Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1922, Page 1

N WEATHER. tomorrow Partly cloudy tonight; fair; moderate temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours énded at 2 p.m.: Highest, 73, at 1 p.m. today; lowest, 60, at 1 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 28,634 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. [+4 TURKS MASS ARMY AT NEUTRAL ZONE T0 ATTACK BRITISH Hostilities Believed Nearer as Allies Work Feverishly for Conference. \ MOSLEMS DETERMINED TO REOCCUPY THRACE Kemal Pasha, Facing Pacific and War Parties in Government, Leaning Toward Peace. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 21.—While the allied powers are feverishly endeav- oring to arrange a peace”conference to clean the slate between Turkey and Greece and prevent more fighting in the near east, rumbles of impend- ing hostilities continue to come from Constantinople and the Dardanelles. A relatively small force of British troops is holding Chanak, the key po- sition on the southern shore of the atraits, while the Turkish national- 1sts, eager for further conquests after thelr overwhelming defeat of the Greeks, are concentrated outside the neutral zone at Ismid and Chanak, impatiently, awaiting the word from Mustapha Kemal Pasha to advance. The Kemalists, official French dis- atches say, have available for use n such a drive 1,000 modern fleld &uns, 5,000 machine guns and enough ammunition for a two-year campalgn which they captured from the Greeks. Turks Are Determined. 1t their spokesman at Codstantino- ple is to be believed, the Turks are determined that the allies shall not stand in the path of their desire to reoccupy Thrace. An Assoclated Press dispatch quotes this spokesman, Hamid Bey, to. the effect that the Kemalist army will certainly declare war on the British if they attempt to interfere with a8 movement across the straits. Much hope is based on the result of the conference in Smyrna between Mustapha Kemal Pasha and Gen. Pelle, grrench high "commissioner, to which "Yussuf Kemal Bey, the na- tionalist foreign minister, has been hastily summoned from Angora. The calling in of Yussuf Kemal points to the discussion of important and delicate questions, and the conse- quent delay raises hcopes that the Turkish attack, if it takes place at all, will be re; ed until the British reinforcements can arrive. British Foree in Peril, It fighting breaks out before that time ‘the question of the safety of the comparatively small British force at Chanak will become an anxious one here. Marshal Foch is quoted as saying that the position is ab- solutely untenable, except if held by & very considerable force, while Field Marshal Plumer, who has been iIn- specting the British defenses. is said to have sent a message, which Prime Minister Lloyd George communi- cated to the cabinet, to the effect that he has great confidence in the results of the collaboration between Brig. Gen. Harington and Rear Admiral Brock. Qpinfon here for the moment is banking on the strength of the Brit- ish naval force in the Dardanelles, which Is considered sufficient alone to hold any possible attack by the Turks. No detalls are available of the burn- ing of Panderma, on the southern shore of the Sea of Marmora, as an- n;) inced in official French circles last night. Greeks burned part of the town before leaving. Russia Sees Opportunity. According to the Times the Russian soviet government sees in the present near eastern situation an opportunity to obtain recognition from the pow- ers. Russia proposes, the newspaper says, to act the part of mediator be- tween the Turks and Greeks, hoping thereby to establish the popularity of the soviet republic among the peo- ples of Mohammedan Asia and com- pel the entente powers to revise their attitude toward her. Foreseeing opposition to this course, ! she has instructed her representatives abroad te placate hostility by tem- porary concessions. The newspaper ascribes its Information to a secret document. which it says the soviet government addressed to its repre- sentative in Berlin, M. Karakhan, and the text of which it prints. TROOPS TO HOLD CHANAK. Xemal Faces Two Parties in Own Government. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 21.—There is no question of the immediate with- drawal of the British troops from Chanak, on the Asiatic side of ths Straits of the Dardanelles, it was au- thoritatively stated in British official circles here toddy. The latest reports recetved in British quarters from the near east indicate that the British are net in danger of attack in th present position, and there are indl cations that the soldiers will remain in Chanak pending the peace confer- ence. Mustapha Kemal Pashe. is now faced with two distinct parties in- his government, the one war:like and demanding the immediate occupation of Thrace, and the other pacific and willing to remain in the presént Turkish nationalist position in Asia Minor until the conference settles the peace terms. The British quarters fo which this information comes be- lieves that Kemal is supporting the pacific members of the governmerit, and will be able to hold the army in’ check. = Kemalist Reply Awaited. Premter Polncare's assurances, it is understood, have come from the peace party in the Angora government, which led the premier to undertake to obtain a guarantee that the Turks would not cross the straits until the pesce conference was ended, provided the British troops were withdrawn from' the other side. Ferid Bey, the representative in Paris of the Angora government, oall- ed at the foreign’ office today to ob- taln information regarding yester- ntinued gn- ~Column | It is stated, however, that the | By the Assoclated Phess. LONDON, September 21.—With prog- ress reported to have been made in Paris yesterday toward solving the differences between France and Great Britain over the near eastern crisis, the British official circles expressed the opinion today that the key to the whole situation now lies with the Turkish nationalists, from whom nothing has as yet been heard with regard to their intentions toward the neutral zone and crossing into Thrace. If the Angora authorities agree to a peace conference there will ob- viously be an armistice. In the mean- time it is authoritatively stated there is no basis for the suggestion that | Great Britain will be prepared to evacuate the position her troops are holding at Chanak, on the Asiatic side of the straits, in return for French naval assistance. Lloyd George Defends Polfty. Representatives of the British trades unions congress waited on Prime Minister Lloyd George today to question him further with regard to the government's near eastern folicy, and the general council of the trades union congress planned to consider this afternoon the report of its repre- sentative. In replying to the deputation, the prime minister is said to have de- fended the government's action with clearness and spirit. He gave the labor men to understand that he was in perfect accord with them in de- siring peace, pointing out that peace had always been the government's objective and that it had no intention of provoking war. He declared that it was partly due to the prompt ac- tion of the British government that the position was easier and the proba- bilities so favorable to the preservation of peace. Meanwhile, the Daily Herald, the |official organ of labor, continued to- day its vigorous campaign against war. Must Declde on Ja The exact make-up of the conference fappeafed today to be somewhat prob- lematical. 1t is pointed out here that the conference would not really be an allied affair, but composed of na- | tions directly interested In the near east. The question of the inclusion by all the allies, it was indicated. Great Britain's willingness to have | Japan participate, if she desired, was ’txpreased. although it was commented that Japan had no direct interest in the problem. It is authoritatively STARVATION FAGES THRONGS INGREECE i _on Shores Cut Wheat Sup- ply to Two Weeks. AMERICANS ARE IN WANT Sleeping in Boats at Piraeus. Queen Sends Them Knives and ! Forks—Funds Advanced. | N By the Associated Press. i ATHENS, September 21.—With thou- igands of refugees arriving daily from { Asia_Minor and an Insufficient wheat {supply at home, Greece is confronted | with a food problem so grave that in- | ternational help, given quickly, may | alone save thousands from starvation. | Already some 200,000 refugees are I nere, have been dumped unceremoniously {on the Grecian shore or disembarked on {the islands of the Aegean, where not only food but water is lacking. Three days' supply of wheat has been purchased in Egypt and Greek banks have agreed to turn over to the govern- ment about £100,000 in foreign exchange to finance further purchases’ of wheat abroad. ‘This will insure a supply for a i fortnight, after which it is hoped wheat may be avallable from Thrace and per- haps the United States. Meanwhile, everybody here is eating” bread made from unrefined wheat. Refugees May Reach 500,000, “ Some estimates place the number of refugees likely to be sent to Greace at 500,000. The condition of the Greek treasury s unsatisfactory. Already the forced public loan, carried out by reducing the—value of paper money one-half, has been practically exhausted. | The government advanced funds to re- imburse Americans so that they were not affected by the currency reduction i when it was made effective. | American refugees are sleeping in boats at Piraeus and on the floors of the ¥, M. C. A. here. They have no clothing, having lost everything. But the government has provided them with blankets and Queen Sophie has requested that Scouloudis, a prominent Greek, to place his com- fortable villa at Castello at their dis- Po:! The queen also personally sent knives and forks for the use of the Americans, to whom she is grate- ful, because of the assistance ren- dered by their countrymen to the Greeks during the Smyrna tragedy. The Greek government, through a French firm, has contracted for 300, 000 tons of Argentine wheat. the purchase price is to be paild two years hence. GERMANS AID FRANCE. 40,000 Tenton Laborers to Help Rebuild Devastated Area. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, September 21.—The Ber- lin newspapers announce today that a. contract was concluded in Paris, September 14, ‘between the Chambre Syndicale des Conscructures Enci- ment Arme, -a French construction syndicate, eighty-eight duilding Berlin firm of Lehrer von Siemens Vereinigte Baustoffinddstrie, on the lines of the Stinnes-Lubersac agreement, for the vastated areas of France. 2 t i 160,000 workers, of whom ll:, 0 '":h be G:rmfll. will employed on the work. e con- Boat is stated, slready tract, it invoives 336,000,000 franca ‘comprisin firms and the 3 WAR OR PEACE HANGING ON REPLY BY KEMALISTS of Japan would have to be decided! ¢ eni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 'WASHINGTON, D C.,. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1922—FORTY-TWO PAGES. N Key to Whole Situation Now Lies With Turks in Answering Proposal for Ar- mistice Until Peace Parley Is Held. stated, however, that England would be_delighted to have America present. ‘Whether soviet Russia would be asked to attend the conference is a question which, it was declared. would have to be taken up with the French, who are said still to be strongly op- posed to any political recognition of the soviet regime. England is re- ported to be rather lukewarm over the question. Indians Threaten Revolt. In this connection it is pointed out that the Genoa conference, which England fostered, and which was par- ticipated in by ' the Russians, was called for the discussion of business questions and not political jesues. Lord Peel, the secra!lrx for India, who attended today's cabinet meet- ing, is sald to have made strong rep- resentations regarding the prospect of fomentation among the Moslems in India over the Turkish question, it is said. It is said he had received representations from the viceroy of India pointing out that if Great Britain had an armed ,conflict with the Turks and did not encourage a prompt settlement of the questlon grave difficulties would arise in In- dia, particularly in the provinces of the northwest, where there are many millions of Moslems. AGREE ON CONFERENCE. By the Amociated Press. PARIS, September 21.—The allied powers are agreed upon the quick summoning of a peace conferenee to settle the Turkish problem, but the {delicate questions as to the basis of. negotiations acceptable to the Angora government are still to be answered. It was pripcipally to sound out the Kemalists on this source that the en- tente statesmen yesterday adjourned Itheir conversations until Friday, and today efforts were going forward to obtain the Turkish view. In agreeing to summon around the peace table the eight nations prin- cipally Interested in the near east and {the status of the Dardanelles and the Bosporous, Premier Poincare, Lord Curzon and Count Sforza consider they did a full day's work. Rapid Progress Made. fact, that the British foreign secre- tary’s instructions did not-cover all the points raised, and today he was consulting his gbvernment to prepare for the taking of further decisions. . M. Poincare likewise was not averse to a recess, welcoming the oppor- jtunity of getting the views of his cabinet members. French opinion is decidedly optimistic, foreseeing a set- tlement in the early future, The peace conference is expected to open within three weks, probably at Romc or Venice, with ‘delegates present representing Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Turkey, Greece, Rumania and Jugoslavia. ! i HANGS IN BALANCE | 200,000 Refugees Dumped |ludge Ready to Rule When |gsod inink fo-ir these arst Arguments Come to ! . End Today. DEFENSE CLOSES CASE Daugherty’s Assistant Sums Up for Government and Reads Draft I of Desired Injunction. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 21.—Attor- neys for the raflroad strikers closed their final argument against Attorndy General Daugherty’s bilf for a natfon- wide strike {njunction at 11:30 o'clock this morning and Assigtant Attorney General A. A. McLaughlin began the summing up for the government. Attorney General Daugherty had not arrived in court when Mr. Mc- Laughlin began his argument and the government's attorneys sald he had not quite completed the draft of the injunction which they will ask the court to sign. - Judge Ready to Reply. Judge Wilkerson had indicated that he would be readysto rule on the cas immediately after closing argument: were completed. Defense “attorneys petitioned for a dismissal of the bill and denial of the request for an in- junction and, failing in that, were prepared-to ask for a modification of the order. The temporary Testraining order granted by Judge Wilkerson expires at midnight today. Attorney Richberg, in his argument, attacked the coutention of govern- ment attorneys that a strike of rafi- way employes, which through numbers or peaceable methods would be legiti- mate in other industrial disputes, would necessarily interfere with in- terstate commerce, and this would be unlawful, even though no lawful means were used. He contended that railway employes have the same rights as other employes to act col- lectively to promote their Interests, including the right to strike. £qual Rights Denied. The doctrine asserted in this case, he said, amounts to denying rallway employes equal rights with other em- ployes of collective peaceful action to advance their interests. He pointed out that 1,000 lawless acts among_ 400,000 strikers, with famill tes and’ friends bringing this total to at least 1,500,000 persons, was not exceptional if compared with any cross-section -of sociaty’ of a like number. = SEE GERMANY WELCOME. sion Sure if Berlin' Applies. By the Aseociafed Press. GENEVA, September 21.—News re: celved here that the German socialist convention had called upon the Ger- man government to w;lv n ot o sio; the n::lrm has aroused great rest - {n Teague ? 5.1-:-:»'» have taken the most u“;l. part in the work of the as- sem! expressed tl: opinion today uld be B n LR Y { Such rapid progress was made, in| FATE OF RAIL WRIT |:= TRESIDENT SGNS. | NEW TARFF BIL: PRASES NEASURE May Be Greatest Customs Legislation in History, Says Exeoutive. RATES WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE AT MIDNIGHT Elastic Provisions Hailed by Mr. Harding—Many Witness Af- fixing of Signature. President Harding today signed the tariff bill of 1922, making the new rates effective at midnight tonight. ’ The bill was signed shortly after 11 o'clock in the President's office in the presence of Chairman McCum- ber of the Senate finance commit- tee, Chairman Fordney of the House ways and means committee, a num- ber of House members and others. Many Witness Siganature. . Besides Chairman Fordney of the House ways and means committee and Senator McCumber, chairman of the Senate finance Committee, those who stood about the efecutive as he/ put his name to the measure were: Rep- resentatives Hawley, Oregon; Timber- lake, Colorado; Hadley, Washington; | Watson, Pennsylvanta; Young, North Dakota, and Green, Iowa, all members of the ways and means committee, and George A. Sanderson, secretary of the Senate; Willlam Tyler Page, clerk of the House; Robert W. Farrar, clerk of the Senate finance committee; Clay- ton F. Moore; clerk of the ways and means committee; John E. Walker, drafting clerk of the Senate; Marion Devries, presiding judge of the Court lof Customs Appeals, and Harry Parker, colored messenger of the {ways and means committee, besides Secretary Christian and Executive Secretary Forster and a score or more of newspaper correspondents. Fordney Presents Pea. Chairman Fordney, before handing to the President a gold-mounted fountain pen with which to sign the important paper, said: “Mr. Presidernt, it is with pleasure and pride that we come 'to you today with the tarir| completed.” Waving his hand toward Senator McCumber and the members of the ways and means committee grouping themselves. aboyt the President’s degk, Chairman Fordney said: “Mr. jdent, here are some of the men whpo have been busy putting in shape | this -Jegislation, and who. have come to have the pleasure of seeing you put your signature to, the accom- | plishment of their efforts.” As the President received the pen fram Chairman Fordney he first tried Ithe point on his thumb ‘nail, saying. “From my experience it is always & Some- imes they don't work." ““That one will work, Mr. President.” Chairman Fordney assured him. “It is loaded and all ready for you.” Presideat Signs Bill. Without further comment or cere- | meony the President took his chair and with only a casual glance at the paper before him wrote his name, the date, the hour and the momwment. ‘The executive then arose and as he returned the pen to Chairman Ford- ney he sald: *“‘Gentlemen, I thank you for coming. This law has been long in the making. I do not know how many are in accord with me, but if we succeed, as we hope to succeed, in making effective the elastic pro- visions of the measure, it will make the greatest * contribution to g tariff- mlkll:l“ in the history of the govern- ment : ‘With those few words the cere- monies came to an abrupt end, and as they were leaving the executive office building the Capitol group was photographed .by the news camera- men. Signed in Both Houses. The engrossed bill was signed yes- terday by Speaker Gillett. of the House, and Senator Cummins, re- publican, Jowa, president. pro tempore of the Senate. g President Harding was informed by Chairman Marvin, of the Tariff Commission, that the commission’s forces would have to be tripled in size to permit it to perform the duties which will devolve upon it through. operation of the so-calle flexible and scientific provisions o lnhe new tariff law. Increased appro- priations also will be needed, the President was told. There was a postscript to the long tarift ight when a House resolution to correct a minor clerical error in the bill was presented yesterday in the Senate. Senator Ashurst, demo- crat, Arizona, offered an amendment to place an embargo of three months against importation of long ' staple cotton, but it was defeated forty- eight to thirteen. Another amend- ment by Senator Trammell, demaocrat, Florida, to place & duty of 6 cents a pound on long staple cotton was defeated forty-six to fourteen. ORDERS RUSHED OUT. Chiefs in Charge of Customs Told to Enforce New Tariffs. The customs organization, around the American border; consisting of something less than 7,000 persons, of new inspectors at principal ports, and instructions' have been wired to chiefs in cm,' to put into effect immediately after ng effect at midnight tonight the provisions of the new tariff act signed by Presi- dent Harding toda; In making this announcement it was_indicated’ today by Treasury of- ficials - that ‘while additional detailed gulstions interpreting the new tariff would have to be worked out and sent to officials, there was ai- ready in the hands of the duty col- lectors sufficient instructions to place into. immediate effect the = During the past few months. prece- dent to the enactment of the tarifft there has been a rnrf- increase fn'the revenue, which officials today®attrib- esire of certain import- ors to get:in considerable stock of 'goods. befors the new rates went into. effect. Collection of the customs, charged to the jury Department, has been ander Assistant Secretary 'ord, following. the resignation re- cently of Bimer Dover, who was as- sistant charge of collecting the federal rpy- enue_from both customs and internal | Congress. His veto of the bonus trevinue. © has been augmented by the addition | b® d! Sscretary. Of the-Treasury in'|yy jeader is stronger than it was with witd THAT 534 MARRIGE (RS THE KAISER CONGRESSTOFIND WORRIES AT HOME Effects of Its Record on Elec- tion a Problem for Candidates. PRESIDENT IS STRONGER Veto of Bonus Bill Expected to Win Approval—Tariff and Tax Issues. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Congress is going home wearied and apprehensive. What will people say? How will they vote on November 7? Many a member of the Senate and House would give a. good deal to know. For the record is not easily ex- plained to the average voter, and it is more easily picked to. pleces by critics. . Congress was convened in special sesslon originally to pass the tarift and revenue bills. This has been done at last. The bonus bill was passed, but failed to became law over the Presi- dent's veto. Tax measures are never ‘DOD\flar and the reduction of the bur- den was so slight as to be politically little of an asset. As for the tariff, it will not be in full operation soon !endbugh to hurt or help from a politi- cal viewpoint. What does it leave, !her:zore. as the outsanding achieve- ment? Epoch for Government. Though budget legislation is not spectacular or simple of explanation, it stands out as the beginning of an epoch in government finance. The democrats helped pass it and wijl not permit all the credit to go to their republican brethren, but the fact re- mains that a budget system was.es- tablished under a republican adminis- tration and the key to lower taxation lies in the balancing of receipts against expenditures. There have been some efforts, more or less suc- cessful, to ignore the budget. The passage of the bonus bill was out- side the budget, and the latter would have been dealt a body blow if Presi- dent Harding hadn’t killed the meas- ure, for the time beilng at least. 3 Thus far the tendency to ignore the ‘budget has not cost the .government very much, and the truth of the mat- ter is everybody expected Congress to ignore it much more than has been the case. The budget is not yet ben- eficial, because its principles have not been firmly intrenched, but the repub- licans can count it as an asset of the present Congress. Unquestionably the budget ranks with the refo; of the @ation’s curreney system wonstructive measure. Industrial Issue Largest. Passing from the achievements to the sins of omission, most politiclans will agree that the biggest issue be- fore the country has been the indus- trial situation—the problems involvéd in the rail and coal strikes. * o FRew will venture to assess the political damage done by the attitude of the gov- ernment toward those disturbances. The injunetion proceedings in are themselved an issue. Whether on. e roads Should be prohibited, whether :':2 ‘administration should have takeh & hand in theé coal strike earlier than it did, whether Mr. Harding could have compelled a settlement of the shop- men's thess questivhs will Brosperity, or the lack of \sade. bers of e leaving here with . feeling ‘are leaving that business is on the upward .- They would have felt more certain of this it Henry Ford hadn’t announced 'a shutdown, but they look at the increases in wages given by the Steel Cotporation as an offset for tical purpose: Here and there mfinor pieces of legislation have been byp it is a fact that the sit- Europe with Harding’s hint America gepresented on the repara tions conmmission, and with the ex- ception_of & fact-finding commission on coal and arrangements for pri- rity of delivery, Congress has’ not taken steps by legislation ‘to preveat future strikes., ’ President Harding’s position as par- ‘ontinued on LICENSE Y | Condition Not Serious—Patient in J a Sanatorium. MORRISTOWN, N. J., September 21. | —Justice Mahlon Pitney of the United States Supreme Court is a patlent at the private sanatorilim of Dr. Clifford Mills here, it was learned today. } Justice Pitney, it was said at the hospital, has not been in good health recently, but his condition is not sericus. He was appointed assoclate { justice of the Supreme Court in 1913. | His home is in Morristown. 5 I Bladenshurg Highway Pav- ing-Net Under Borland Amendment, Is Claim. - The Mount Glivet Cemetery Company today filed suit fu the District Supreme Court against the District of Columbia and the District Commissioners for i the cancellation of assessments under the -Borland ‘amendment for paving Bladensburg road, amounting = to $2,558.21. The company, through Attorney ‘William C. Sullivan, claims that the Borland amendment does not apply to rural sections of the District; that the paving of Bladensburg road was not substantal and was inferior in character, and that the act of Congress required that the road be paved from {15th and H streets northeast to the District line and the work was stopped a quarter of a mile north of 15th and H streets.. The Borland amendment, it is claimed, applies only to cases in * which the repaving is done from the side to the center of the road, and that Bladenburg road was not repaved from either side to the center. The amendment does not affect cemetery property, it is also claimed, and, in any event, can apply only to the ex-: tent of benefits actually conferred upon the property_assessed. Exempted by Chirter. The court Is advised that the char- ter of the cemetery company exempts it from taxation, and it is charged that the District authorities notified the cemetery company that the as- sessments would be canceled, pub- 1ishéd -such notification in the news- papers, and thereafter did cancel the same, but later, without notice to the cemetery company, undertook to re- voke such cancéliation and to re-es- tablish the assessments, which the| bill calims the Commissioners had no authority to do. The bill prays, among other things, that any other parties in like situa- tion who desire to do o may be per- mitted to intervene to have their own assessments cancelled, upon terms of contributing their due and proper share to the costs and expenses of the FORD PLANTS ORDERD " EOPENED ONORROY Telegram From Edsel B. Ford - Providés Work for 100,000 Men Temporarily Idle. ~ Aasec] Press. -,g.mn;fm September 21.—The plants ‘of the Ford “Motor Company in’ the Detroit district, closed -last Satufday . because of the coal situ- atlon, thereby throwing 100,000 Ford workers out of work in Wdifferent | parts of the' country,. will reopen to- morrow morning, it: was officlally Orders -for the reopening of . the plants were uum:’d here o;oaz by, Edsel B. Ford, president s in Cincinnati. A 0 Commission’ No.:23 had made 1t pos Commerce Comumi No. 23 has made it possible again to Sovement of cosl to Detrolt has and we feel justified in start- ing the plants tomorrow (Friday) Rotiess calling the men back to w%'ma notify the newspapera” Member of the Associated Press The Amociated Press is exclusivély entitied to the use for republication of all néws dispatehes credited to it or not otherwise ctedited in this paper and also the local news published hersis. WINS AT LAST! : generally, to take steps for the ob- Al rights of publiestion of special Gispetehes berein are also reserved. Yesterdey’s Circulation, 87,666 TWO CENTS. Ony | ~ . FIREPREVENTION " DAY PROCLAIMED President Harding Urges En- tire Nation to Observe October 9. LOSSES HELD A‘PPALLING United States Said to Lead World in Waste of Property and Lives Through Conflagrations.” President Harding today issued a| proclamation designating Monday, Oc- tober 9, as national fire prevention day. The fire waste in the United States, year after year, the Presi- dent declared, reaches appalling fig- ures, which are not approached in any other country. There ought to be especial effort, he added, to mini- mize such losses. The text of the proclamation fol- low! 3 “It has become a nation-wide cus- tom to observe October 9, anniversary of the great Chicago fire of 1871, as National Fire Prevention day; and, in recognition of this excellent prece- dent, I am herewith direcjing the attention of all citizens, especially those in authority in the states and citfes, to the desirability of comtinu- ing the obServance this -year, and | making is as impressive as possible. Facilities Inndequate. “It has long been a reproach to our country that by reason of poor cop- struction, inadequate facilities for fire prevention, and an all too gen- eral carelessness about possible causes of conflagration, our fire waste reaches figures year after year | which are not approached in any | other country In the world. Mindful of the fire waste, which is expressed in figures so huge as to be appalling, | it may be emphasized that in a time when ' all communities need to con- serve resources in hand and to pro- mote production in every possible way there ought to be especial effort to minimize such losses. To this end, “Therefore, I, Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, appeal | to the public authorities of the coun- try, by such measures as to them may seem most effactive, and to citizens servance of Monday, Fire Prevention day. 1 suggest the special desirability of impressing upon the teachers and pupils in the schools, and all workers In industrial establishments, the importance of precautionary measures for avoidance of fire. | Ald to Economy. “By such measures, earnestly under- taken and vigorously enforced, we shall contribute to a vast economy of | the nationa) resources and_of the product of human effort; as well as to | a saving of many hundreds of human lives now needlessly sacrificed. “In witness whereof I have here- unto set,my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done in the city of Washington this 16th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine | hundred and twenty-two and of the ! independence of the United States, t one hunds October 9, as and forty-seventh. “WARREN G. HARDING. The Chamber of Commerce of the | United States at the same time an- nounced that local commercial bodles | throughout the country “will-take the lead” in observance of Fire Preven- tion week, from October 2 to % The chamber, 1t was added. had placed Before business assoclations & sug- gested program for the week, and in a statement sald: 15,000 Lives Lest im 1921. DR BRYSON QUEER IN TREATING SICK, DOCTORS DECLARE Witnesses Say 'Accused Phy- sician Made Wrong Diag- nosis in Several Cases. MOTHER OF DEAD WOMAN WROTE WARNING LETTER Mrs. Kirby Told Defendant That Haines Was Planning Vengeance. . From a Staff Correspondent.* HUNTINGTON, Pa. (Courthouse), September 21.—A portrait of an alleged mentally unbalanced man practicing medicine in a small Pennsylvania town and making weird diagnoses of cases was constructed for the jury today in the murder trial of Dr. Herbert J. Bryson, accused of killlng Mrs. Helen Irene Haines, wife of a Washington chauffeur, and with whom he lived. Dr. Bryson still sits motionless while’ ‘witnesses a few feet from him are plac- ing data in the record, which ultimately will mean freedom or death for him. He is like a statue. ‘When Dr. F. A. Detrich of Roberts- dale was testifying regarding strange methods which Dr. Bryson, his assocl- ate practitioner, used, Bryson did not even look up. Strange Acts of Brysom. Dr. Detrich testified that Dr. Bryson, in one case diagnosed a skin disease as measles, and quarantined the patient for almost the limit of time before the mistake was discovered. He followed with the statement that in another case Dr. Bryson diagnosed an internal hem- orrhage accompanied by a discharge of blood, as valvular heart trouble, and that he had diagnosed lobar pneumonia as neuritis. Cross-examination by the prosecution attempted to make these diagnoses appear as exceptional mis- takes. Amos Evans told of peculiar actions of Br. Bryson at a funeral of witnesses’ daughter, one of Bryson's patients. Evans said that Dr. Bryson vas par- ticularly agitated during a thunder- storm at the Evans' home following the fune: and that he would not be quieted by information that the house had a steel roof and lightning rods. During still another _thundrestorm, he declared, Bryson shuddered and said, *“This sounds like the Argonne.” Mike Rossi, who lives near Cassville, testified that he wanted to find out and that he went to Bryson with imaginary ailment, asking for trea ment. He told Bryson of a pain in the chest and of-feeling “kinder knocked out.” Bryson, he said, bandaged his chest and mixed some vinegar with able salt and water, giving to the patient to drink. Asked why he did this, witness replied he wanted to know what kind of a doctor Bryson was before giving him a real case. To Call Mental Experta. Alex Clement, a Washington chauf- feur, testified that Bryson had em- ployed him and engaged his car sev- eral ties, and that he had been struck by the doctor'§ eccentrie mannerisms, Seven or eight times after summoning him, witness testi- fled. Bryson denied ever having called him. All this took place while Bryson was at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington after the war. Defense announced these items of testimony were steps leading toward the flnal goal of establishing the fact that Bryson was mentally ir- responsible both before and after the night of April 8 when the tragedy took place. This is regarded as the backbone of the defense, to- gether with statements of experts in mental diseases, yet to be introduced. The following letter, written on a correspondence card, was shown to Mrs. Helen Kathleen Kirby yester- day by Attorney Chisholm, and she identified the handwriting as her own. The Jetter was introduced as direct evidence today, together with other communications. They now are part of the record. “125 Post avenue, New York. “September 9, 1921. “Dear Dr. Bryson: “You will be surprised, no doubt. to hear from me, and I am sorry that my first letter or note will not be pleasant. Haines wrote me a very threatening letter, telling me he had put his affairs in the hands of the Department of Justice, and that he would put the man who stole his wife behind the bars for five years. “He sald she could come back, as he loved her (indeed. he does). He loves his _sense of possession. “Well, 1 wrote him a good, sharp Jetter, and told him Helen had gone to California. There is gome one behind him, working against Helen. “I can feel it. Mrs. Larson wrote to me a few weeks ago, and eaid he made an awful fuss when he found Helen had gone, and he denounced her, and blamed her for helping poor Helen. He immediately left and did not pay his board -or room rent to er. ‘Now, Dr. Bryson, will your mother remain firm and not divulge your whereabouts? If she ahould find you, let me know at once. Please keep this from my Helen. She has had enough. Hoping you are well, I am, ‘“Very sincerely, “KATHLEEN KIRBY.” Mrs. Kirby also identified as her writing the endorsement on a check written by Dr. Bryson. Brysen ia Dase. Mrs, Annie Trout, the housekeeper for Dr. Bryson and Mrs. Haines, testi- “Property valued at about $7,8 000,000 was destroyed by fire in the United States during the forty years ending with™ 1921. The loss during the last year of this period was ap- proximately six times as great as that of the first year. “In 1921 more than 15,000 lives were lost and property valued at half a bils lion dollars was destroyed by This was simply the total of many |, rtval in this np;‘?to' fire luu: and vut?ot the | ooy result of any great co: 5 “During the first seven months of |S8id also that the current year, property valued at was added to the nation RESIGN FROM NAVY. ' Lieut. Henry G. Lehrbach, Naval Civil Engineer Corps; Lieut. Charles | Bryson at X the troops M. Glassmire, Naval Med! and Ensign David Jafte, U. resigned their commissions.. ical Corps, 8. N, bave fled as to the character of Dr. Brysou in his home.- On cross-examination the prosecution falled to shake mny, part of her recital. Questioned as to the acoused’s proclivity. for’ liquor. she denied that she had ever seen him. drink liquor or intoxicated. Frank Pheasant. of Cassville testi-