Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. erate temperature. Fair tonight and tomorrow; .mod- Temperature for twenty-four endad at 2 p.m. today noon today: lowest, 55, at 4 Full report on Page 7. L L Highest, 77, at hours a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 —— e - No. 28,636. Entered as eccond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. BRITISH HOLD 0UT FOR FREE STRAITS RULED BY LEAGUE “Control of Dardanelles Vital to Save Europe, Lloyd George Says. AT 0DDS WITH FRENCH ON PROPOSAL TO TURKS London Refuses to Agree to Guar- antee to Surrender Part of Eastern Thrace. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 23.—The policy of Great Britain in the near east is to establish the freedom of the Dardanelles under the supervision of the league of nations, declared Prime * Minister Lloyd George In a statement at a conference with the newspaper men this afternoon. Mr. Lloyd George said that what- ever steps the government had taken ! to strengthen the military and naval forces in the Dardanelles and the ‘Bosporus, had been dictated by two supreme conslderations: First, “Our anxiety as to the freedom of the seas between the Mediterranean and the Black sea,” and, second. “to prevent this exceptionally horrible wn\hum spreading into Europe.” Avolds Merits of Ci The prime minister declared at the | outset he would like to make it clear that any action taken had noth- ing to do with the merits or demerits | of the case under dispute between Greece and the Turks. The British government, he said, had been Impartial as between the Greeks and the Turks. He pointed out that a few weeks ago the Greeks threatened to march on Constanti- nople, and at that time Gen. Har- ington, the British general in chief coimand at Constantinople, had warned the Greeks “in identical tarms as the warning now given to Mus-| tapha Kemal Pasha.’ . In dealing with the question of the freedom of the straits, Mr. Lloyd George said that what had happened in the late war demonstrated how vital was the freedom of these nar- row seas to the protection of com- merce and “to humanity in its broad- ost aspects.” Prolonged War Two Years. The closing of the straits by Tur- key during the late war, he declared, was responsible for the disaster “of - one of our strongest allieguand the | . defeat of Rumania and prolgnged the war by at least two years.” In pointing out Great Britain's im- partiality, as shown by her warning to the Greeks, he added. “We acted then in the Interest of peace. The same motive is inspiring our action today.” Mr. Lloyd George in his statement aaid: “In view of the misapprehension as to the character of the difficulties which have arisen in the near east, I “wish to make a statement as to the actual facts and position. “I should like at the very outset | to make it clear that any action we have taken during the last few days has nothing to do with the merits or demerits of the dispute between thé Greeks and the Turks. Two Considerations Involved. | “Whatever settlement is affected of either Anatolia or Thrace, that is a matter for determination by a con- ference between the allies and the belligerents, and any steps we have taken to strengthen our military and naval forces in the Dardanelles and the Bosporus have nothing whatever to do with any considerations of that | kind. “Our actlon hag been dictated by two supreme considerations. One is our anxiety as to the freedom of the meas between the Mediterranean and the Black sea. That is the first and | primary cgnsideration in directing our actlons. Waat happened in the late| war has demonstrated clearly to the | . British empire how vital the freedom of those various seas is to the secu- | rity of the empire, to the protection of ‘our commerce and to humanity in its broadest aspects. Turkish Act of Perfidy. { “The closing of the straits against us by & power which owed probably more to Great Britain, and certainly to Great Britaln and France to-| gether, than to any other power in the world, was an act of perfidy; which cost us dearly. It was directly | responsible for the collapse of our most powerful ally in that quarter of the globe and was also responsi- ble for the defeat of Rumania. “These two disasters had the effect of prolonging the war at least two ars and adding enormously to the | 220 "ot lite and to the devastation and destruction, which it will take many years, if not a whole genera- tion, to repair. It is an essential | condition of world peace that there “shall be an effective gyarantee for the freedom of those seas in the ! future. If peace were signed with- out the achievement of that object it would be equivalent to a defeat in that part of the world. Ot Vital British Interest. “With that object in view the allies | Prepagsd as the first condition of the armistice with Turkey, signed October 30, 1918, the opening of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus and securing access | to the Black sea by allied occupation of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus ports. We therefore regard the free- dom of those seas as of vital British intarest and vital European interest. “Therefore the first thing we had in mind in any steps we have taken in the last few days have been to insure that nothing be done to menace the freedom of those seas and the world- wide_ interest of clvilization. In doing "| —Within thirty-six hours the world {ists among the British here over the By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 23. will probably know whether the Turkish nationalists have chosen war or peace. The Angora cabinet, meefing at Smyrna, Is expected hourly to declare whether the Kemal- ists will await the peace conference proposed by the powers or take mat- ters in their own hands by invading Thrace. The French government has sent a Wwireless message to Mustapffa Kemal Pasha requesting him not to take any action until the arrival of the special French emissary, it was learned here today. Aware of British Weakness. The Turks are fully aware of the weakness of the British land forces now precariously holding points along the Asia Minor shore and are | convinced of their ability to defeat them. ] French official circles hold that the only thing which can stave off the | nationalist attack is a definite pledge by Great Britain to support France in guaranteeing that Thrace will be evacuated promptly by the Greeks and restored to Turkey. It is reorted that Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the nationalist leader, is op- posed to hasty action, but it remains to be seen whether his strong per- sonality and convictions can triumph over the opposition of his colleagues. | Turk Korces at Ismid. Meanwhile, unfeigned anxiety ex-| continued strong concentration of | Turkish troops at Ismid, where, by reason of the withdrawal of the ital- ians, the position of the British forces has been sensibly weakened. | The nationalists_have brought up field guns from Ezine, which they | recently seized, to within ten miles from the southern shore of the Dar- danelles. The tension in Constantinople con- GREEGE DESPERATE Despairing of British Aid to Keep Turks From Invasion of Thrace. , NATIONAL_PERIL IS SEEN | Fear Moslems May March Even to Athens—Reports of Up- heaval Denied. By the Associated Press. ° ATHENS, September 23.—Greece, in the grip of a great national peril, is beginning to fear that she must ride alone. She counted on Great Brit- ain’s military assistance to prevent the Turks from invading Thrace, but even that hope is fading rapidly. With economic distress increasing and the prospect of a Turkish army marching through Thrace and per- haps even to the Hellenic perinsula, the Greek people, as a whole, seem in no gracious mood. They whisper together in the Athenian cafes and speculate darkly as to the future. & See Peril to Athens. One representative Greek said to- day: “What is to prevent Mustapha Kemal Pasha from marching to Athens himself and signing the peace here? Could our disorganized and poorly equipped army halt him?” An optimist replied: “Greece will die to ?he last man rather than let the Turk invade Greece proper.” The newspapers agree that Greece {s isolated, irrespective of whether they are of the Constantine party or of the Venizelos group. They de- mand the unification of public opinion. It is understood that the government as a precautionary meas- ure has decided to proclaim martial law a few days before the convo- cation of parliament, which is sched- uled to meet only after the or- ganization of the new army for Thrace. This army will be composed of younger men. The class of 1923 will _exclude men of Mussulman origin. < aval Reports Denied. Reports of a ministerial upheaval have been officially denied. Owing to the difficulty of agreeing on suit- able appointees, Thrace is still with- out a governor and Constantinople without a Greek high commissioner. Conservative opinion in Athens is unanimous in the necessity of an early convocation of an international conference of near eastern affairs. Every day's delay in the failure ‘to adjust the Balkan situation engenders chaos and increasing bitterness in the near east, it is claimed. The Greeks want no half-hearted agreements like the treaty of Sevres, they say. It is the opinion here that a meeting llke either Genoa or The Hague con- ferences would only prove disastrous. There is a tendency to subordinate the old differences between the Con- stantine and the Venizelos groups to national interest as a whole. ‘ACCIDENT,” DOCTORS SAY Day-0ld Infant Credited With Call- ing “Mather” Three Times. By the Associated Press. MASON CITY, Iowa, September 23.— The one-day-old Infant, who ¢ried this T would point out that we were tak- ing no separate action, but simply carry~ ing out the policy agreed upon by all the allies in October, 1918. We {IV‘ not departed one iota from the pos! tion we took then, and in doing so we have not betrayed the trust which the British empire as a whole vested in us. “The second object we had in mak- ing any preparations was to prevent .this exceptionally horrible war from spreading into Europe. “I am not going to apportion the blame between the Greeks and the Turks. The time has not come for that, and it is not necessary that we » (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) - “mother” three times yesterday, five ‘minutes after its birth, had not repeated the unusual performance after being watched around the clock, and physi- cians here concluded that the enuncia- tion of the word was an accident. ‘The child was born yesterday to Mrs. Petar Zantes at & hospital. The word L | AS HER HOPES FAIL WASHINGTON, D. C, ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BRITISH RUSH MORE SHIPS TO DEFEND DARDANELLES Turks Bring Field Guns to Point 10 Miles From Straits—Frénch Say Only Pledge Can Stave Off Attack. The capital is full of dis- turbing rumors, and ‘many British war correspondents are arriving. MORE WARSHIPS RUSHED. tinues. French Regard Danger of Attack by Kemal Lessening. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 23.—Notwith- standing assurances from Paris that the Dprospects for peace in the near east are brightening, ugly reports continue to come from Constantinople, and several more units of the -Atlantic fleet, includ- ing the battleship Revenge, have been ordered to prepare for service in the Dardanelles. The favorable side of the picture Is presented by the Paris correspondent of the Times, who reports that the French naval commander, Admiral Dumesnil, sent his government a most reassuring dispatch concerning his interview with Mustapha Kemal Pasha. He said he found the Turks “entire- ly tractable and ready to enter nego- tiations without delay.” Danger of Attack Leasens. port submitted by Gen. Pelle, French high commissioner, who also sa Mustapha Kemal, “i$ represented as by no means alarming.” and adds that the danger/ of a Kemalist attack on the straitd is regarded as small. The Times thinks this should neu- tralize the apprehensions over yester- day's reports that Mustapha Kemal had ziven the allies a forty-eight-hour ultimatum. The newspaper believes the fear of a conflict is receding. The Morning Post also is hopeful. It asserts that the allles have good ground to beljeve that Mustapha Kemal does not intend to attack any allied troops, and that if he had such inten- tions he lacked the necessary artillery with which the oppose the British. According to the Post's naval expert there 1s little reason to fear the Turks will be able to make the straits un- tenable for the fleet by their heavy guns. “Even supposing the Turks possess guns of sufficiently large caliber to im- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) POSTVARCHANGE T0 SWAY ELECTION Many Political and Economic Factors Have Entered Pres- ent Campaign. “REGULARS” ARE UNEASY Party Lines Shaken by Spirit of Revolt and Desire for Change. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. (This is the first of & serles of daily articles to be written by David Lawrence ax he canvasses political and economic con- ditions in twenty-one northern states from coast to coast between mow and election day.) Nearly four years have elapsed since the guns ceased firing on the western front and the peoples of the world began to turn governments up- side down in a desperate effort to achieve quickly the normalcy of pre- war days. How far has the restlessness of the electorate been checked, if at all? How vital are the murmurs of dis- satisfaction today as compared with the gloomy months of low farm prices and unemployment which started with the painful processes of deflation just after the 1920 presiden- tial election? Will the republicans survive the spirit of change which has been working to the disadvantage of the party or government in power everywhere? A Milestone Year. Few campaigns have had more in- teresting questions to answer. This year is a milestone in the era of re- construction after,the great war. All the ills of an electorate irritated by war’s inconvenience were combined in the verdict of 1920. Much of the vote was in protest agalnst acts made necessary by war, particularly bur- densome taxation. Is the peed of heavy taxes better understood today? The answer to this question will be registered in many a congressional district on November 7. It is the writer’s intention to make a survey of the situation in twenty-one north- ern states, where, if a political revo- lution is in sight, the result may have a bearing on ge attitude of Congress in the winter session and on the presidential contest of 1924. One can get pretonceived ideas of the public attitude by living in the Washington atmosphere constantly, and nothing is more refreshing to the student of politics than to get away from the standards by which politi- cians measure the public pulse and study at first hand the currents of thought in all walks of life. For one thing, the republican léader- ship here is convinced it will retain control of Congress. In those words “retain control” may be read an ad- mission that the republican majori- ties will be cut down. There are (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SOVIET ORDERS REPUTED PRINCESS EXECUTED Daughter of Kiev Professor Con- victed of Giving Information to Japanese. MOSCOW, September 23.—A wom- an, claiming to be Princess Anna Trou- beskaya, daughter of a Kiev professor, was sentenced to be shot after a trial before a revolutionary tribunal in Moscow yesterday. The woman ‘was arrested in Viadivostok on & charge of esplonage'in the service of the Japanese. . The soviets claimed that she had gone to Viadivostok in the interests of the soviet government, but was simultaneously giving -information to the Japanese. - 2 . The same correspondent says the re- ! News Note: to 645,000 in 1943. APPEAL TO PUBLIC - FORMURDER GLUE New Brunswick Police Prom- ise Immunity From Pub- - licity in Probe. RECTOR SLAIN IN AUTO? Daughter of Dead Choir Leader Says Jealous Woman Is Behind Tragedy. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Septem- ber 23.—Baffled in their efforts to trace the slayer or slayers of the Rev. Edward Whe;zle[r Hllil,rl;‘ecto; “.QMY testant. Episcopal Churcl of St Jfl{?\ the Evangelist, and his Mrs. Eleanor Reinhart choir leader, Milis, ‘wife of the church sexton, au- therities today pinned their hopes on getting some new light through volunteer statements by members of thé church. A public appeal, with a prémise for protection from publicity, { wis made by I'rosecutor Stricker for facts bearing on the mystery. Some detectives believe that the rector was shot in_the front seat of an automobile and that Mrs. Mills broke her ankle in jumping ‘from a motor car. Witnesses have told the authorities | ot seeing two rapidly moving auto- mobiles on the roads near the spot where the bodies were found. The tension of the week's investi- gation has proved too much for Mrs. jHall, and she has denied herself to callers. James Mills, the dead choir lead- er's husband, told newspaper men that detectives had not hesitated to |ask him point-blank whether he shot his wife and the rector. He saig also that he agreed with the theory that the rector and Mrs, Mills may have been shot by some woman in the congregation, who was jealous of his wite. “A jealous woman killed my mom and Mr. Hall.” This assertion was made last evening by Charlotte Mills, sixteen- year-old daughter of the dead woman. It was the first time she had broken her silence—save before the authorities. ““The woman I think killed mom,” the girl continued, with bitterness in her voice, She named a woman whom the authorities also have admit- ted was the center of most of their suspicions. his_woman fsn't an ordinary wo- man,” she went on. “She has funny eyes that make you afratd of her—sort of like a man. She hates young people. She is three times as strong as mom. Mother weighed only a hundred eight- een. She didn’t have a chance.” Charlotte admitted she had given her aunt, Mrs. Elsie Barnhart of Paterson, a packet containing photo- graphs of Mr. Hall and her mother. There also was one picture of Mrs. Hall, she added. She said her mother gave her the packet before an operation last sum mer, telling her to give it to .Mrs. Barnhart in the event of her death. Charlotte is not unaware of the stories on which the supposed jeal- ousy of her mother is believed to be founded. She has heard the gossip linking her mother's name in an un- savory way with that of the slain minister. But she believes in “mom.” “Mom did a lot of work that a pas- tor’s wife should have done in Mr. Hall's; church,” she said. “Maybe some ' people connected with - the church were jealous because of that. Mom was romantic—but her character was beyond reproach. A jealous :omnn—helped by some man—killed er.” The jealousy theory was, strongly supported by several developments. Assistant Prosecutor. Toolan, who had been directing the Middlesey county investigation, declared there was no vestigators that jealousy was the mo- tive. All arrest might be expected momentarily, he said. Mrs. Hall made her first public ap- pearance yesterday since her hus- band’'s funeral. She drove to the of- fice of her lawyer for a conference with relatives—members of the Hall, Stevens and Carpender families. Wit- ness -said she was attired in black, but wore no veil. She again’ denied herself to callers today, but Miss Sally Peters, a family friend, issued statements that had been attributed to her yesterday, on the basis of a statement given out by Miss Peters. Her brother, “Willie” Stevens, also -emained in retirement. - = James Mills, husband of the dead woman, was questioned again for an hour today, and it was announced later he had cleared up most Of the discrepancies between his. earlier stories and those of other witnesses. Phillip Darnstadt, proprietor of a confectionery store % told detectives today that during the summer of 1921 he had seen Mr. Hall enter the church regularly in the afternodn, about three times a week, followed always, after an interval of ten or fifteen minutes, by a wum‘r, ‘whom he did not recognize, & statement for her’denying seveéral {League Revision Of Article X to BeUpNextYear By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, September 23.—The question of revising article X of the league of nations covenant or eliminating it altogether was passed on to the fourth assembly by the present assembly. today without other observation or recommendation than the subject be considered in all its bearings. The Canadian delegation showed no 'disposition to push Charles J. Doherty's amendment eliminating the article. M. Barthelemy of France sald article X ought not to be changed in the hope of bringing the United States into the league. There was no assurance that a change would have this effect, he declared, and in any case the article ought not to be changed until the United States was on the scene to delib- erate .upon it with the rest of the world. 1S POWERPLANT WL B REBULT G. P. 0. and City Post Office. The government printing office and city post office will receive all heat, light and power from the Capitol power plant, which now furnishes this service for government buildings on the hill, and an enormous saving will be effected, it was learned to- day, through the abandonment of the printing office plant, and entire recon- struction this winter of the Capitol power plant. Ground wlill be broken early next week, probably on Wednesday, for a heating tunnel from the printing office and city post office, to the Capitol power plant, located in Garfleld Park, and by next spring, accordhg to pres- ent plans, it was said, the entire change may be effected. A tunnel is now under course of construction to furnish heat and light to the Botanic Gardens, as a further extension of the scheme of economy and efficiency. The heating plant, which now supplies the Botanic Gar- dens, 1s to be abandoned, and electric light, which now comes for the gar- dens from the Potomac Electric Light government plant. Economy in Fuel. These changes, it was pointed out today, will effect savings of probably thousands of dollars to the govern- ment. For in the reconstruction of i tite big government plant in’Garfield ! Park. it is- expected that all the ad- | aitional buildings may be furnished through the new equipment by the burning of approximately the same Iamount of coal now consumed. | The Garfield Park plant, supplying | marriage to Kuehling, declaring from all the government buildings on the hill, has been consuming on the aver- age of 30,000 tons of coal a year. It has sixteen boilers, which have been in use for twelve years. been let to Babcock & Wilcox Co. sixteen, supplying new boilers rated at 570 horsepower each. The first of | he relented and invited the couple to these new boilers is expected to ar- rive late in October or November, and the reconstruction 15 expected to be (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ~ The Star’s Big Serial Story, “The House of Peril” ' BY LOUIS TRACY. Appears in both-The Evening and Sunday Star. Do not miss the Mfl-m of this grest mystery story appearing tomorrow. Telephone company engineers report that the District of Columbia will increase Capitol Works Also to Heat |, i nformation was obtained trom | i Company, will be furnished by the big | ciared, Kuehling sought. to keep his: Contract has | every obstacle in their path. doubt left in the minds of the in-|for the reinstallation of the entire|amount of property in Missoliri, at £ u q Star. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1922 _TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. ! { SHOOTING BLAMED TOHAUNTING PAST Kuehling Feared Wife Would Hear of Death of First, | Is Theory. ELOPEMENT IS RECALLED i Recovery Expected Following At- tack in Missouri Home | of Couple. | Fear that his wealthy young bride would refuse to live with him after | learning fiat he was connected with the mysterious death of a previous wife, was advanced today as the probable motive for the alleged ! shooting of Mrs. Kathleen Whitesell Kuehling by "her husband,- Roy H. Kuehling, formerly of Washington, at the home of the girl's parents in El Dorado, Mo. News of the shoot- ing. which took place 'yesterday, reached Washington in a telegram to Mrs. Kuehling's sister. a paternal Interest in the girl when she was a seventeen-year-old war worker in Washington.” His view is substantiated by Mrs. Kuehling's sister, Miss Mabel Whitesell, who is still employed in the treasury depart- ment here and strove in vain to pre- | vent the marriage. According to Mr. Dillon, Kuehling | represented himself to Miss White- | sell as Roy Keeling, and denied he | was the husband of a young woman | who was drowned. They eloped on | her eighteenth birthday. | Denfed ldentityyto Last. When the couple reached Rockville | and Kuehling was forced to admit | his right name, he still denied that | he was connected with the drowning case. Young Mrs. Kuehling believed | him until very recently, it was stated | today, when Dillon, assuming the role | of a private detective, says he dug | up undeniable evidence that the giri | had been deceived. i Mr. Dillon asserted that the girl- bride determined to obtain a divorce from her husband immediately after | learning the truth about him. Just | previous to this, the lawyer con- tinued, Kuehling' had attempted to borrow a large sum of money from his father-in-law, ostensibly to pur- | chase 5,000 hogs.” When Mr. White- | sell wired Dillon for advice, the lat- ter advised against the loan and | bared Kuehling’s past history as his reason. Realizing that he could no longer hope to continue the dual role he had set out to assume, Mr. Dillon de. | wife by intimidation. When this, too, | failed, he shot her, according to the lawyer's view. Wife's Recovery Assured. The latest news received from the | west indicated that Mrs. Kuehling's! recovery, though uncertain at first, f: now assured. Miss Whitsell, her sister, abandoned plans to return home upon receipt of a more reasur- ing message this morning. Miss Whitsell used every ineans in_her power to prevent her sister's i the first that he was misrepresenting | himself, ard_she bitterly denounced | him today. She said the two eloped after friends and relatives had thrown The large girl's father, who owns a first threatened to disown her. Later come and live with him, to which they agreed. Sulcide Ruse Reealled. Roy Harper Kuehling first came to the attention of the local police during the war, when a note found on Aque- duct bridge told of his suicide by drowning, part of his uniform aiso being found on’ the . Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of detectives, and other members of the detective bureau, doubted the truth of later ‘developed that the young man had temporarily gbeented himself from the city. Hé next attracted attention of the ico when his first wife, Gertrude iger Kuehling, former resident of 501 24 . street, Dun& nll:um. was from a canoe ht of Sep- , 1920, husband 4nd wife being in the craft when it capsized. The hus- was saved. ‘was about 10 o'clock at night when the craft capsized, in what is known a8 Catfish cove. Occupants of (Continged 'on'?ln'?.. Column 2.)" | je = Member of the Associated Press The Associated *Press is exclustvely entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches Paper and also the locsl news published berein. | writing. | climax. i she gave birth to a murderer. Al rights of publication of special eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this ’ @ispatches herein are also reserved. | Yesterday’s Circulation, 86,908 TWO CENTS. > |X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH OF MRS. HARDING PRECAUTION MOVE An X-ray photograph was taken of Mrs. Harding at the White House today under the direction of Gen. Sawyer, the Harding family physi- clan, with the view of determining accurately the progress being made in Mrs, Harding's condition. The X-day machine, a portable one, was furnished by the naval dispensary and was operated by experts of the naval hospital un- der the direction of Dr. Sawyer. Dr. Sawyer explained that using the X-ray should not bt taken to indicate that any new complica- tions had developed, but merely as the means of satisfying the physicians attending Mrs. Harding that the treatment being aecorded was bringing the desired results. He said that Mrs. Harding is get- ting stronger each day, that she has been eating solid food for more than four days, and her voice is becoming stronger, and several times during the past two days she had sat up in bed. FIGHT FOR BRYSON REACHES CLIMAX INPLEATO JURY Alleged Murderer Sits in Si lence as Final Appeal Is Made. Staff Correspondent. TINGDON, FPa. (Courthouse), September 23.—Attorneys today are fighting final stages of the battle for freedom or conviction of Dr. Herbert Bryson for the murder of Mrs. Helen Irene Haines, his companion, on the | night of April 8. William Wallace Chisolm for the defense and Samuel L Spyker, assist- ant prosecutor, are participants in the oratorical duel before the jurors. Dr. Bryson sits as he has sat through- | out the trial, in a slouchy attitude of | {unconcern gnd indifference toward | | these proceedings which hold his life | in the balance. Mr. Chisolm, in sounding his last appeal of the defense, asked the Jurors whether they have got the best evidence the state could have given them. He wanted to know, why the district attorney did not employ a stenographer to take the ante-mor- tem statement from Mrs. Helen Irene Haines. He walked over to Attorney Fetter- hoof of the prosecution and asked why he did not bring that statement | into court for the jury, instead of having_it introduced in evidence by the pPosecution, insinuating - that there may be more in the statement than has been shown in court. “If it had been a contract involving $50." he stated. “it would have been reduced to writing, but since it mere- 1y involves the life of a man the commonwealth, after reducing it to fails to bring it here and show it to you.” Pleads for Bryson. Chisolm anticlpated the charge of Judge Bailey. He told them that the ljudge will probably declare that the court is the best judge of the law, but he impressed the jurors with the fact that they are the best judges of the law. structions of the court. Chisolm then read instructions to the jury which will be submitted by | the defense to the court for the charge to the jury. He said “authorities agree that in a defense of insanity in a homicide case the defendant needs | only to rebut testimony to the effect that he is a sane man.” Since Aoril 8 until last night, Chisolm heatedly declared, the prosecution could have got an alienist or_expert in insantity to examine Herbert Bryson. They knew that the defense would be insanity, and yet they have not taken such a ' step, Chisolm declared. He charged that they have not been fair to the jury or to the prisoner. They knew, said Chisolm, that a conscieg- tious expert in insanity could no! testify Bryson was of sound mind. “Good God,” Chisolm shouted, “has {it come to such a pass that the repre- sentatives of the state of Pennsyl- vania are thinking only of getting their names in the papers of the state as winning a great case! Court Takes Recess. His hand resting on the shoulder f the weeping mother of the prison- r, Attorney Chisolm lead up to his He appealed to the jurors not to send this mother from the courtroom with the knowledge that “God knows,” he said, “if I thought such a verdict was coming from your lips, TI'd pray Almighty God in His'mercy to strike her dead here and now to save her from such knowledge.” He went back to the scene of Cal- vary, and drew a picture of men call- ing for the life of their redeemer. He said, “Crucify him, crucify him, they are calling. On our heads and on the heads of our children be his blood. 1f you care for yourselves or for your children, see to it that his blood is mot upon Your heads or the heads of vour children.” ) With' this Chisholm sat down, and the court took recess for ten minutes. The courtreom buzzed with conversa- tion as the jury went out. “Bumble Bee” Witnesses. When the jury returned Samuel I (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DENTIST SLAIN, DOCTOR IS HELD FOR MURDER Physitian Claims He Was Attacked ‘While Answering a Sick Call. HATTIESBURG, Miss., September 23. —Dr. E. A. Copeland of Piave, forty- miles from Hattiesburg, is in the county jail here charged with killing Dr. M. 8. Wilkins, dentist, at the en- tranee to the latter's office last night. Dr. Copeland seized Wilkine' pistol, received. a call from Dr. Wilkins ta attend Mrs.. Wilkins, the dentls wife, and as he started up the stairs leading to Dr. Winkins' office he was met by the latter, who pressed a re- volver against his side, exclaiming: “I am going to kill you, Doc.” Dr. Copland seized Wilkins' pistol, drew out his own revolver and fired four shots at the dentist, three of them taking effect, causing almost instant death, police say Dr. Copeland told them. He summarized all possible in-| COURT UPHOLDS DAUGHERTY PLEA AGAINST SHOPMEN New Temporary Injunction Granted Affecting 2,700 0f- ficers and 400,000 Men. UNIONS CANNOT DENY VIOLENCE, SAYS JUDGE Order Even More Drastic Than Re- straint Now in Effect—Defense Given Till Monday to Answer. i ‘B tlie Associated Press. | CHICAGO, September 23—Judge James H: Wilkerson today granted Attorney General Daugherty's peti- tion for a nation-wide temporary in- juction against striking rallway | shopmen. Judge Wilkerson, in a lengthy re- | view of the case, said the defendants’ icoyld not deny knowledge and re- |sonsibility for the widespread | violence which has marked the strike. Partial settlement of the strike he | held, has not affected the right of the |government to obtain a nationwide injunction. The court gave attorneys for the defense until Monday morning at 10 o'clock to study the decision and pre- | pare to argue the text of the Injunc- | tion order which will be signed. |, Attorney General Daugherty. on Thursday presented the government's proposed draft. which is even more drastic than the restraining order now in force. The order will affect about 270 offi- jcers and 400,000 members of the six jcrafts belonging to the railway em- ployes department, American Federa- i tion of Labor, No Defendants Answer. In his statement, after citing nu- merous supreme court decisions, Judge Wilkerson said, in part: None of the defendants in this case have answered the bill. Two have {filed motions to dismiss and have pre- | sented affidavits which leave a large {number of averments of the bill un- challenged on the record. The fact that the defendants have begn acting {in combination is not denied. On the | contrary, the defendants themselves {have produced evidence of the closest association and co-operation on the {part of the defendant organizations. | That the officers of the unions gave {directions concerning the strike from the outset is likewise admlitted. The only material question really_ in dis- ipute on the record is the responsibil- ity In law of the defendants_for the | tableslarge number of unlawful aets shown to have been committed, the most of them by unknown parties. Reign of Terror. “Notwithstanding the warnings | against acts of violence set out in the | Instructions of june 27, 1922, there | began throughout ine countrs a series | of depredations which rapidly devel- ioped in some portions into a veritable \Teign of terror. Railroad bridges were 1dynamited, spikes removed from rails, obstructions were placed upon rail- way tracks, bombs were exploded on | tracks wod in raliroad yards and hurl- ed at moving trains.” Notwithstand- ing the admonitions of the leaders of ithe combination to use peaceful | means cnly, the real situation at most of the places where the strike was in Drogress was that employes were in sulted, assaulted and otherwise in- timidated. The word of the ‘peaceful” picket spoken in tha vicinity of the shop was emphasized in the darkness of night by the club and pistol of the ‘unknown party.’ " “Regardless of the instructions that | no injury must be inflicted upon prop- erty, there was sabotage on a large scale, engines, cars and equipment were tampered with and innumerable acts of malicious mischief committed which endangered the lives of both passengers and those operating trains. “These unlawful acts are shown to have been on such a large scale, and in point of time and place so con- |nected with the admitted conduct of the strike that it is impossible on the record here to view them in any other 'light than as done in furtherance of |a common purpose and as part of a common plan. | “This record does not permit the | conclusion that those who are at the {head of this combination did not ac- {tually know that these things are | being done, and that they were the | direct result of the methods by which | the strike was being conducted. And |1f they did not actually know they | were charged with such knowledge. Outlines “Knowledge.” “What is legal knowledge of a fact? “It seems to have been assumed by the defendants that no manischargeabla with more knowledge than he chooses to have, that he is permitted to close | his eves when he pleases, upon all sources of information, and then excuse his ignorance by sayjng that he did not see anything. In criminal as well as | clvil affairs, every man is presumed to know everything that he can learn upon inquiry when he has facts in his pos- session which suggest the inquiry. “Yet with knowledge of this intoler- | able situation nation-wide in Its scope, the leaders of this combination repeat- edly sent out to the members of their organizations bulletins and communica- tions urging the men to greater activity. “On_August 28, 1922, with the rec- |ord of almost two months of con- tinuous disorder and violence before them, the leaders of these organiza- tions sent out to their members the following: “If there be any among us who | regrets the step they have taken let them turn back now so that the brand of Cain can be on t for all time, because this has ceased to be & pink tea or a vacation, but a real he man strike from now on, and if you cannot measure up to that standard, this is no place for you. No Place for Kid Gloves. “ ‘However, keep fn mind our policy that the laws of the land must be obeyed, but there is 80 much that can be done that has not been done with- out violating the laws that yow are now asked to get on the job and do Your damnedest and then a little bit more. If the miners could fight five months, then surely our people can, too. They won by sticking. We can | do likewise and if you are not in this game to do your full duty, then step aside and let a man take your place. Thesc may be harsh words, but this is war, industrial war, and no place for i¥id ‘gloves or soft’talk. Now boys let's go from here. No surrender.’ “Those defendants will not be per- mitted, upon the record here, to deny responsibility for these unlawful acts. They will not be permitted to con- tinue .acts which, even though they may be peaceable and lawful in themselves, it has been demonstrated are only part of a program of un! ful conduct and are done for the ac- complishment of an uplawful pur- pose. . Al 34