Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1922, Page 1

. g the resign erate temperature. twen today: Highest, 72, at 2 {| Wl report on Page 4. WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; mod- Temperature for ty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. p.m. today; lowest 45 at 4:156 a.m. today. Entered as post office No. 28,640, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 23 nd-class matter hington, D. C. GREEK KING FORCED TO ABDICATE; 'REVOLUTIONISTS MOVE ON ATHENS; TURKS DEFY BRITISH, MASS TROOPS| Prince George May Get Throne Greek Capital Is Menace_d by Revolt. WARSHIPS JOIN - REBEL TROOPS Athens Showered With Demand for New Regime. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 27.—Greece is in the grip of a revolutionary move- ment, and King Constantine is re- ported to have abdicated. A Central News dispatch from Athens, timed 8:30 o'clock this morn- ing, says King Constantine signed an abdicatlon decree, without reserva- tion. Reuters, Limited, says authoritative news has been received of the abdi- catlon of King Constantine. The abdication of King Constantine of Greece is accepted as an accom- i a1l plished fact in the highest officlal quarters here. This is based on a message from a high diplomatic official at Athens which is understood to state that h: had received information of the king's abdication, and believed the informa- tion to be true, although he was un- able to confirm it, owing to the ur settled condition attending the reve- lutionary movement. the French and British representa- adds the message, have tives at Athens. tions to the Greek gov- made represen ernment emphasizing that the pros- prcts of peace were impaired by the se of Greek warshi wate It was announc the Greek cruiser Averoff w: be recalled, but that two torpedo boats would remain provisionally at Con- ntinople for the protection of Greek \ationals in that capital. Revolt fipreads Quickly. Part of the navy has gone against the government and several warships and transports manned by revolution- iries are believed to be advancing on the caplital from the Aegean Islands, where the revolt originated. The revolutionary movement is headed by an offic umed Gonatas, variously described general and a colonel. anized the soldiers on the Is- s ilene and Chios, off the Smyrna coast, to which they were re- Moved following their crushing defeat by the Turkish nationalists. An order the demobilization of these troops is said to have been the immediate cause of mutiny The revolt spread quickly to the navy and many of the warships re- fused to answer queries sent out by the admiralty. An airplane appeared or Athens and showered the city With pamphlets signed by Gonatas 'nd demanding the resignation of the government and the abdication of_the king. This created turmoil in the capital later that s about to and crowds surged through Uireets and about the public build- ings. Then a number of war vessels 8 for Athens. rtod 1 number of troops mutinied in Saloniki, but this development is b have taken the form of a movement organized in against the Turk 1 cles here believe former Premicr Venizelos has had no part in the revolt. Because of his importance, e howe: d his large personal following in Greece, it is pointed out that he will hardly be able to (void figuring in the subsequent de- velopments. Defeat Caused Crisls. The threatened loss of eastern Thrace, following closely upon the (defeat of the Greek army in Anatolia, precipitated the crisis in Athens. The cabinet resigned last night and mar- tial law was put in effect, with im- portant changes pending, but reports from reliable sources Indicate that a in Turkish ' the | In Order to By the. Assoclated Press. troops at Cape Sunion (on the peni Papoulas has been sent to try to “Martial law has been proclai olutionary movement.” The revolutionary movement PARIS, September 27—A Havas dispatch from Athens, not timed there, reccived this afternoon, says: “The insurrectionists, who have nine destroyers and naval air- planes, besides two warships, Kilkis and Lemnos, have landed “Gen. Koutzis induced the garrison here to adhere to the rev- , headed by Gens. Gonatas and Plestras, scemed to be threatening Athens and two of their ships had landed troops near the capital, which is undefended militarily. The government was believed to be intending to seek refuge in the enthronement of Crown Prince George. Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g 7 St WASHINGTON, .D. C., WE_DNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1922—-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Save. Government insula southcast of Athens). Gen. stop them. med. RULER COMPELLED TOHEED DEMANDS Pro-Entente Greek Cabinet Asked on Pain of Military Movement. ] UNEASINESS IN ATHENS | King Bases Moves Upon Fears of Civil Strife Through- | out Land. By the Anse ted Press. ATHENS, September 27.—An ulti- matum from the warship Lemnos, which arrived at Laurlum, on the | peninsula southeast of Athens, with | revolting troops, demanded the dis- solution of the national assembly and the formation of a people’s cabinet triendly to the entente. A second ultimatum declared it was considered the national assembly had already been dissolved, and it de- manded the creation of a pro-entente cabinet, whose members would be ap- pointed by the revolutionaries. 1t no favorable reply had been re- ceived by midnight, it was declared, disembarkation would be begun. Gen. Papoulas, recently appointed military governor of Thrace, proceed- ¢ ed to Laurium to negotiate With mel revolutionaries. ° Neither ultimatum spoke of the ab-} dication of King Constantine, which | was mentioned only in yesterday's; airplane manifesto. Cabinet Resigns. The royalist organs consider, how- ! ever, that the abdication of the king | in favor of the crown prince should not be excluded from the possibilities. | King Constantine has accepted the ! Ireslgna(lon of the cabinet, which| quickly followed the reception of lwo: ultimatums from the cruiser Lemnos. In accepting the resignation the| king sald he entirely put aside any idea of resistance, which would bring, | as a result, civil war in Greece. H The crown prince has abandoned! his proposed journey to Rumania. H { Officers and troops who revolted nt; | Saloniki scnt word to Athens ln!l!l-l 1 ing _on the imprisonment of several of the former premiers, including M. | | Gounaris and M. Straitos, who were o Tesponsible for the adverse cam- | pa.gn in Asia Minor. They also de-! Tnanded a change in the government and the establishment of a new neu- tral cabinet. | WAR OR PEACE 10 DEPEND ON SOVIET British _Convinced Kemal’s Action Will Be Dictated by Moscow. ALLIES’ POLICY BLAMED French and Italian Aititude Re- sponsible for Turk Defiance Is Claim. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922. CONSTANTINOPLE, Septembér 2 —The British consider that they have reached the limit in making oonces- sions. Should Mustapha Kemal Pasha insist that the British troops on their way to Constantinople be stopped and return to Great Britain his demand will be flatly refused and he will be told tha} he will have to take the consequences. The British are convinced that the question of war or peace depends solely upon the extent to which Kemal has placed himself in the hands of Russla. It is admitted that the Turkish foreign pollcy is directed from Moscow and not from Angora. Kemal Courts Fight, It is certain that if the allies had been united and the French and Italians had signified that they would fight if Kemal proved unrea- sonable, Moscow’s policy of provoca- tion would have failed. The Turks, on the contrary, have been assured repeatedly that France would not fight, no matter what hap- | pened, and have been led by Moscow to believe that British labor would not stand for a new war. I am Informed that the British are willing to underrtake not to send fresh troops from England, but are absolutely determined to bring to the straits all the regimen‘s already em- barked. Kemal Pasha's attitude thus far has been that of a man looking for trou- ble. On Sunday a nationalist detach- ment-arrived in the zone occupied by the British troops, but when a British officer drew the attention of the Turk- ish officer in charge to the mistake, he apologized and the detachment with- drew. Tmportant contingents of the army Ignore French Plea. on the Islands of Mitylene, Chios and heto’ also revolted. They sent ani e iouant e bellieved clofeas airplane over Athens, which released | When at 6 p.m. on ollowing day a $amphlets demanding the -abdication | stronger Turkish detachment arrived P the king, the removal of the min- |in the same territory, and, though ask- jstry and active continuance of the Ietry AN et ve o evolss arg | €0 to leave, refused to do 8o, and at peaceful solution will be found. The first intimation the authorities | Nature. in Athens had of the movement was ihe appearauce of the airplanes over ihe citv. The pamphlet read: “In the name of the army and navy and the popu n of Mitylene,” demand- tion of the government and the abdication of Constantine. No official statements had been is- «ued in Athens, but it was understood e dressed to the people. 1dds. the revolution had despite the excit ment of the people, Who were surg- Ing through the streets and gathering outside the public buildings. BODY OF GIRL STOLEN FROM CASKET IN GRAVE Opened Coffin Found in Clump of Bushes—Buried Last August. that_the mini manifesto ads Thus far, it been bloodless ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 27.—The police today took up ain investigation of the mysterious disap) pearance of were drawing up a No Fighting Reported. No fighting of an insurrectionary character has been reported from any of the distrubed areas. The anti-Venl- zelists allege that the revolt in the islands was engineered by partisans of tormer Premier Venizelos. The government has had extreme difficulty in getting in wireless com- munication with the fleet at Mity- lene, where one battleship and sev- eral torpedo boat destroyers are sta- tioned ;There were reports today that the Gréek navy had revolted, but offi- cials tonight informed the correspond- ent that all the warships had beenf heard from, except two destroyers. The officials asserted that the war- ships had not joined in the revolt. Athens was entirely quiet last even- ing, but the greatest of uneasiness was_evident everywhere. The people are keenly disappointed over the mili- tary disaster and the international isolation of Greece, which they are unable to understand, believing the Greeks have done nothing to merit it. Many of the soldiers “when they }ruched their home villages got a cold reception from their fellow citi- { i the body of Miss Celestine Schneider |zens. from its grave in Mount Hope ceme- tery, St. Louis county. Sexton Robinson of the cemetery found an open casket. With the 1id 1y- ing near, half hidden in a clump of Lushes skirting the cemetery, and lat- or found that the Schneider grave had ' heen opened. The girl, who was eighteen years J1d, died last August. Police learned hat her father and mother had been .stranged for more than two years. Both denied knowledge of the disap- i pearance of the body. —_— SUFFOCATED BY SALT. KANSAS CITY, Kan., September 27. .—Martin Plateness, ‘sixty-five, pack- 1 ng company employe, was suffocated v salt yesterday, when a high’pile, which he was shoveling collapsed and ! suried him, An American Tecently arrived from Chios informed the correspondent that 80,000 soldiers in Smyrna had landed on the island, together with 10,000 refugees, and that there was only sufficient water and food for lheonilhnd'l mormal population of 20,000. GERMAN DEBT JUMPS.: Ancther Big Increase Noted in Ten-Day Period. BERLI]N, September 37.—Germany's floating debt increased between Sep- tember 10 and September 20 by 19,478,000,000 marks. A Berlin . dispatch September 16, said the floating debt of Germany during the first ten days of Septem- ber had Increased by: 10,345,000,000 marks. ¢ > )) v received from Columbus, Ohio, stating that she was l.:’n;-rylng home to the bedside of her - sister, | Feported to be of an entirely political | the last report was still there. This or some similar incident may lead to bloodshed, as the British troops have been instructed to oppose any infringement of the neutral zone, and Gen. Pelle, the French high com- migsioner, has sent a wireless mes- sage to Kemal Pasha at Smyrna urg- ing him to avoid a conflict. To this message no reply has been received. KUEHLING HEARING 10 BE HELD ON OCT. Preliminary Airing of Charge of Shooting Wife Set—Victim Reported Recovering. Special Dispatch to The Star. ELDORADO SPRINGS, Mo., Septem- ber 27.—The preliminary hearing of Roy H. Kuehling, alleged to have shot his wife Kathleen in the home of her parents, ten miles southeast of here, Friday, has-been set for October 2. ‘This was announced late yesterday by Roy M. Huff, Cedar county prose- cuting attorney. When interviewed by Huft yesterday Kuehling declared his wife shot herself. Mrs. Kuehling, ‘whose condition was considered criti- cal by physicians, is now reported -on the way to recovery. Huff received a telegram yesterday from A. Vernon Dillon, an attorney of ‘Washington, D. C., offering his serv- ices to the county. Dillon s said to be a friend of Mabel Whitesell, sister of Kathleen. fi later telegram wi as el Whitesell, dated Feverish War Moves Made in Straits. ALLIED TERMS | MAY BE DEFIED Kemalto Answer Ul- timatum Demand- ing Retirement. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 27.—More Turkish natlonalist troops have drifted into the Chanak zone, sc- cording to official advices from Constantinople today. This is not regarded in authoritative quarters, however, as aggravating the situa- tion mucl the opinion was ex- preased thewe quarters that trouble would be avoided. No word has yet begn recelved from Kemal Pasha in answer to the ultimatum giving him forty- eight hours for the removnl of the troops in this aren, but the British are Inclined to give him all possible leeway to avold a clash. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 27 (12:35 p.m.)—It is umofficially forecast that the Kemalixt reply to the allied peace note conditions is unacceptable to the allies in that the nationalists insist upon the use of the stralts for transpor'ing troops to Thrace before the begin- ning of the peace conference. CONSTANTINOPLE, September | While the Anatolian cabinet, sitting at | Smyrna, is completing its reply to the allied note, the natibnalist army con- | tinues its feverish concentration of | troops on the Ismid and Chanak lines. | Mustapha Kemal Pasha now has 1,100 ‘men in Kum Kalesi, at the mouth of the Dardanelles; 5000 at Adramyte, fifty miles southeast of Chanak; 10,000 In the intervening Sanjak of Karassi, and considerable forces in the other areas. The nationalist leader expects these concentrations to be completed by Sep- tember 30, which date coincides with | the time set for the final evacuation | of refugees from Smyrna. It is consid- | ered significant here that Gen. din Pasha, military governor of Smy) has declared he cannot guarantee the lives of the Christians in Smyrna after that date. This is taken to mean that the Kemalists want to clear decks for action in the event the allies reject their reply. Many Warships Arrive. The British are no less busy strengthening their lines and check- mating every move made by the na- |tionalists. Further arrivals of mili- ltary and naval units are daily aug- jmenting their forces and inversely impairing Mustapha Kemul's chances | of successtully attacking the straits. The Sea of Marmora and the Bos-| porus are dotted with the most |modern war craft, the concentration . rivaling that of the fateful days of | ithe Gallipoli campaign. The British fleet now fncludes six dreadnaughts, seven battle cruisers, | |twenty destroyers and several sub- | marines and glant aircraft carrfers. | The assembly of this greaf armada, and the increage in the British land | forces to upward of 30,000 men have { quieted the frayed nerves of the i i capital The sultan's cabinet met in speclal session yesterday, and decided not ! to retire unless 50 ordered by the | Kemalist government. Attack Narrowly Averted. | A wireless message sent to Chanak | when the Turkish natlonalists oc; | cupled Kum Kalesl and other points in the netral zone was all that pre- vented an outbreak of hostilities be- | tween the British and Turks, it is learned. Col. Shuttleworth, commanding the | British forces in Chanak, was about | to open fire on the advancin B ist cavalry squadrons when ’yfi"‘:i_ celved an urgent radio from Brig, Gen. Harington, commanding allied forces in Constaitinople, nstructing him to | suspen: e attack until all m!il!ures were QX)IBIIB!ed. poaceral n consequence a British off sent to the Kemalist lines under & white flag to inform the nationalist commander that unless he retreated the British would open fire. After further parleys the Turks were given forty-eight hours in which-to vl draw beyond the neutral zone, Gen. Harington ordered the Turks ou” of the neutral zone around . the Dardanelles. He sent an ultimatum to Mustapha Kemal Pasha at Smyrna, allowing forty-elgt hours for with- drawal of the nationallst cavalry de- !_lc)lmel\l! which have occupied Kum Kaleh, at the entrance to the Darda- nelles, as well as Eren Keu, to the southwest of Chanak, and Bigha. This action was taken by Gen. Harington after several requests had I been made by-the British commanders in the areas mentioned that the Turke sh _forces withdraw, and after the 1 Turks had begun to intrench. British Troops Confident. It was announced Monday that the wives and families of the allied au- | thorities ~will remain in Constanti- nople, but yesterday some of them ,had been sent out of the city, and :othen were preparing ‘to depart. This carries its own significace. Pre- cautions to prevent disorders in the ! of Chanak ni and the announcement that additional naval units were on_ the way to ritish reinforcements Constantinople from Malta. These consist of a destroyer flotilla and two light <ruisers, which are expected to reach. here with all dispatch. - :_The statement by Maj. Gen. Maurice, (Continuedfjon Page 4, Column 2.) | Declares Income Cut by Increased 1than the number of people hauled at| anxious Christian population of the | PUBL IS GRANTED CAR FARE HEARNG Date to Be Set for Argu- ments for Reduction on Capital Traction Lines. COSTS RISE, SAYS HANNA Expensés and Drop in Number of Passengers. The Public Utilities Commission will grant a formal public hearing on the application of the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations for a reduction in fare on the lines of the Capital Traction Company, Col. Keller, chairman of the | commission, said today. Date of the| hearing will be announced later. { John H. Hanna, vice president and! general manager of the Capital Trac- tion, took issue today with William McK. Clayton of the federation, who asserted vesterday that the company is earn- ing approximately 10 per cent on its| valuation. Mr. Hanna said the company has not earned 10 per cent since the present rate became effective in March and that for the past two months the rate of re- turn has been much lower than that. Declares Costs Mount. The vice president said that with passenger traffic declining and the cost of coal and such supplies as rails and car wheels going up, he did not ! regard this as a propitious time to| talk about fare reductions. It is understood that at the present time the Capital Traction Company's passenger figures are 4 per cent less | this time a year ago. Mr. Hanna sald he would not be! prepared to give exact figures on the ! company’'s earnings or operating ex- | penses until the hearing Is held. The forthcoming hearing will re- vive the old problem of the wide dif- ference in earning power between the ‘Washington Railway and Electric and the Capital Traction companies. Seek Light Rate Decision. Commissioner Oyster intimated to- day that he may bring up again his’ suggestion that the earning power of | the street car companfes be equalized ; by glving the Washington Railway | and_Electric Company the funds it needs through the electric light rate, since the Washington Railway and Electric owns the Potomac Electric Power Company. Tn 1917 the commission reduced the electric light rate from 10 to 8 cents per kilowatt hour, but the company immediately obtained an {njunction, which is still pending in the courts. Under that injunction the people have continued to pay 10 cents, the com- pany keeping 8 cents and setting aside the balance for refunding if the United States Supreme Court sustains the commission. The commission hopes to have the electric_light case heard by the Bu- preme Court this fall. The litigation Ringes on the value of the power com- pany’s property, the company con- tending that the valuation on which the commission based its eight-cent rate is too low. - B.&0.TOBARCOAL. Shipments to Lake Ports to Be Banned, Says Report. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohlo, September 27. —The Baltimore and Ohlo railway to- day will declare an embargo upon {coal shipments to lake ports, accord- ing to information obtained in au- thoritative sources here today. The contemplated action, it was said, is due to the approaching strike of lake sailors, which has.already be- gun to take effect, with vesselmen leaving their ships at various ports. Tt was said that the Baltimore and Ohio already has 7,500 cars of coal at the port of Lorain, while on nearly all railways more coal has been ship- ped to lake ports than the steamships can_handle, een under normal labor conditions. The Baltimore and Ohlo today issued an order lifting the embargo which has been in force against less than carload shipments on the main line e { ast. The coming embargo on lake ship- ments, it was , will insure a Targer supply of coal for domestic and industrial purposes in the east and middle west. ek R R 2 ASSIGNED TO NAVY YARD. Capt. Martin E, Trench, command- ing the battleship North Dakota, has Been detailed as captain of the navy yard, Philadelphia. ar. Tbe Amsociated AN rights aispatches mem.«-mhum»‘ the use for republication of all_news dispatebes eredited o 1t or not otherwise eredited in this Ppaper and also the local pews published bersix. Press 1s exclustvely entitled to f | 1 of publication of special berein are also reserved. | Yesterday’s Circulation, 88,048 TWO CENTS. | ROUT, AT ALBANY, PLEADS CURB OF STRIKE INIUSTC Declares for Law, Libert and Public Protection at Albany. CALDER AND MILLER NOMINATIONS SEEN Attorney General Newton With- draws in Contest Facing Convention. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, September —Republi- can leaders gathered here for the ifirst official state convention in ten vears believed today that a harmony {program would be evolved which {would result in the re-nomination of |Gov. Nathan L. Miller, United States nator William AL Calder and the {selection of candidetes for elective UNCLE SAM PLAN. SISYPHU. ¥ BIGVICTORY WON BY FRELINGHUYSEN MOVING DAY FOR .INCOME TAX UNITS Tncle Sam Is getting ready to do just about the biggest job of mov- ing that he could possibly do to get the government workshop on an economic and efficient basis, as it is now organized. The plan is to get the entire income tax unit housed in one fireproof building which would expedite the bring- ing of large sums of money into the federal Treasury. If all of the income tax works can be brought together for better working relations it will be pos- sible to speed up this work, much of which is three and four years tn arrears. In fact. they are now working on some 1917 accounts. The public buildings commi . i . President’s Friend Defeats Senatorial Rival 2to 1 | in New Jersey. ! RECORD HOME CITY LOST Most of Republican Congressmen | Win Fights for Renomina- tion. i | | { | | i Ni which under one roof. are Munitions buildings, i and practically Where the work could be expedited. The_ prohjbition unit is to be moved before November 1 grom the Hooe building on F street into the C building ‘at 6th and B streets. Associated Press. | RK, N. J. September 27.—{ United States nator Joseph Fre- linghuysen, friend of President Hard- ing and one of the administration | leaders in Congress, was renominated | terda; 2 to 1 over George L. Record, | ¥ City lawyer. The senator carried twenty coun-| ‘(ies with little effort, and after a| s Us ! i through today in Mercer coynty by | | about 2,000 yote Returns this fore- | Gl noon from of the 2.464 districts | Cost of Upkeep of Buildings|in the state gave nim 146933 votes,| and Grounds Being Review- by the republicans of New Jers yes- hard struggle i :_qzninfl €9, for Record, a lead of | ed by Budget Officials. ! ja apparently had pulled | 011, Takes Opponent’s Home. Senator Frelinghuysen took Hud- son county with Jersey City, his op- | ponent's home, by almost 3 to 1, up- setting predictions. The senator waged his campaign on two main issues, prohibition and the j tariff. He did not discuss the soldier | bonus, against which he voted. And he rarely answered Record’s charge | that he was sympathetic with monopoli In the | i | Estimates for the upkeep of public} ‘ buildings and grounds and for con- tinuing work on the project to con- nect Rock Creek and Potomac park- ways are beirg reviewed by the budget bureau today. Although these appropriations are handled by Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, | in charge of public buildings and! grounds, they are made part of the| District estimates and are chargeable | States §0:per cent to Distrlct revenues. 4 Sho chemplon of the Cwets: Mew These estimates include the ex-|on the praninition lesve, 1 COntest Ppenses of maintaining the park police force. Maj. M. C. Tyler, engineer of- ficer in charge of the local water sup- ply, probably will g0 before the budget officials within a few days to vember elections Senator 11 fight it out at the | ds, | for United | zdwards is Congressional Victories. Most of the republican congressmen, | opposed in yesterday's battle, seemed today to have been victorious over | the President. defend the estimate of $1,500,000 for continuing work on the new conduit now under construction from Great Falls. Commissioners Hopeful. It is reported that the supplemental estimates of $6,000,000 carry approx- imately $200,000 additional for the new water project. While the Dis- 1 non-organization candidates. Neither democrats nor republicans had a contest for the gubernatorial | nomination. The republicans nomi- | nated State Senator William N. .Run- yon for governor, and the democrats nominated Judge George S. Silger. Rev. Warren T. Coon, Army chap- lain during the war, won the repub- !lican nomination for Congress in the state offices who are in sympathy with the governor's views om pub- lic service. ‘The decision today ef Attorney General Charles D. Newtam to with- draw as a candidate for re-nomina- tion left only the problem of pla- cating Secretary of State John J Lyons standing in the way of com- plete accord. Nominations and adoption of the state platform will be made tomor- row. A touch of color missing in the old- time state conventions is lent to the 1922 convention by the presence of fashionably clad _woman delegates and alternates—285 of the former and 400 of the latter. - Root on Strike Evils. Early adoption by the republican Congress of laws at once prohibiting strikes which “cut off the supply of food or service necessary to the life of the community” and at the same {time protecting the workman's lib- erty, was predicted by Elihu Root. temporary chairman, in his address before the convention ttoday. Touching on the recent rail and coal | strikes, Mr. Root said: “We are all employers and laborers and the general public is apt to be impatient about strikes. So long as { strikes were a contest betyeen labor- ers and employers to secure for labor its fair share of the new wealth which has come to mankind through invention and discovery and applica- tion of science and the art of ganization the sympathies of American public were with | When a strike becomes an attempt to ‘e the public into taking action utting off the supply of food or * to the life of the community, 1 am sure that public feeling goes the other way. Two Kinds of Strike. “I think that in this country we are gradually approaching the point where the law of the land will pro- vide for distinguishing between the two kinds of strikes and protectings the public against compulsion by threat of peril to life or of destruc- tion to the machinery of civilisation, and at the same time protect the workman’s liberty to refuse to work and the workman's liberty to work. If we cannot come to that point then the American government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people’ will fail and a few will rule the many. Perhaps we are approach- ing that point as rapidly as is prac- ticable and wise to attempt. “I am inclined to think that nothing could be better at this stage of perennial process of industrial ad- justment than the condition which has mow been reached through the satience and sympathetic infiuence of That_condition is full and impartial investigation into the rights and wrongs upon which the recent strikes have rested, accom- panied by a clear and uncompromis- ing declaration by the -President of the rule of law and liberty, which is to be applied to the results of the in- vestigation.” Declaring that the five things most needed when President Harding took office were an ending of “the autocratic method of government consented to for the purpose of car- rying on the war; abolition of the immensely extravagant scale of ex- penditure established during the war; restoration of normal industrial pro- duction: establishment of interna- coerc by h i D _ Work trict Commissioners have no way of knowing how much of an impression they made on the budget officlals yesterday, they were extremely opti- mistic today ¥ They said they gained the impres- sion from the hearings yesterday that the men In charge of Uncle Sam's purse strings were inclined to consider carefully and in a fair-mind- ed way the appeal of the District government for an_appropriation bill of approximately $30,000,000. May Continue Park Work. ARhough they may not succeed in obtaining all they have petitioned for, the Commissioners feel confldent ! the District’s contention that a bud- get of only $24,500,000 would mean Tetrogression instead of progress for the National Capital. "It is understood the Commissloners’ estimates contain a small allotment for continuing work on. the Amna- costia Park project. Citizens to Be Heard. A delegation from the Federation of Citizens’ Associations will go before Brig. Gen. Lord, director of the bud- get bureau, this afternoon to support the estimates of the board of educa- tion and the Commissioners for badly ngeded school buildings. 7 The committee also will urge the ‘budget officials to restore to the Dis- trict estimates the funds necessary to grant the statutory employes of the District government salary increases. Have Had No Revision. The federatfon officials will cgll Gen. Lord's attention to the fact that the police, firemen, school teachers and laborers and mechanics in the mu- nicipal service have all had raises in pay during or since the war, while the sevgral hundred clerks in the District building have had no revision in sal- ary. - The federation will be- represented %Chulu A. Baker, president, and il McK. Clayton, chairman a al committee appointed salary increases, hat the budget office will recognize | :: 'journs for a Senate that does less > the | {ional peace and convalescence from from Representative | | . eighth_district Herbert W. Taylor in a tight contest. With only a few districts missing, the clergyman had 8,759 votes to 6,805 for Taylor. Representative Francis F. Patter- son, jr., was renominated by the re- publicans in the first district. Rep- resentative Randolph Perkins also was renominated. He defeated former Representative John R. Ramsey of Hackensack for the republican nomi- nation by about 4,000 votes. Late returns on the republican con- gressional contest in the seventh dis- trict revealed the defeat of Repre- snative Radcliffe by George H. Seger, by about 800 votes. Two other candi- dates were far behind. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ‘WET’ SPRINGFIELD, Mas: September 27.—The democratic state convention sterday adopted a platform, declar- ing ‘that “in the interest of law and good 'health, of civic decency, as well as of true temperance,” the party, al- though opposed to the return of the saloon, believed in “the legal use of beer and light wines.” ¥ The platform assailed the repub- lean tariff act of 1922, condemning “the betrayal of the American peo- ple” by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in his leadership for the adoption of the bill, and favored the payment of adjusted compensation to world war veterans. The report of ths resolutions com- mittee was submitted after a day of conferences among party leaders, in- cluding Senator David I. Walsh, who, as permanent convention chairman, arraigned the republican national ad- ministration. ‘The platformy sald that the demo- crats noted with interest that the only worth while legislation adopted by the republican party in the past two years was that which they deemed unworthy when presented by our great leader, Woodrow Wilson, during his term of office. it deplored “a sterile leadership lodged in an im- potent Senate; a House of Repre- sentatives that does nothing and ad- to the conditjon of feverish excitement incident to the war.” Mr. Root asserted the Harding ad- misistration had accomplished all these. President No Autocrat. The President, he declared, “put an end to autocracy by refusing to be an autocrat, by selecting an able cabinet and being willing to take their advice and let them run their own departments—at the same time deciding inflexiblty, after taking coun- sel, on matters upon which the chiet executive was called to decide.” “With Andrew Mellon holding the shield of protection over the Treas- ury.” he continued, “and Gen. Charles Dawes, with accurate knowledge and torrential enthusiasm, wielding the sword of a crusador, multitudes of fuperfluous employes have crowded the roads away from Washington, and the government establishment i3 resuming its natural and healthy di- mensions.” Mr. Root pointed to the President’s handiing of the rail and coal strikes as evidences of his work in bringing the nation back to normal ‘ndustrial conditions, and cited the five-power conferences at Washinston as evi- dence of his skill as u statesman in international affairs. “The fifth thing I mentioned,” he continued, “Was OUT OWa nerve re- Covery. And behold, while our gov- ernment has been going on in its honest, sincere and kindly way, re- dressing abuses, reconciling differ- ences, and re-establishing a sound conduct of government and life, we find ourselves cured.” He defended Congress against the charge of “do-nothingism,” asserting the true function of a legislative body is “to discuss a multitude of projects, and réfuse action upon at least nine- tenths of them.” TAMMANY LEADER ON HAND. SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 27.— Charles F.-Murphy, leader of Tam- many Hall, 'and a number of dele- gates from Greater New York arrived (Continued on page 2, column 2.) / (Continued on page 2, column 2.) = x LR &% 3