Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; moder= ate temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, lowest, at 4 p.m. yesterday; am. today. . 4 57 at 4 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 No. 28,635. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. TURKS SWEEP ON IN RACE T0 BLOEK " BRITISH WARSHIS . Kemalists Only Twenty Miles From Position to Attack | Fleet Entering Straits. SEIZE KEY POINTS LEFT BY FRENCH AND ITALIANS Moslems May Move on Thrace Un- | less Assured Within 48 Hours of Decision in Favor. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE. —Turkish nationalist forces have ssized the town of Ezine. on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, and are threatening Kum Kalesi, an im- portant key position to the southern side of the straits. The Kemalists were nowhere opposed. The natlonalist move. in the opin- fon of the naval experts here, will enable the Turks to prevent free in- gress to the Dardanelles to the Brit- ish Atlantic fleet units which are on their way from Malta. The ftmportant positions involved were up to today occupied by the French and Italians, and from them | the heavy Turkish batteries can com- mand the entrance to the straits. At Aegean Entrance. Ezine, seized by the Turks. is a small town in the valley of the Me-| ander river. in the Vigha district.| south of the Dardanells-. and is le: than twenty miles from Kum Kalesi The latter town. which the national- tsts are threateing. is on the water- way itself—almost at the entrance to the straits from the Aegean. Both places are within the zone of neutrality about the straits lald down by the treaty of Sevres. It is uncer- tain from avaflable data whether Ezine is within the military zone of neutrality, proclaimed in May, 1921. There would appear to be no doubt. however, that Kum Kalesi is within this latter zone. against the invasion of which warning was issued in Con- stantinople yesterday by the British | general. Harington. commander-in- chief of the allied forces. Turks Stand on Demands. A pessimistic view of the present situation is taken in Turkish na- tionallst circles here. It was declared yesterday that unless the Kemalists recelved assurances and- guarantees from the allies within forty-elght hours that the question of the dis- position of Thrace would be settled in favor of the Turks, a serlous situa- tion would arise and it would be im- possible to restrain the forward march of their army. | At the same time, however, it was stated that the Angora government would agree to negotlations and sus- pend the movement of jts troops pro- vided the European powers furnished serious guarantees as to Thrace. Respect for the neutrality of the straits and the zone in the Constan- tinople sector occupied by the allled | forces depends, it is declared, on the reply to these demands. French Commissioner Fai Gen, Pelle, the French commissioner here, returned yesterday from his mission to Smyrna_ It is understood he had little success in his attempt i to persuade Mustapha Kemal Pasha | of the inexpediency of crossing the atraits and occupying Thrace. It is believed Kemal pointed out that ob- servance of the neutrality of the straits by the nationalists could be | predicated only upon adequate guar- antees from the allles that Thrace would be restored to Turkey. The question of Constantinople was not discussed at the conference, as the allles were understood to have mettled that issue in favor of tha Turks at the conferences in London and Paris last spring. The British forces are working day and night digging trenches at Chanak, Beikos and other vital oints in the Asiatic area. Additional ritish troops have arrived in the Bosporus. _ Plans to Insure Americans. Several American organizatiors, in- cluding the Standard Oil Company and the Near East Relief, are devis- ing plans for the security of their workers here or their removal in the vent the situation warrants. The Standard Oll Company has ordered the steamer Winnemar, not at Saloni- ki, to proceed to Constantinople and stand by in case it is found neces- sary to remove the personnel of the company and their families from the 02 September | capital. There are about 500 native-born Americans in _ Constantinople, and Rear Admiral Bristol, commander of the American naval forces, has made plans to insure their safety. The kemalists are bringing up big Skoda batteries and British airplanes flying over the nationalist lines re- | port the active. massing of Turkish troops. Hamid Bey says that the national- ist troops have been doubled and their cannon and ammaunition equip- ment tripled. He asserts that all men in the liberated area are joining the colors. British Suspend Passage. All marine traffic between Con- stantinople and Black sea, Marmora and Bosporus ports has been sus- pended. Ferryboats have been for- bldden to accept passengers after 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon. Any Jesgel contravening this order will British are disarming the Turkish military and naval forces and making every precaution to suppress disorders and incendlarism. An British males in Constantinople will be_ asked to nyplementl tll';e allied police forces in the cap! in ths event of an upris The great di Turkish flags ising. 5p] of has dl-flnlred.h‘lu Turks appear . to be sobering. Profound depression exists among the Greek and Arme- nian population of three quarters of a million souls, —_— MOORS OFFER TO SUBMIT. By the Asclated Press. MADRID, September 22.—Emissaries of Abd-elKrim, bearing white fags, appeared on _the Velex de la = front and anounced that, in the) they o submit to B to advices Tecelved here from The W FRENCH DECIDE TO BEND EFFORTS TO KEEP PEACE ‘Cabinet Orders Franklin Bouillon to Smyrna as Mediator After British _ | Refuse to Quit Chanak. By the Acsoctated Press. PARIS, September 22.—The French | cabinet today decided that in view of the refusal of the British to withdraw their forces from Chanak, on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, the efforts of the French government should be directed toward preventing war between Turkey and Great Brit- ain. To this end it was agreed im- mediately to send Frgnklin Bouillon to Smyrna. M. Bouillon. who was the negotia- ter of the agreement reached at An- gora between the French and tie Turkish nationalists, will urge upon Mustapha Kemal Pasha the necessity of remaining in Asia Minor until the peace terms are decided uvon. Will Leave at Once. The French negotiator will prob- ably leave today or tomorrow and he hopes to arrive in Smyrna before the termination of the conference now in progress there between Kemal and his governmental and military chiefs for the purpose of deciding whether to push on in the face of the British military and naval concentration or await the results of he peace nego- tiations. There is considerable anxlety in the cabinet over the possibility of fighting between the British and the Turks, and in pursuance of his desire to play the role of mediator in the near east Premier Poincare will exert all possib.e pressure to keep the Turks on the Asiatic side of the straits until the peace terms are fixed. The latest reports received in official circles here indicated that Kemal fs try- GREEKS MOBILIZING TO DEFEND THRA | | ing to keep his military leaders in check but the difficulties of the problem are admittedly great. The French, however, still feel that the Angora leader can succeed. The meeting of the allied rep- resentatives here to consider the near eastern situation was expected to fix a place for the peace conference and settle the date ‘When the conferees met this after- noon Premier P@incare, Lord Curzon. the British foreign secretary, Count Sforza of Italy and lLord Hardinge. Eritish ambassador in Paris, were present. Lord Curzon at once pre- sented the British decisions. reached by the cabinet in London yesterday. including the declaration of Great Britain's determination that troops remain at Chanak and her un- willingness to bind herself to peace terms in advance. Premier Poincare, it was understood, continued his efforts to persuade the British to adopt a more conclliatory attitude. Little More Hopeful. The. near east situation seemed a little more hopeful, at least from the viewpoint of preserving allied unity, upon the resumption today of the conferences between Lord Curzon and Premler Poincare. Disturbing reports, however, con- tinue to come from Constantinople and it is reported that the Turkish nationalists are on the point of is- suing an ultimatum to the allies de- mnanding the evacuation of Thrace within forty-elght hours. .The natlonalists’ representative in Constantinople is said to have in- formed the commander of the allied forces that the earliest possible date should be fixed for the proposed peace conference, the repeated post- ponement of which had almost de- prived the nationalists of confidence in diplomatic means of settlement. CHURCH MEMBERS INMURDER GRILL Army of 150,000 Prepares to |“Moral Censor” Sought for Face Turks if They Cross Dardanelles. | TROOPS LACK EQUIPMENT Slaying of Rector and Choir Leader. POISON AT TEA PARTY Depending on Allies to “Furnish [ Mrs. Mills Yiciim of Former At- Ammunition in Desperate Hope to Save 'Territory. ' By the Associated Press. ATHENS, September 22.—Greece will never permit the Turks to in- vade Thrace, which she considers part of her homeland and retention of which is “an essential preliminary condition to any peace conference.” This declaration was made in a statement to the Associated Press by the Greek foreign office today. “We have lost Asia Minor, but we must keep Thrace” said the state- ment. “That i{s an essential pre- lininary condition to any peace con- ference. Our army in Asia Minor, which had been fighting for ten years, was absolutely exhausted, but | the Greek nation ‘will never permit the Turks to invade Thrace, which we consider home territory. 1912 to 1918 Classes Demobilized. “We have demobilized the (military) clgsses from 1912 to 1918, but the classes from 1919 to 1923 we are keep- ing on a war footing, making a total army of 150,000 men available for Thrace should the allies permit the Turks to cross to Constantinople. “Unhappily we lack ammunition, artillery and general equipment, but hope our friends will help us in our efforts to keep the Turks out of Eu- rope, and that the English fleet will aid us in preventing the Turks from crossing the straits. “The Smyrna massacre speaks for it- self. Greece is defending Christian civilization. Ne Danger of Revolt. “Internally Greece is quiet. There is absolutely no danger of a revolu- tion. Foreign reports of trouble are the outgrowth of the insistence of our troops that they be returned to Piraeus instead of being demobilized on the islands. But these wearied men had no revolutionary designs; they only wanted to go home. We found that out when we sent our Athens army & precaution to Piraeus. “Immediately some of the returned soldiers exclaimed sadly: ‘What, are you treating us, wearied patriots, as enemies? “Our king remains because the peo- ple need him and want him. By what right shall any foreign nation inter- fere with the expressed will of the Grecian peopl DETERMINED TO FIGHT. Troops Inspired by General Who Saved Corps at Brusa. By the Awsocigted Press. ADRIANOPLE, Séptember 22— Greece is apparently determined to defend Thrace at all costs. It is understood that every available divi- sion in northern Epirus and Mace- donia will be sent to supplement the forces now in Adrianople. French reports’ indicate that the morale of the Thracian troops is improving. Maj. Gen. Anastasios Polymenakos, the new commander-in chief, who by his heroic engagement of the enemy saved his army corps Brusa when all the others were los )..'. lltnsplrod the soldiers with a nv& spirit. - l’ln his orders of he appealed to the' men to retriev Greece's lost military glory, declaring that political leanings must be for- gotten alike by royalists and Vene- selists in m-'t-« ot the common 2 3 tempted Murder Is Detective Theory. By the Associated Press. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Septem- ber 22.—The the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, rec- tor of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, wife of the church sexton, seemed as far from solution today as it was nearly a week ago, when the bodles were found. Authorities turned to questioning the individual members of the little church, indicating that the in- vestigators give some welght to the theory advanced by Ellis Parker, county detective, that the slain couple may have been the victims of a per- son inspired by religious fanaticism. An obsession to be censorious of the conduct of the clergyman may have prompted the crime, according to this theory. While the investigators have Indi- cated that they have a definite theory and that it points to a certain indi- vidual, they have been slow to inake their conclusions public until they complete the inquiry. Both Mills and | Mrs. Hall are vigorous in decl: they do not believe stories ot"l‘:E proper relations between the pair. The widow of the slain rector is said to believe that her husband and Mrs Mills were killed as a result of mis- taken identity. She has also felt that robbery prompted the crime. Attempt to Kill Woman. Detectives report that an attempt had been made on Mrs. Mills' Jife several weeks before the murder. This report was to the effect that shortly before Mrs. Mills went to a hospital for an operation she had at- tended a tea party and partaken of refreshments. She left a short time later. complaining of illness, the re- port ran, ayd when she reached home told her daughter Charlotte that she believed shie had been poisoned. The name of the hostess at the tea party was withheld by the authori- ties. Charlotte refused to discuss the report with newspaper men. What she said to detectives, if anything, could not be ascertained. This development, coupled ‘with news that James Mills, husband of the slain choir leader, has disappeared from New Brunswick, furnished the high spots in the case yesterday. Detective Ferguson. of the Middiesex county force, it was learned, had been seeking Mills all day to question him further concerning discrepancies in the stories told by him and by Mrs. Hall, the rector's widow, and her eccentric_brother, “Willie” Stevens. ‘When he visited the Mills home yesterday morning, Ferguson was told that Mills had gone to the cemetery to visit his wife’s ‘grave. The de. tective failed to find him there. Later, he was informed that' Mills, broken by the nervous strain under which he has been since the double tragedy, had “gone away to rest.” Suspeet “Moral Censor.” Beli¢ving the establishment of the fact that gossip regarding Mr. Hall Fe her | mystery of who killed| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ———— ASHINGTON, D. -C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I in 29 &a, 1922—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. Yesterday’s Circulation, 87,658 & TWO CENTS. CONGRESS QUIT; 300 LAWS PASSED Senate Ratification of Arms Parley Treaties Among Important Acts. President Harding went to the Capitol shortly before adjou: ment this afternoon to put his sig- nature to some of the last-minute legislation, whick fncluded the urgent deficiency bill. He was ae- companied by Secretary:Christian and Executive Secretary Forster, upon his arrival at the Capitol went directly fo the President's Toom, where. he, a moment or two was greeted by the special pointed to motify him of the ad- Journment. In the latter’ were fenater Curtis and Underwoed and “Representatives Hamier dnd 014~ fieid. Congress adjourned’ sine die today after being in session since Decem- ber 5, 1921. During the nine monthul and a half the legislators were mi Washington a large number of laws have been placed on the statute books, outstanding among them be- ing the Fordney-McCumber protec- tive tarift law. The Congress put through a sol- dier's bonus bill. It was vetoed by the President and failed to become a law because the Senate sustained the veto, although the House repassed the bill, notwithstanding the Presi- dent’s disapproval. Operating for the first time under the new budget system Congress passed twelve big annual supply bills carrying a total appropriation of $3,751,917.629.14 available for this fiscal year. This was $309,935,277.51 less than the estimates. Arms Treaties Ratified. The Senate ratified the treaties emanating from the Washington con- ference on limitation of armament and the problems of the Pacific, including the four-power Pacific treaty, the naval limitation treaty, the nine-power treaties relating to China, and the poison gas and submarine treaty. It aiso ratified | the treaty relating to the Island of Yap. Legislation was put through both houses making effective the naval limitation treaty. During the sessions there were intro- duced in the House 3,498 bills and in the Senate, 1,349 bills; in the House, 158 joint resolutions, and in the Senate, 107; in the House, 200 simple resolu- tions, and in the Senate, 175. The num- ber laws enacted was approximately 1 { | 300. Much of the time of the session was given over to the consideration of the tariff bill, which was befofre the Congress in one form or another during the entire session. «The longest legislative day on rec- ord in the Senate, lasting from April 20 to August 2, was during the con- sideration of the tariff law. Pay Bills Ameng Laws. Among the important laws enacted was that 'providing for the readjust- ment of the pay of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, coast guard, public health service and coast and geodetic survey. The Army appropriation law for the present fiscal year provided for re- duction of the persomnel of the Army to 125,000 men. Twenty - three additional district judges and one additional circuit judge to aid in expediting the busi- ness of the courts are provided in another law enacted. created by the To meet the cri 'S were enacted— one providing for a federal fuel d tributor, designed to prevent profiteer- ing in_coal, and the other creating a “fact finding commission” to investi- gate the coal industry. , ¥ The President sent to the Senate ap- nominations to proximately 9,000 federal office. "Among the other important actions of Congress are & law to regulate transactions in grain futures; a law creating an_additional grand jury in and Mrs. Mills was prevalent would strengthen the theory of an enmity motive for the murder—or the theory advanced by Detective Ellls Parker of Burlington county that a “self-ap- [ pointed moral censor” might have committed the crime—other detective spent the day visiting various smem- B e B oning. them as r kno of the gossi) 2 ried fo! Althotgh they were reticent as the | st results of fishing expeditions. it was | Dront Mot s | m one woman had learned. that TCantnaed @ Foge T, ComA 41 the city of Washington in connection with war fraud | creating & world war foreign debdt commission; a law . authorising asso- ciations of producers of agricultural products for the better marketing of those productw; a law amending the railroad valuation act; & law extend- for. & rerlod of two “years the sent limitation of Immi fon; a law protecting_the citisenship rights of American women who have mar- ors; & law extending the g the civil servide retire- om) - pr 0 act = _— nvestigations; a law o New Fedcral Fuel Distributer Named A CONRAD K. SPENS, C. E. SPENS CHOSEN FUEL DISTRIBUTOR INeW Official Has Power to Control Movement of Shipments. Conrad E. Spens, vice president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company, today was ap- pointed federal fuel distributor under the new coal distribution and anti- profiteering act. Selection of the Burlington official for the new post, which carries with it broad authority to devise plans for movement of coal shipments, was an- nounced at the White House shortly after President Harding had affixed his signature to the coal distribution and anti-profiteering bill and to the separate emergency measure for a fact-finding coal commission. Mr. Spens is understood to have been recommended by Secretary Hoover, with whom he was assoclated In the war-time food administration. ‘White House Statement. 'This statement was issued at the White House: “The President today appointed Mr. Conrad E. Spens, vice president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail- way Company, to act as federal fuel distributor under the new congres- sional act. “Mr. Spens has been given a sixty- day furlough from the Burlington rail- way to undertake this work. He was chief of the transportation division of the Food Administration during the war. Tt is felt by the administration that tHe coal problem is a problem of trans- rtation rather than production, and Fgr this reason especially requires transportation experience in its solu- on. i “Mr. H. B. Spencer, who has been acting. as volunteer fuel distributor in co-operation with the various depart- ments of the government, sented, to act only until definite or- ganization could be erected. He has requested that he be relieved in order that he may reassume his work as president of the Fruit Growers' Ex- press. The President has y ex- to Mr. ncer his appreciation o!hfixu fine service he has given the public.” It was indicated at the White House that the President had not yet made up his mind regarding membership of ;the ‘act-finding commission to be named under the second of the bills he signed today, but that he probadly would be i & position to act within a few day: Confirmation of the commission by the Senate is required under the I tion, but the impression In official g rs is that recess appointments be made, %0 that the body can in its reliminary organization _befo Sross veassembles this fall. Mr, Spens, v:ilou a tment needs t. v P e mew federal fuel \distribution agency. is. to occupy the lers used probably also will make use of the skel- ! Touttaings 12 Washington, and who had eon-| | ning_without Hghts a: ISIGNS JOINT RESOLUTION. President Approves Restoration Plans in Palestine. The joint resolution adopted by the Senate and House expressing American approval of the restoration of Palestine as a Jewish homeland has been signed by President Harding. The resolution is sald by Zionists to be practically identical in phraseology to the declara- tion of the British government of No- vember 2, 1917, recognising and ap- proving Zionist aspirations, since car- ried into effect, in the Palestine man- date recently ratified by the league of nations. CONGRESS PASSES LAWS IMPORTANT 100.C. PROGRESS FEDERAL BUILDING PROGRAN IS URGED Langley Announces Move to Be Speeded in Next Ses- sion of Congress. Speedy enactment of a public build- ing program, as a result of which all the functions of the federal govern- | ment in Washington will be housed | in government-owned bulldings, will be urged in the next session of Con- gress. This measure is being consid- ered in committee, according to Rep- resentative John W. Langley of Kentucky, ranking member of the public building commission, which bas jurisdiction over the rental and utj ‘#08ce..iw ithe public is chairmen of thie committee on pub- 1f¢ buildings sad grounds. This publfc building program will be pushed as a matter of true econ- omy. The public buildings commis- sion, of which Representative Lang- ley is, an active member, has taken the position, of which Representa- tive Langley has long been an ad- vocate, that the government is pay- ing entirely too much rental for buildings here In Washington. Representative Langley has also taken a positive stand with regard to closing the so-called government hotels on the Union station plaza. Much D. C. Experience. Although Mr. Langley was born and reared on a Kentucky farm, he has spent sixteen years of his lite in| Congress, and previous to his com- ing to Congress he served in va- riovs capacities in the federal gov- ernment for an aggregate period of seventeen Yyears. He Tecently secured the enactment of a bill, of which he was the author, to extend the Botanic Garden south- ward and near to the War College by the transfer for that purpose O fifteen acigs of government land. He believes That the Botanic Garden ought to remain where it is, and where it has been for more than 100 years, and that the effort to move it does not meet with the approval of the American people. Regarding economies that can be ef- fected by housing all the government activities in carefully grouped gov- ernment-ownedl buildings, Repre- public buildings commission has saved more than $700,000 a year.as a re- sult of its activities in curtailing the | rental of buildings that are not necessary, and he and his associates believe that in the near future all rentals will be eliminated. Pursuant to that program, Mr. Langley, as chairm of the commi tee on public buildings and ground: has urged that there be a public buildings program speedily enacted, not only to house the government activities in Washington in govern- ment-owned buildings, but to carry out that policy throughout the coun- try, and he announced in the Huuse last Tuesday that he thought the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) —_— {PROF. HOYER KILLED. Three Clarkson Studeats Also Hurt in Auto Crash. POTSDAM, N. Y. September 22.— Prof. Max Hoyer of the faculty of Clarkson College was killed and Xen- neth Clark of Old Forge, Karl Kelsey of Theresa and George Harnden of | Spragueville, Ky. students at the college, were dangerously hurt in an automobile accident near here early odya. ¢ ’l'ge ‘accident is said to have been the outcome of an attempt to stop s ban- quet of the fréshman class. It in al- Jeged that Prof. Hoyer's car was run- nd collided with | without lights | fn the lighting car, also hrough & defect system. - Z BEER HIGHER IN MEXICO. MEXICALI, Mexico, September 32~ "The cost of drinking is golag up in Lower California. Beer todsy was raised from 25 to 30 cents &.glass and sentative Langley points out that the| put_throu | Gmed as & Session Closing Today Has Striven to Improve Condi- tions in Capital. Legislation of far-reaching impor- tance to the people of the District has been enacted by Congress during the session closing today. In the District appropriation bill for the present fiscal year, an attempt was made to settle the long contro- versy which has divided the Senate and House over the fiscal affairs of the District and the federal govern- ment. The 60-40 plan of approprial ing for the District, which had been effective as a temporary measure for the last two years, was made per- manent, thereby supplanting the 50- 50 plan, which had stood since the organic act of 1878. ‘The same law requires assessments for taxation purposes at full value and provides for semi-annual pay- ment of taxes on real property, one- half the 1st of November and one- half the 1st of May, instead of an an- nual payment. This was done to put the District on a “cash-paying basis,” 80 that its share of the appropriatio: may be paid without obtaining an advance from the federal Treasury. The District Commissioners were in- structed also to levy suffigient taxes during the next five years to lay up a surplus so.as to make this cash- paying plan completely effective. = Question of Surplus. As the claim of the District has been that a surplus of approximately $5.000,000 of revenues from the Dis- trict taxpapers already exists in the Treasury Department—a claim that has been dispyted by some members a joint congressional committee to investigate and ‘veport upon this matter. That committes fs now at work. The District appropriation bill car- ried items for Incr school build- ings, increased water supply and im- provement of streets and roads in the District, which were much heeded. The lite of the Ball rent act for the District was/ extended by Congress until May 22, 1924, on the ground that the housing situation in the District was such as to demand a continuance of the law. The amendatory act in- creased the size of the Rent Com- mission from three to five members. The old commission, however, is still | serving, awaiting the appointment of the new commissioners by the Presi- dent. After years of struggle. the pro- ponents of a law to compel the citi- | zens of the District to clean the snow and ice from the sidewalks adjacent to the property they occupy succeeded in having it enacted into law. The former law for this purpose was held unconstitutional years ago by the District Court of Appeals. The bill| was taken up for action soon after the Knickerbocker Theater disaster last winter. Bad Check Law Passed. Another importart law put through for the District is the so-called “bad act, regulating the issue of drafts and orders for the tpayment of money and providing penalties for the making of such or- ders when the drawer knows that he has no funds on deposit to cover the order. Banking corporations in the Dis- trict, under still another act, are prohibited from starting branch banks in the District before obtain- ing censent from the controller of the currency. An_innovation is the creation of the White House police force, which | is separate and distinct from the metropolitan police,.in a recent bill enacted into law. This will have the effect, eventually, of increasing the number of policemen available for duty about the rest of the city. Congress, at the urgent request of the District Commissioners, put through a law extending the time during which the Inhabitants of alley dwellings may continue to occupy those dwéllings. Under existing law the alley dwellers would have been compelled to vacate their homes by November 14. There are some 14,000 alley dwellers in the District, it has been estimated. The extension is un- til June 1, 1923. Workers Still Get Bonus. Although not strictly a District law, the act providing for another year the $240 bonus paid to govern- | ment and District employes may be considered legislation affecting the District. a number of particulars also the law for the retirement of government employes, liberalizing the terms. An act to regulate the business of marine Insurance in the Disti e gh. It is expected to be model for similar legi tion by the states, and much att tion was given it by the committes f Congress. c'l‘ha statue of Abraham Lincoln which formerly in front of the District courthouse, will be restored to that site under a bill now a law. ther laws enacted relating to the District are as follows: ‘Authorizing the Commissioners to close upper Water street between 31st and 22nd streets northwest. ‘Authorizing the erection on public 3 60 cents & pint Increased federal' taxes and costs of transportation from old Mexico are assighed as causes. i pesisaierty HEMP SHIP RATE. ateamebip u.’.'.”{'."v'o:?uz‘_u??u: mp 25 cénts & between the Pacih ’ L e | d of & memorial to the dead of o lst Division, A. E. F. To Remember Dante. Authorising the appointment of an additional grand jury. Amending the charter of the Po- tomac Insurance Company. Prohibiting the interment of the body of any person in cemetery of White Tabernacle, No. 39, of the An- SAYS BRYSON LOST SENSE OF MORALS THROUGH DISEASE Washington Physician De- clares Alleged Slayer Has Ailment of Brain. BREAKDOWN HASTENED BY EXPERIENCE IN WAR Specialist Compares Prisoner'’s Brain to Decayed Limb_ of a Tree. From a Staf? Correspondent. HUNTINGDON, Pa. (Courthouse), September 22.—Dr. Herbert J. Bry- son {8 incapable of distinguishing right from wrong and has been since his return from overseas. This was the testimony £iven by Dr. Charles B. Luce of Washington, Bryson's for- mer personal physician, at today's session of the trial of Dr. Bryson for the murder of his companion, Mrs. Helen Irene Haines, at Cassville on April 8. Dr. Luce’said the doctor was insane as the result of a progressive de- generative disease of the brain, evi- dencing {tself by an inflammation of the arteries leading to the brain. He sald a cure 18 not likely in its pres- ent stage. Dr. Luce testified he knew Bryson since 1309 as a fellow member of the District National Guard medical de- partment. He also testified to & marked change in personal appear- ance in Dr. Bryson upon the latters return from overseas at the close of the war. He noted in Dr. Bryson, too, he sald, a change in mentality, & faulty memory and his conversa- tlon from a man of good judgment 10 one lacking in this respect. Describes Mental Defects. When he saw Dr. Bryson at the county jail here on September 5 last, witness stated, he observed a de- clded lack of use of Bryson's right leg and right arm, and a very notice- able dragging of the right side. Dr. Luce testified he was Bryson's per- sonal physician for six months after his return from overseas, and that in his opinion Dr. Bryson was a sick man mentally upon his return from (:lvheruel‘:‘ and “vls llllo a sick man en the examination took place September 5. ety el o ot o TeCmSs: eases &l con i b - fénse for expert u-umoiy’ i':,' g)‘r. Bryson’s present condition. He declared that he had eéxamined Bryson on two occasions, and testi- fied that Brvson was suffering from an organic brain disease. He brought out the fact that Dr. Bryson had pro- viously been treated for this condi- tion several years ago. Dr. Ladd fur- ther declared that the disease process was insidious In its onset and that the first symptom manifested was that of a mental weakness. He backed up his statement as to mental weakness by calling attention to testimony which demonstrated Dr. Bryson's failure to carry out the sim- plest of medical duties. Witness stated that his defective judgment aas shown on numbers of occasions, the most importani of which con- cerned the making of the simplest of diagnoses. Appearance Changed. Dr. Ladd characterized his treat- ment In some cases as absurd and even at times, he declared, that his actions caused him to be discharged by the family of the patient. He also called attention to the change in hir perzonal appearance, and his decline The Congress amended in| from a meticulously sttired indi- vidual to one of unkempt appearance. Dr. Ladd declared that mental d fects were emphasized by his failure to remember places in which he had been stationed, as though they were entirely erased from his memory, and at times his complete failure to rec- ognize most intimate friends. He pointed to the semi-paralysis of the right side of the body with facial paralysis on the opposite side. as the result of impaired brain activity. The main point of Dr. Ladd was that the overseas experiences of Dr. Bryson had not caused the condition in which he was at present, but had acted as an additional burden on his mind which resulted in the greatest break- down of mentality that he had suf- fered. He likened Dr. Bryson's braln to the decayed limb of a tree. He de- picted him as suffering from the dis- ease before going into the battle area and as breaking under the stress of battle lke the decayed tree limb when the storm of shell fire reached its height. Dr. Ladd definitely declared that the condition was not a functional one, nor the results of so-called war neurosis. but a disease clearly defined in its cause. Evidences of Disease. Dr. Ladd said that a frequent mani- ! festation of the diseease, which he definitely stated was general paresis resulting in an unsound mind, was the sufferer “worshiping at the shrine of Venus.” He sald that Dr. Bryson had ad- mitted that he had recelved treat- ment for a specific disease, but that this was not to be made public. Describing the type of disease af- fecting Dr. Bryson, he said that the was | technical names previously used by physicians on the stand were de- scriptive of manifestations of the dis- ease, and that paresis was the de- scriptive or clinical term given the disease. Probably theré was never a case in Huntingdon courthouse that brought #0 many women to the scéne, accord- ing to oldest inhabitants here. Al- most three out of five spectators, it appeared, were women. Dr. Tom A. Williams, who testified yesterday afternoon, was recalled to ihe stand today. He went into more minute det: of the case, taking up specific instances of the conduct of Dr. Bryson. Many a man,-he said, has kil himself through this disease or kille others without the actual cause being known. Also, too, he said, without Xnowing . it. Sufferers from _the disease have ruined their families by foollsh investments of money, the true cause being clouded. While to the casual observer, he said, the man may appear quite nor- mal. The mental decay may ~(Continved on Pae %,