization of th iDardanelies and the Bosporus and | |of a band of territory on both sides { of these straits, but the United States | has never had any part in the patrol | and protection of the neutral zone, as |1t is not one of the powers which is | jcarrying out the armistice with Turkey or involved in the enforce- | Iment of such of the terms of the| treaty of Sevres as the allles may | be able to maintain. | The American” high commissioner | to Turkey, Rear -Admiral Mark L.| 1 (Continued on Page 4, Column 1). RUSSANS REFUSE US:SURVEY PLAN Negotiations With Houghton End When Soviets Insist on “Return” Investigation. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 16.—The in- formai negottations which have been carried on for the past two months be- tween the American ambassador, Alan- in and Leonid Krassin, the Russian | soviet foreign minister and minister of trade and commerce, respectively, in connection with the American govern- ment's suggestion that Russia permit a committee of American -xperts to in- vestigate economic conditions in that jcountry, came to a negative conclusion when M. Tchitcherin this afternoon de- itvered the Moscow government's reply to the ambassador. The reply relterates Russia’s demand for a reciprocal arrangement,. and de- clares that any agreement which failed to providé for “a return engagement” would be calculated to place the Rus- sian people In “a position of inferiority.” The latter observation constitutes a recurring motive in the official Russian declaration and was further emphasized in a dozen varfations by M. Tchitcherin in the course of an elaborate oral state- ment to the American correspondents. ‘The Russian attitude, as indicated in the reply to the American ambassador, primarily resolves itself into a ques- tion of political prestige and pride. M. Tchitcherin declared: “The Rus- sian people would feel that the country had been reduced to the rank of Egypt and would therefore never tolerate such an infringement on equality among na- jtions if the American government re- fused Russia permission to' dispatch a similar investigating body to the United States.” 2 {DENBY ASKS NAVY OFFICERS TO PUT ! SNAP IN DRESS Owing to criticisms, Secretary Denby has called attention of Navy officers to the necessity of strict compliance with regulations concerning uniforms and personal appearance in public. “It is with growing concern,” said he in a circular, “that the department sees a tendency on the part of some officers to be care- less in personal appearance. Many times when uniforms are correct their correctness is marred by the lack of smartness in the officer, or, in other words, a lack of pride. Soft collars are occasionally seen, not- withstanding the orders against them; also collars that do not cor- respond to the type prescribed by the regulations for a given uni- form; knitted ties are prevalent, non-regulation waistcoats, slouchy caps, etc. In addition to these ir- regularitiza some officers are cane- less in leaving their coats unbut- toned, walking with their hands in their pockets and smoking on the street.” & g { son B. Houghton, and George Tohitcher- | that | Bristol. i8 a representatiye of the; | "(Continued on Fage 4, f‘ni\lmn ¥x3 |COVERNMENT TOWN | SOLD TO VIRGINIA | DRY DOCK CONCERN By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. Septembe: 16.—The Newport News Shipyard an Drydock Compa. iary concern, the Newport News Land Corporation, has purchased from the United States government the town of Hilton Village, and four large brick apartment houses on Washing- | ton avenue, according to a statement | made by Homer L. Ferguson, presi«‘, dent of the yard. The price paid was about $1,250,000. These houses were built to hous shipyard workers during the worl war. There are 473 houses in Hilton, which may later be sold to workers in the shipyard. UABOR T0 CELEBRATE “NPEACHNENT DAY' Unions Asked‘to Make October 1 Day of Demonstrations Against Daugherty and Wilkerson. | | | By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September 16.—Calling upon unions throughout the nation to set aside Sunday. Octo-: ber 1, as “Impeachment day,” for demonstrations against Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty and Federal Judge Wilkerson, the executive council of the American Federation of Labor to- day waded through the last of the Business which has kept it in annual session here since last Saturday. Notwithstanding its avowed deter- mination to remove the two govern- ment officials from office because of their part in obtaining the restrain- ing order against the rail shop crafts, the council, as one of its last official acts, went on record as opposed to a general strike of organized labor in 1 sympathy with the railroad men. The general strike question wWas i brought up again by Samuel Gompers, { president of the federation, “because jof more than- 200 resolutions from ! American unions demanding such a strike,” said the council’s report. .“But,” it adds, “we feel that neither we, as officers of the A. F. of L., fior any other officer of this organisation has the right or the power to call or advise a general strike.” The labor chiefs contented them- selves with ordering Secretary Frank Morrison to communicate to the bffi- ders of the railroad shopmen that' every assistance withip their power will be accorded therh. “The action of the A. F. of L. leaders | toward settling. the juxisdiction con- troversy between carpenters and sheet dnetal workers' ‘organizations today took the form of a drastic resolution, framed in secret, and forwarded to the building frades department of the federation at Washington. 2 A national conference of the build- ing trades unions to be held in Wash- ington or Indianapolis will be called by A. F. of L. officials. e, President Gompers disclosed: that the membership of the A. F. of creased a qual of 1110} L. in: in the through a subsid- | * | side, however, the exploded FISH COMPLETE_LINE of LATEST IMPROVED NG TaCKL WiLLiaM G M%poo REPORTS CATCHING 7 PouND- RAINBow RECTORSLAN WITH HS SEXTONS WIF Bodies of New Jersey Couple Found Lying Under Tree Along Lovers’ Lane. ENDEARING NOTES NEARBY Police Stationed About Pastor's Home, Refusing to Let Any One See Prostrated Wife. By the Associated Press. NEW. BRUNSWICK. N. J., Seplem- | ber 16.—Rev. Edward W. Hull. rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church ot 8t. John the Evangelist. and Mre James Mille, wife of the sexton of the church, were found dead from builet wounds today under an apple tree in a secluded Tane in Somerville town- ship. The two had been missing from Coroner R. M. Long of Somerset ounty declared it a case of double murder., He said the two had been dead at least thirty-six hours before the bodles were discovered. and was emphatic in stating he believed that the shooting did not occur in the rustic lane. No weapon was found near the bodies, which were Iying about a foot apart. Near {he woman's shell of .32-caliber bullet was found. The woman had been shot between he eyes. Marks of clinched fingers bruised the left arm. The body of the rector bore three bullet wounds. One was over the left eve and two in the neck. Scattered in the greatest pro- fusion about the man's body were cards and letters taken from his pockets. / Hus| Is Questioned. Mills was questioned by the authori- ties and gave an account of his wife's movements up to the time she left her home on Thursday night. He is not being held. Police tonight were stationed about the Hall home, permitting no one except officers of the law to énter| Officials said “to see or leave the house. the guard was maintained that no one molested Mrs. Hall"” who, they added, was prostrated. Mills gaid that on Thursday night, chortly affer 7 o'clock, his wife re- ceived a telephone call, which she told him came from [‘Henry’s,” the neighborhood grocery store. Turning from the phone, Mrs. Mills, he said, went upstairs, where he heard her moving about in her room for nearly half an hour. When she appeared again she was wearing one of her newest street dresses and her new- est hat “Naturally, I asked her where she was going,” Mils is reported to have sald, “and she told ‘me that, if I really wanted to know, I could ‘fol- low her and find out.”” Spoke te Chfld. Playing on the front steps as nhe| went out was Mrs. Mills' sixteen- year-old daughter, Charlotte. In answer to a question from the girl, the mother is said to have replied she was “going out for a little while. Mills told the authorities he did{: not follow his wife. . He said as the evening wore on he was too nervous to go to bed. He sald that at 2 o'clock in the morning he went out for & walk] His walk led him up the hill to the little Church of 8t. John the Evangelist, an edifice which crowns a rising knoll—the church which he served as sexton, where his wife sang as one of the leaders of the choir, Where a small but rich congregation ,wosuhlped, and where Rev. Mr. Hall had been rector “{u%lenn .;yw he entered the church and sat down in one of the pews. Near dawn, he said, he got up and returned to his home, to find that his wife had not returned. ‘Again at 9 o'clock that morning. hé sald he wandered back to the church. On the front stoop he ‘met Mra Hall, the rector’s wife. She asked him, he said, it he had seen her husband. He declared that ! ‘on Page 3, Coluz SR heir homes since last Thursday night. | \MOVE BY PRESIDENT TO PACIFY EUROPE PROPOSED IN BILL A resolution requesting President Harding. “in the interest of world and indust to take such s as he deems wise and pertinent | toward bringing about the re-estab- lishment of political and industrial | peace in Burope was introduced ¥ terday by Representative Britten, re publican, Iilinois. The resolution appeared to be | consideration of the tre sailles and the repara and that it was apparent that “the T gover ent of the United should not hold aloof until upon by European sovernments time “ra- de propitious clared the for quest S/ GENERALS, 13 - COLONELS RASED President Harding Approves | | Record Peace-Time Promo- i tion List in U. S. Army. | President Harding approved yes- {terday the selection of six brigadier i generals to be promoted to major | generals and thirteen colonels to be I prigadier generals—the largest pro- list of high ranking Army in time of I motion {officers cver announced i peace at one time. had approved the selections was made by Secretary Weeks, who said ,that the nominatiohs of the officers! fnamed would be transmitted to the Senate before the end of this vear !and as vacancies occurred in the lgra.des affected. The nineteen promotions were made | possivle in part by the recent volun- tary retirement of five major gen- erals and two brigadier generals from active service, which also made possible for the Army to retain the {services of thirteen colonels who would have been separated from the service by the reduction in that grade in accordance with act of Congress. ! Brigadier generals to be major gen- | erals, as given in the list: Andre W. i Brewster, on duty War Department | retirement board; Edward M. Lewls, commanding 2nd division at Camp Travis, Tex.; Robert L. Howze, com- manding 1st Cavalry Division, El Paso, Tex.; William Lassiter. assist- |ant chief of staff, War Department; George B. Duncan, commanding 14th Infantry Brigade, Fort Omaha, Neb.; | Ernest Hinds, on duty War Depart- ment retirement board. Colonels to be brigadier generals— John B. McDonald, commandant dis. ciplinary barracks at Alto Pas, Calif.; Charles H. Barth, commarfding 57th Infantry Regiment at Fort William McKinley, Philippine Islands; Wil- lloughby Walker, commanding coast defenses, eastern New York, with station at Fort Totten, N. Y.; John B. Bellinger, Quartermaster Corps, { who now Is returning from Hawali to the United States and wiil be assist- ant quartermaster general; Richmond P. Davis, comimanding coast artillery school, Fort Monroe, Va.; John McA. Palmer, alde-de:camp to Gen. Per- shing; Briant H. Wells, - assistant chief of staff in charge of war plans division, War’ Department; Edward L King, Army War College, Wash- ington, D. C.;-Frank R. McCoy, as- sistant governor general of the Phil- -ippine ‘Islands; Harold B.. Fisk, in | chazse of training section of training | and operations division, War Depart- ment general .staff; Halstead Dorey, office chief of Infantry, War Depart- ment; Hugh A. Drum, assistant com- mandant general service schools, Fort Leavenworth, K: Stuart Heintzel- man, assistant chief of staff in charge of military intelligence division, War Department ‘general staff. KILAUVEA IN ERUPTION. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, ~ September 16— Kilauea velcano today. burst out in great activity, with the lava lake fountaiaing flame and “reflecting 2 i Selling X - [ { inary canvass of the Scnate, which was Announcement that the President | PRESIDENT DECIDES ONVETO FOR BONUS Senate Leaders, in Canvass, Find Majority Against Overriding Veto. MARGIN STILL TOO SMALL ! Thirty-Four Opposing Two More i Than Needed, But President Will i Call Senators to Confer. “E-(l mede up his mind definitely to veto ithe soldlery’ bonue bill reached Senate leaders yesterday from }('l'ncc advisers. They =aid his message it:' disappre would be sent to tie | House next Tuesday. | After receiving this word, the major- ity leaders made an Informal prelim- l#aid to have shown thirty-four votes | against overriding a veto, or two more {than the number necessary to prevent | | final enactment of the bonus legislation. { This margin was understood, how- jever. to be regarded by some triends of ithe President as too narrow and they lexpected Mr. Harding to call several {=enators to the White House before { Tuesday for a discussion of the situa- ition. With many senators absent from | Washington, it was asserted by some at it was difficult to assess Senate {sentiment at this time. i Absentees Too Far Away. Many of the absentees, it was stated, could not possibly get back to Wash- ington in time to vote. Five senators iare in Europe, while four others are in the far west. Several others would be detained by thelr own illness or that of members of their families. Every ef- fort will be made to pair absentees, but jit was explained that it might not be i possible to pair all of them and it was | conceded that the absence of pairs in {even a few cases might have a materfal effect on the outcome. Mr. Harding's advisers expect him to set forth in vigorous manner his rea- sons for a veto. From the first he has insisted that bonus legislation should carry a method of financing it and he also has voiced disapproval of “piece- I meal” payment to the world war vet- erans, declaring that it would be better to postpone payment than to make it in such a manmer. House Plans Quick Action. Should the bonus bill be returned to |the House, managers of it there planned to move promptly to pass it PAGES. nformation that President Harding® some. of his f: s - : f i . | Member of the Associated Press | A | The Asmciated Prews in exciusively entitled to | the use for republication of all news dispatches 5 | creditid to it or not otherwise credited in tiis | | vaper 2nd also the local news published hereln. H i All rights of publication of special ’ i dispatches berein arc also reserved. 1 l ¥ SHOTGUN IN ERROR I KILLS BOY HUNTER‘; | Bpecial Dispatch to The WINCHESTER, Va., September 16.— 3elville Landls, sixteen-year-old son| 1 0f Hoover Landis, Hampshire county, | i W. Va., was shot and kilied In an odd | | manner while hunting squi-rels with | his cousin, Elmer Landis, aged thir-| teen, according to word received here. | They . are said to have been playing | with their shotguns by dropping a| steel ball from an automobile bearing into the barrel and pulling the trig-| ger, causing the ball to bounce out.} The ball was dropped by mistake Into | the barrel of Elmer Landis’ gun,! which was loaded, and when the trig- | ger was pulled the ball struck Mel- ville below the heart and 4{ook a course around the ribs, while the xond; of shot struck his left hand, with }which he was holding the gun close 10 his side, hit the gun near the trig- - ger guurd and glanced from there. | entering his heart and killing him al- most instantly. AUTORACER KILLED: CRASHES N FENCE { |Frank C. Norris Meets Death| i i ! ! in Speed Test at Arling- | ton Track. i |MECHANIC IS INJURED Cloud of Dust Beileved to Have| Confused Driver—Crowd Misses Accident: i | €. NORRIS. i Frank C. Norrls, twenty-five years ! ©ld, of 1739 Kilbourne place, was killed | and James ‘Hunter, twenty, of 920 M| strest northwest, was painfully injured when the automobile in which they | were racing crashed through a fence on the Arliugton Park race track yes- | I(erda_\' afternoon. Norris, the-driver, and Hunter, the mechanician, were entrants in a five- {mile race on the half-mile course and | | had not finished the first lap when the accldent occurred. Thne majority of the small crowd of spectators were un- laware of what had taken place until long after the course had been sped over ten times. Norris was picked up by a few who rushed to the scene and placed in a delivery truck, operated | by Raymond Owens of 1257 41 street | mouthwest, and taken to Emergency Hospital. where he was pronounced dead. Hunter was also taken to the hospital in a semi-conscious condition in the automobile belonging to Harold K. Lloyd of 1651 K street northwest. He was treated for gashes over the| right gve and on the chin, and later| returned to the race track. | Locked Wheels With Car. The exact cause of the accident was | known only to Norrls, according to Hunter. Witnesses give varied ac- counts of the crash. “When we started out we locked | wheels with another car at the first | turn,” Hunter told a Star reporter as | he was returning to his home In the F. | (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) House Member Slaps Another; Handshake Follows Apology, ‘With his open palm, Representative Oliver, democrat, Alabama, gave Rep- resentative Dempsey, republican| New York, a slap on the cheek in the House late yesterday during the hubbub which usually attends the calling of the roll, and then as he wes attempting to land a second time members rushed between them. After the House adjourned Mr. Oliver and Mr. Dempsey shook hands and the New York representative said the Alabama member had apologized and that they were again “the best of friends.” As explanations came later the House found that the encounter was due to a misunderstanding. Repre- sentative Dempsey, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee, in eharge of the rivers and harbors bill, was trying to reduge the time fixed for debate and was on the democratic side ‘discussing the question with Mr. Oliver when shddenly the Alabama man’s ‘left arm shot forward and { canght the New* Yorker on the cheek. resentative Bowliig of Alabama jumped over IWG rows of seats to reach the sceme, but meanwhile the sergeant-at-arms and-other\members. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Representative Oliver explained | that he wanted more than the five minutes Representative Dempsey had | allotted him in the debate on the. item in the rivers and harbors bill | relating to the depth of the East. river in New York, inasmuch as he had presented a preferential motion to concur with a’Senate amendment which would reduce the appropria- tion for that particular project. The Alabama representative declared Mr. Dempsey, in a manner which he con- sidered offensive, had replied, *I won’t give you any time.” “I resented it, as any gentleman would,” said Representative Oliver. “I smacked him with the palm of my-| left hand on his face.” Representative Dempsey denied ge use of profanity and declared he had promised time to Mr. Oliver and had gone to him and suggested that he take five minutes, saying that.it was a New York item, in which he could not see where the Alabama repre- sentative was interested. Speaker Gillett was not presiding when the incident took place and no rebuke was administered by the chair, but Representative Oliver later for breaking the rules of PLAY WITH LOADED | i might i room. ! amount { mitted FIVE CENTS. BUDGET HEAD TOLD FUND CUTTING REAL DETRIMENT 1010, Commissioners Send Letter With Supplemental Esti- mates of $6,361.,520. ORIGINAL LIMIT BARELY ENOUGH TO KEEP ORDER Health of Public Cannot Be Safe- guarded Unless Additional Sum Granted. Declaring that Washington s &o- ing backward instead of progressing in municipal improvements, the Com missioners yvesterday afternoon ad- dressed a strong protest to Budget Director Lord against the limitation of $24.500,000 placed on next year's estimates. The exact amount of the regul estimates is given in the letter for the first time as $24.332.515. The sup- plemental estimates, which Gen. Lord srmed the Commissioners thes <abmit for his considrration mt to 36 This makes the total estimates for next year now before the budget bu reau §3 ©4,035 The letter was pro pared by Da J. Donovan, budge officer for the District, and indorsed ¢ the Commissioners. The first part of the letter paints graphic picture of the serious effec on the city of continuing the pol of slashing its annual appropriation bills, It tells of school children whi must go -to school only part of the day beca there is not enougi 1t calls attention to row aite: row of houses fronting on unovuv streets, of new dwellings deprived « i sewer and water connections ber. of inadequate appropriations Plcture Gloomy One. After depicting these conditions Maj. Donovan’s letter tells Gen. Lord | that if he will allow the full amount iof $30,894,035 asked for “it will no longer be necessary to resort to the { humiljating expedient _of denying these necessities to thoSwho have ‘right to demand them.” A deplorable fact revealed in the letter s that the number of privies in the District has increased 15 per cent during the past vear, because the engincer department has not been | able, with present appropriations, to supply sewer and water service to 1 new houses. In order to keep the regular est mates hin the limit fixed, the for street paving had to be cut to $50.000. and for new school buildings, $600,000. It is understood that the suppie- mental estimates include approxi- mately $1,100,000 for street paving and about $2,000,000 for the school building program. The Commission- ers expect to visit the budget burezu within the next few weeks to present oral arguments In support of the sup- plemental estimates they have sub- It also is likely that officials of the budget office will make tours of the city to verify the statement of conditions as presented by the city heads. Trge Approval of Both. Maj. Donovan's letter to the budget bureau follows: “To the Director. Budget: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia direct me to transmit herewith estimates of appropriations of the District for the fiscal year to end June 30, 1924. “In your letter of August 11, 1922 you informed the Commissioners that a maximum total of $2 been allocated to the District. which amount the estimates could not ex- ceed. You further informed them that if such sum was not sufficient to meet absolutely necessary require- ments they could submit a supple- mental statement showing the addi tional amounts required. “In compliance with your instruc tions the Commissioners have limited their . estimates proper to $24,632 515, but they also transmit a series of supplemental estimates amounting to $6,361,520. Both sets of estimates aggregate $30,894,035, which amount the Commissioners earnestly urge be Included in the complete budget to be submitted by your bureau to Con gress. 3 Gives Per Cent Figures. “The estimates totaling $24.532.515 are classified as follows: Chargeable 60 per cent to the of the District of Co- d 40 per cent to the of the United States..$22,004,632.00 Chargeable to the revenues of water department... Permanent and indefinite appro- priations chargeable wholly to the revenues of the District of Bureau of the e 925,020.00 50,000.00 1,462,843.00 “Of the total sum of $24,632,515, the District of Columbia would be chargeable with $13,566,791.20, the | United States with $8,837,860.80; the révenues of the water department, no part of which is paid by the United States, with $925,020, and trust and special funde (no part of which is ! paid by the United States) of the Dis- | trict of Columbia, with $1,208,843. Of {the total budget the United States, | under existing law, would be respon- sible for only 36 per cent. Ask “Reasomable Comditions.” “With every desire loyally to co- operate with you and to conform to the desire of the President for the utmost economy, the Commissioners feel that certain facts should be ‘called to your attention and that you should also be informed that the estimates proper together with the ln!glemenul estimates represent “wontinued on Page {, Coluza bl = 4