Evening Star Newspaper, October 3, 1922, Page 1

Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press s exclusively entitled to , the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or Dot otherwise credited in this Daper and also the local news published hereln. All rights of publication of special N WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ehded at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 82, at 3:20 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 52, at 5:15 a.m. today. v Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 No. 28,646. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, KEMAL EVACUATES | ALL NEUTRAL ZONE PARLEY OPEAS Peace Conference to Deal Only With Military Mat- A ters Today. TERMS “DISCUSSABLE,” BUT NOT ACCEPTABLE New Neutral Zone and Moving of Greeks From Thrace Seen as Developments. By the Associated Press. NTINOPLE, October 3 (noon).—The Turkish cavalry has retired from its advanced positions in the Chanak area, decreasing the danger of conflict there. . - PARIS, October 3.—A Havas dis- patch from Smyrna, the Turkish na- lionalist headquarters, says it 1is announced the Kemalists have evac- uated the neutral zome along the straits of the Dardanelles. No mention of any evacuation movement by the Turks in the Chanak or other neutral zones has been made in direct dispatches from Constantinople comparatively —near the scene. The situation at Chanak was unchanged as late as yesterday afternoon, a Constantinople message received early today reported. A dispatch to the Times of London from Constantinople last night, how- ever, said the Turks had evacuated Kara-Bigha, on the edge of the Sea of Marmora, close to the zone of the straits, to which they had pushed two days ago, but that, on the other hand, Turkish infantry forces had appeared within the ncutral zone at points_both northeast and south of Chanak. TURKS TO REVEAL TERMS. Outline of Proposals Not ‘“Accepta- ble” to Allies. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 3.—The Turkish Nationalists today will lay before the representatives of the allies at Mudania, the terms on which they are willing to agree to a suspension of military movements. Constantinople dispatches say _the XKemalist proposals, an outline of which has reached the allied headqumsters there, were deemed “discussable, but not acceptable,” by a council - yester- day of the allied higch commissioner, ambassadors, generals and admirals. Franklin Bouillon, the French envoy, whose personal conversations with Mustapha Kemal Pasha made the armistice conference possible, however, expressed the belief that an agreement will be reached. i | Include Formal Guarantees. The Turkish proposals are said to inciude formal guarantees concerning the “evacuation of Thrace by the Greek army, occupation of the terri- tory by allied troops and transfer of the civil administration to Kemalist functionaries. If the amount of space given by the press can be regarded as an index of | popular concern, this country is on the tip-toe of expectancy and curi- osity concerning the result of the meeting. Every London newspaper devotes its principal columns to the subject and furnishes its readers with its own version of what is likely to happen, the main feature of the nu- merous forecasts and speculations being their infinite varfety. It is not yvet definitely known how vmany delegates will attend the con- ference, but it is stated from some sources’ that, in addition to the allied and Turkish generals, the conference will (lpclude M. Franklin-Bouillon and two Greek military representatives. Venizelos Being Watched. T Estimates of the probable duration of the meeting differ considerably, some believing it may *be over in a few hours and others suggesting that days may elapse before a settlement is reached clearing the way for a subsequent peace conference, invita- tion to which it is confidently pre- dicted the Turks will aocept. The optimistic view of the situation taken in Paris is not entirely shared here, but hope seems to predominate. _In anti-Greek quarters the activitles of former Premier Venizelos in Paris and London continde to be viewed with the greatest suspicion. The Daily Press says M. Venizelos has ad. vised the revolutionary government | in Athens to agree in principle to the evacuation of eastern Thrace, but to tell the allies that Greece will not evacuate the territory until the pow- ers have decided to do so as the final peace terms. " Greeks Would Remain. The newspaper says the effect of ,this plan, if adopted, would be that the Greek army would remain in; Thrace for many weeks longer and | that the conditions arising from this inevitably would bring war between | the British and Turks. It calls upon | the British government and public to | “put a stop to the dangerous intrigue. The report that the Washington ad= ministration proposed to intervene in the near eastern situation is given conspicuous publicity and attracts general attention. None of the! papers comments editorially upon it, but any development from _the American side is followed here with the keenest interest and there is a Jarge section of opinion which would heartily welcome any action by the United tates which might help unravel the tangle, Strong doubts are expressed in of- ficial gquarters as to the justifica- tion of the Russian soviet note of protest against a blockade of the Dardanelles, as the British govern- jment has heard of no blockade. It 1s possible, however, that the meas- ures taken against the Turks in the Straits by the allied commanders may have the operative effect of an actual blockade. MILITARY MATTERS FIRST. f By the Associated Presa. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 3.— Only military matters will be taken up at the conference of allied and Turkish nationalist ecommanders at Mudania_tgd: Mrs. Felton, 87, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. .C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1922—THIRTY—SIX PAGES. dispatches herein are also reserved. — Yesterday’s Circulation, 86,620. TWO CENTS. First Woman ‘Senator, Watson’s Successor Widow of Former Congressman—Ac- tive in Politics. Gov.rHardwick An- nouncesCandidacy > in Senate Race. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, October 3.—Mrs. W. H. Felton, eighty-seven years old, of Cartersville, Ga., became the first woman member of the United States Senate today, when she was appoint- ed by Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Thomas E. Watson until the people elect a successor in No- vember. At the same time Gov. Hardwick announced his candidacy to succeed United States Senator Thomas E. ‘Watson of Georgia, who died last week | in Washington, in a formal statement issued here today. The primary .will be held October 17. Net Likely to Serve. ‘Whether Mrs. Felton will actually have the epportunity to qualify and serve as a member of the Senate is doubtful, for her successor will have been elected when the Senate next i meets. She s the widow of Dr. W. H.| Felton of Cartersville, Ga., who served as a member of Congress for several terms. She has long been active in Georgia politics. Many years before the women were granted the right of suffrage Mrs. Felton man- aged her husband's campaign and stumped the district in his behalf. Supported Late Senator. She was a friend of the late Sen- ator Watson and supported Gov. Hardwick in his recent campaign for renomination. The new senator has taken an ac- tive and influential part in political campaigns in Georgia for many years. ATHENS UNDER GRP OF MARTIAL LAW Revolutionary Committee Is Continuing to Direct Pub- lic Affairs. PROMINENT MEN WARY Chief Censor of News Born of “ American Mother and Is Grad- uate of Harvard University. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, October 3.—The revolu- tionary committee still continues all- powerful, and there are daily evi- dences of stern martial law, armed patrols’slowly marching through the | streets. M. Politis has telegraphed from Paris, refusing the portfolio of for- eign minister, but consenting to help the government abroad. M. Diomedes, another prominent Venizelist, how- ever, has accepted the ministry of finance, General indications Venizelists are waiting to see how the internal situation develops, prefer- ring to remain outside the govern- ment until the Venizelist party is definitely summoned to power at the national elections. The British, Italian and Belgian dip- lomatic representatives have signed the visitors’ book at the royal palace, and the Greeks interpret this as the forerunner of actual recognition of George II and the new regime. The ententq countries and America did not recognize King Constantine. The United States, as yet, has taken no local action, diplomatically, since the revolution. Resent French Criticism. The Athenlan newspapers condemn the reported utterances of the French press to the effect that the recent revolution was merely staged to im- press the powers. They are especial- ly aroused over the reported state- ment that proof of the sham char- acter of the revolution can be found in the fact that neither Constantine nor the former premiers have been punished. The Greek press declares the former ministers were only spared summary punishment by the humanitarian in- are that thej . I | | | MRS. W. H. FELTON. On several occasions she addressed the state legislature and has Served as a member of the board of visitors | of the Universityiof Georgla. Mrs. Fe'ton has a' wide acquaintance with leaders in national affairs, and in 1921 conferred with President Harding while he was visiting in St. Augustine. Fla, prior to assuming the presidency. Mre. Felton announced her accept- ance of the appointment. Offered to Mrs. Watson. Gov. Hardwick, in a statement, said he had offered the appointment to Mrs. Watson, the widow of the late senator, “but to my deep regret Mrs. Watson has conveyed the information to me that ill health and an aversion to the public (Continued on Page 2, Columu 8.) OUST RAIL BOARD, BEVERIDGE URGES Transportation Must Be Free, He Says, in Opening Campaign. PRESIDENT 0. K.’S SPEECH Declares Present Economic System Sound—Flays Wilso}l \Ad- ministration, By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 3.—Wheth- er the present cconomic system Is to be developed by the republican party tor revolutionized by the democratic party is the real issue of the times, de- clared Albert J. Beveridge, republican senatorial nominee, in an address here this afternoon opening the {campalgn of his party in Ohlo. The | republican party, Mr. Beveridge said, | holds the theory that the present eco- nomic system is fundamentally sound and that American institutions meet all human situations better than any ex- isting or proposed plan of government. An antagonistic theory, he said, Is “held by a conglomeration of political elemehts made up of the larger frag- ment of the democratic party, social- ists’ organizations and extreme radicals, who are convinced that our whole eco- {nomic system is fundamefitally wrong jand that American institutions are {antiquated and inadequate.” Selection lof one of these two theorles is’ “the | profound and elemental issue” of the times, Mr. Beveridge said. Address O. K.'d' by President. Mr. Heveridge's address inaugu- rating the campaign of the Ohio republcans was made at the request of President Harding, and in his opening remarks he declared that the President’s administration has made progress “unequaled and unap- proached during the same time by that of any other existing govern- iment.” He added that “until pros- perity is fully restored a republican Congress is as indispensable as a republican President.” Continuing - throughout the greater e IROug louts theidgreater (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Indiana’s | tervention of the French and British ministers and other diplomatic rep- resentatives here. It also is.reiter- ated that Constantine was dethroned —_— . the political aspects | e constituted | on Page 2, Column assembly, because the people objected to his principles. < A recently posted announcement at the Central Telegraph station in- forms the foreign press correspond- ents that the . censorship of their telegrams will henceforth operate at the press bureau of the foreign office. This is signed “by order of the com- mittee of revolution.” ‘The turn of the political wheel has brought & Greek, who is well known in America, and whose mother is an American, into the important position of director of the press bureau and chief censor. This is F. Demetrius Kalapothakis, whose mother is a na- tive of Massachusetts, and who him- self was ltated from Harvard, olass of '88, and for seven years was ‘connected with the "American lega- tion here. Leaders Hold Aloof. Developments indicate the tenden- cy of prominent Greeks to hold aloof until the internal situation is clari- fied. ¥ The former premiers now under ar- rest are being removed to an island near Piraeus, where they will be re- leased on parole under military su- pervision. Their friends continue to show apprehersion as to their safety, but Col. Gonatas. of the executive committee, has promised they e " Siors upSial-sourts- i3 their tr! ore -special courts " to by the next national ‘VICE ADMIRAL LONG REACHES GIBRALTAR Will Transfer Flag to Cruiser Pittsburgh, Then Proceed to Near East. . | By the Assoclated Press. ! GIBRALTAR,.. October 3.—The United States dreadnaught Utah, with Vice Admiral A. T. Long,” comman- der-in-chief of the European station, has arrived here.” She will await the arrival of the cruiser Pittsburgh, to which. the flag will We tranaferred, the Piftsburgh then becoming the flagship of the American naval forces, in Eurppean waters. The cruiser Pittsburgh sailed from Philadelphia yesterday.. Her ultimate s odr ‘cast. S zutnuuon is “the = lbfll touch at the Islands be- re: Utah, which will return to. America) m':l‘;::hl !’ni,lb::fl. with ]f?u 'Atl-n 0 " pro NORED.C.FONDS | | MAY BE ALLOWED BY BUDGET BUREAL Likely to Raise Limit of $24,- 500,000 by Half Supple- mental Estimates. LARGER APPROPRIATION FOR STREETS FORECAST Gen. Lord’s Assistant in Confer- ence With Commissioners—De- cision Not Yet Made Public. Belief that the budget bureau will raise the limit of $24,500,000, which it has placed on District estimates for next year, was strengthened today, when Capt. Redmond D. Stephens, Gen. Lord's assistant, went to the District building for a conference with the Commissioners. The only definite statement that could be obtained following the meeting was that Capt. Stephens had called for “ad- ditional information” on the local budget. More Street Funds Seen. ©The very fact that he was closeted with the city fathers, however, was re- garded as an indication that the budget officials have been impressed vy the evi- dence submitted by the Commissioners to show that $24,500,000 would not meet the barest needs of the community for the next fiscal year. It is considered significant that Maj. E. S. Besson, assistant engineer com- missioner, in charge of highways, en- tered the conference room while Capt. Stephens and Daniel J. Donovan, Dis- trict budget officer, were there. This gave rise to the report that the budget office is planning to allow at least a part of the $1,000,000 asked for by the Commissioners in their supplemental estimates for paving the main arteries of travel in the capital. $3,000,000 More Likely. ‘Whiles the budget bureau may not find its way clear to recommend to Congress all of the $6,000,000 sought by the Commissioners in excess of the $24,500,000, the opinion prevails at th District building that at least half of the supplemental estimates will be included. ‘The necessity for the supplemental estimates becomes apparent when it is remembered thal the regular budget carries only about $600,000 for | new achool-bufldings and approxi- m:l_‘ly $50,000 for new ‘street paving jobs.. It probably will be ten days or two weeks ‘longer before the budget bu- reau decides definitely how much it AMBULANCE WAITS FOR AVIATOR WHO LOSES PLANE WHEELS IN AIR By the Associated Press. MT. CLEMENS, Mich., October 3.— Cape-Bert E. Skeel of the 24th Squad- ron of the Army aero first pursuit group, was recovering today from in- juries sustained yesterday when he landed without a landing gear on Self- ridge field in an airplane he had driven in a test flight preparatory to the Pulitzer air race October 14. As he rose for his trial spin the wheels of his landing gear fell from the machine. Unaware of the accident, although other fliers made frantic efforts to warn him of his danger, Capt. Skeel circled over Lake St. Clair for half an hour, then returned to the field and crashed in landing. Hundreds of Army and Navy aviators who saw the flyer's danger vainly at- temped to signal him. A dozen birdmen took the air and circled about Skeel. The latter, however, believed the others were challenging him to a race and sped away. As Skeel returned over the fleld other officers wheeled landing gear into view and dangled wheels from other machines in the effort to trans- mit their message. They were unable, however, to make the aviator realize his plight. Injuries Not Serious. When it was seen that a crash was inevitable an ambulance was brought to the fleld. When Skeel crashed his friends rushed to him and removed him from the wrecked plane uncon- scious. At a hospital later it was learned his injuries probably will not prove serious. Capt. Skeel will drive one of the Army entries in the Pulitzer race. KUEHLING BLAMES |GREENE IS GULTY, will recommend to Cong"us for the District' government. SPECIAL POLICE Commissioners Ask 350,000 to Proyide Extra Force During Convention. A special appropriation of $50,000 will be asked of Congress by the Commissioners for special police pro- tection during the Shriners’ conven- tion next summer. This was decided on at a board meeting this morning, at which a joint resolution was drafted for sub- mission to the Senate and House, and is similar in character to the legisla- tion usually asked for at inaugura- tion time. Authority te Commissioners. In addition to appropriating neces- sary funds, the joint resolution would give the, Commissioners authority to make all reasonable regulations for the period of the convention, includ- ing handling of the traffic problem. In a letter of recommendation to the Commissioners, Maj. Daniel Sulli- van, superintendent of police, states that it is conservatively estimated that during the three days of the ses- sion there will be at least 350,000 vis- itors in the city and that for the ten days prior to the convention the aver- age daily number of visitors will be Out-of-Town Detectives Expected. The major says that Inspector Grant, chief of detectives, estimates that from 27'to 100 out-of-town de- tectives will be needed’ to afford the visitors protection against pickpock. ets and confidence men who always follow in the wake o large gather- Ings. OHIO COAL. PRICE SET AT $3.56—$4.86 PER TON Prices Become Effective Oct. 10. Greater Part Between $3.56 and $3.75. , By the ited Press. COLX 'S, Ohio, October 3.—Fair B FOR SHRIE NEET: fof valuable pearls in my pocket. They Threats to Have Him Arrest-, Recommends. Accused Ser- ed for Board Bill Made geant Be Demoted to Her Despondent. Private. Special Dispatch to The Star. Sergt. J. Willard Greene of the ELDORADO - SPRINGS, Mo., Octo- | third precinct, said to be the wealthi- er 3—Roy H. Kuehling, now held!est member of the police force, was in jail gt Nevada, Mo., charged with! found guilty of three charges $y the felonious assault and attempt to kill! police trial board, which heard his his wife, Kathleen Kuehling, at the | case several days ago. home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.| The trial board recommended “that John D. Whitesell, ten miles south-|the defendant be reduced in rank east of Eldorado Springs, made the| from sergeant to private, class 3.” following statement last night, when| Charges on which the board re- interviewed at Nevada: turned a verdict of guilty were: “My wife’s parents threatened tq( Neglect of duty, violation of a spe- while I was at the Whitesell home, : force driving an automobile while on and would not give me my clothes! quty and making alleged untruthful when I wanted to go to Kansas City | gtatements. z to seek employment. One morning I! Chairman Wahly of the trial board packed my suit cases and started for | gleq the verdict at police headquar- Eldorado Springs, and was approach- ! ters at noon today. Sergt. Greene ed at the road by my wife's father, | now has the right to note an appeal who took my suit cases away from | to the Commissioners if he sees fit. me and started to the house with them. Before he reached the house I told him he could see what the suit ELECTIONS 'N ARKANSAS. cases contained and then give them to me. This he would not do, and I threatened to have him arrested:: Again to Be Named. Fearing arrest, he insisted that I| pimrrE ROCK, Ark. October 3.— would not take this action, as it|pariy indications today point to a would cause a lot of talk in thejjgnt vote In the state-wide elections WhiteseH neighborhood, and insisted |in Aricansas, with the re-election of that Istay. However, 1 came to El-!g,y T €. McRae and the naming dorada Springs and consulted an “'yslozhe entire democratic state ticket torney, who advised me to g0 aWay | by the usual majorities. Little inter- and get work, and when I told my!egt has been shown in the various attorney that Whitesell would not!contests for state offices, although the glve me my suit cases, and if I took|republicans put a complete ticket in them they would call Eldorado|tpe field. Springs authorities. and have me ar- | ' T, amber of counties where re- rested for my board bill, he sai pu:u:a?\ and independent candidates Semt Gems by Mother. for local offices are in the fleld warm . contests are being staged. “ ‘Put all you can on your person.’ . This I did, and is the reason I was wearing two suits of clothes when I EX'WIFE STAYS IN -lA“-- b eants e o, rnEe | mACOMA, Wash., October 3.—Mra Johanna Ryan has spent her tenth day in. jail here for refusing to sign her Entire Democratic State Ticket ‘were sent by registered mail to Eldorado PARENTS OF WIFE] SAYS POLICE BOARD, have me arrested for my board bill, cial order agalnst members of the | Springs by my mother in Washington. “It was my intention to pawn the pearls in Kansas City, in order to have enough money to get along with until I name_to. certain papers that would ef- fect a\gettlement of community prop- e:'cty be':;eenr!wrle“ and the husband from whom she obtaimed a divorce in I Byan today relterated ner deter- mination not to sign the papers, and Judge B. M. , who ordered her to append her -signature, said he would negotiate with her no further. found work. My mother Wrote me while I was at the itesell home. to come to ‘Washington and bring Kathleen with me, and that my brother Ben would get me a position. My mother wanted me " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) prices for Ohio coal will range from $3.56 to $4.36 a ton at the mines, un- der the emergency fuel law recently enacted at the request of Gov. Dav! and will become effective October 10, it was announced today at the goy- ernor’s office. Seventy-five to el coal mined in the da; to $3.56 and $3.76 a ton, it was said. The schedule provides that 26 cents more a ton be en-?ed for lump coal, and 26 cents less for aslack. making Gibraltar fo relieve the | Star Base Ball Extras EGINNING 'tomorrow, The Star will issue a_sporting extra each day, during = the world series. The extra, in addition to -a running story of -the p].yb? innings and TS 1BOY SKATER KILLED BY TOWING AUTO Sudden Swerve of Machine Throws Lad to Ground as Hold Is Broken. SKULL FRACTURE FATAL ; Eleven-Year-Old School-Bound Pu- pil Dies From Injury After Ar- rival at Hospital. was broken by a sudden swervi the machine, eleven-year-old Rich- ard Henry Bowling, Jjr., a rolier- i skater, was fatally. injured at $:30 {this morning on L street between 12th and 13th streets. The boy was picked up in an auto- mobile operated by Mr. Downing of 718 C street northeast and rushed to George Washington University Hos- pital. He died there at 9:55 before an operation could be performed. Death was caused by a fracture of the base of the skull The operator of the automobile to which he was hanging at the rear has not been located. Police believe that he did not know that a child ‘was stealing a roller skate ride from his machine and consequently was had taken place. = Father Near Collapse. The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Henry Bowling of 1214 K street. The- father, who is an em- ploye of a glass works, arrived at the hospital shortly before 10:30. Infor- mation tyat his son had been killed in an accident brought him to the verge of a breakdown. The boy's mother, who is employed in a gov ernment department, w: came to the hospital some time after her husband had arrived there. Young Bowling, who was a pupil in_the Thomson School, 12th ana K streets, was on his v to morning classes when the accident took place. Samuel King and Philip Gingeras, both of 1221 L street, saw the acci- dent. Thex told police at the second precinct that the boy was on roller skates coming up L street, with his hands holding the mud guards of an automobile, when they first saw him. The machine veered sharply, they said, apparently to avoid a depression in the roadway and the boy's hold was broken. Crashes to.Ground. He went crashing to the ground and lay there in a heap. The motorist continued without increasing speed or glancing around. Besides the deceased son. Mr. and Mrs. Bowling are the parents of John Bowling, aged twenty-two, and Kath- erine Bowling, aged sixteen. Fu- neral arrangements had not been completed this afternoon. = Coroner Nevitt announced that an inquest will be conducted in this case tomorrow at 1. —_— FOREST FIRES, FANNED BY GALE, PERIL TOWNS Tw‘enty-liile Wind Increases Anx- iety of Officials Directing Fight Against Blazes. DULUTH, Minn., October 3.—¥orest fires raging throughout northern Minnesota the past two weeks were bemng fanned early today by a twenty-mile wind, which sprang up during the night and greatly in- creased anxiety of forestry officials. Should the wind: continue, more than a dozen villages would be en- dangered. The towns include El- mere, Cotton, Shaw and Palmer, Reports from Pike Lake said a fire forty miles away blazed up furiously today and was visible to residents there. Constantine and Party Arrive on Greek Warship. By the Associated Press. PALERMO, Sicily, ‘ arrived, here t ‘with th I (i b ignorant of the fact that an accident | s notified and | mer King Constantine of Greece, going into exile after his second abdication, 11 o’clock this morning | watlked down the steps of the build- of %l party on board tria, - (TRAINMEN R Thrown to the. ground when his Mississippi | i | | 1 ETAN PRESENT PAY IN PACTWITH ROADS Conductors Also Sign Agree- ment With 49 Lines. Rules Continued. TRACK WORKERS WIN RAISE, SAYS REPORT Rail Labor Board Expected to An- nounce Increase of Minimum From 23 to 35 Cents. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 3.—A new agreo- ment maintaining the old rates of pay and rules and working conditions was signed today by representatives of approximately forty-nine r: roads and subsidiaries and the Broth- erhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors. The agreement, which will be in effect until October 21, 1923, besides maintaining old wage levels and rules, including time and one-half for overtime affer eight hours, was con- sidered by the employes' organiz. tions as favorable to them. Grie ance committees of the trainmen organizations on nineteen roads enter- ing Chicago had approved the agree- ment before W. G. Lee, president of the trainmen, and L. E. Sheppard, | president of the conductors, affixed their signatures today. Withdraw All Disputes. The western managers, headed by W. M. Jeffers, general manager of the Union Pacific raiircad, were said to have been mindful of the long-main- tained attitude of the train service brotherhoods in living up strictly to their agreements with the roads and to have made some concessions in the progress of the negotiations which began yesterday. Under the agreement all disputes pending before the United States Railroad Labor Board will be with- drawn, Today's agreement principal r: and travers 2 included the Iroads entering Chicago ng territory west of the fver, and” wicth agre hold on the rear of an automobile MeNnts signed with ‘eastern lines ap- aRoF. proximately three-fourths of the rail- road mileage of the country now has signed up with the trainmen and conductors, Mr. Lee announced. Be- sides those roads which actually signed the agreement today, others, cording to both representatives of the roads and brotherhouds. are ex- pected to accept the same agreement. Trackmen Await Decision. Four hundred thousand railroad maintenance of way workers today await the decision of the United States Railroad Labor Board on their appli- cation for increased wages. In announcing that the order proh- ably would be forthcoming today, the board gave no advance indication of the scope of its ruling, but left a gen- eral impression th the minimum scale, ranging from 23 to 35 cents an hour, would be increased. The wage hearing whic closed yes- terday followed negotiations begun cr the trackmen had voted to ike, and after the shop crafts had walked out in protest against the July 1 wage cuts. E. F. Grable, presi- dent of the maintenance men, helid the threatened strike in abeyance when the board granted a rehearing on the pay question. CREEKS L 28 TURKS INTHE NEUTRAL 20 | Tnvasion of Chatalja Area by Ir- regulars Provokes Hostilities, Is Cofistantinople Report. CONSTANTINOPLE, Twenty-six Turkish irregulars, cluding one officer, were killed by the Greek forces after the Turk’s in- vasion of the Chatalja neutral zone yesterday, accerding to a communique issued by the Creek commander-in- chief Gen. Polymenakos. October in- A Constantinople dispatch yeste day said a band of 800 Turkish regulars crossed the border of Thrace at Sinekli and attacked the Greek outposts. The Turks were thrown back across the \.boundary after the arrival of Greek reinforcements. PARENTS MUST ACCEPT CHILD AS THEIR OWN Face Charge of Abandonment. Declare Boy, and Not Daughter, Was Born to Them. JERSEY CITY, N. J, October Five weeks ago, when nurses at,the Bergen Sanitarium handed Mrs. Bertha Rich a baby, announcing it was her daughter, she declined to accept the child, declaring she had given birth to a boy. % The baby remained in the care of the mothers’ institutte while Mrs. Rich and her husband Edward sought legal aid in an effort to prove that a mistake had been made by the hos- pital. Today Mr. and Mrs. Rich will appear before Poormaster George Murray, who announces he will give them twenty-four hours to accept the child or face charges of abandonment. — EXILED KING AT PALERMO| GLASS PIERCES HEART. 1LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 3.— James Thomas, fourteen, a student at the Inglewood High School, trying to prevent a door from slamming, October 3.—For- | thrust his hand through the glass parel and a sliver of glass plerced his heart. As if nothing had happened, he ing. Then hg collapsed and death cage quickly.