Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Hig 4 p.am. yvesterday; lowest, am. today. Full report on hest, 84, at 58, at 5:30 Page 4. No. 28,647. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 25 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTO ¢ Foening St « WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION A L ) D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1922—-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. D NEAR EASTERN PEAGE PROPOSALS _Mudania Conference Opens With Acceptance of Allied Terms in Principle. TURKISH ARMY ORDERED NOT TO ATTACK BRITISH | Gen. Harington Reports Parley With Angora Envoy Is Yield- ing Results. | By tiie Associated Press. LONDON, October 4.—An agree- ment has been concluded between the allied generals and Ismet Pasha, the Tarkish nationalist rep- rexentative, who have been in con- sultation at Mudania over the auestion of an armistice, says an xchange Telegraph message from Constantinople today. It ix ex- pected, it is added, the protocol will be signed today. > ANTINOPLE, October 4.— The Turkish nationalists have ac- : ciple the allied note | near eastern settle- was announced here this A communique issued by Gen. Harins | n-cnie ferenc on, the British commander- . regarding the Mudania con- which he is attending, 1o conference is proceeding satis ctorily and that Ismeg Pasha, the nationa representative, has re- issued orders to the nationalist troops to avoid all contact with the! | British French Communique. The French official communique says The prelimin eeting of the I at Mudani te ¥y morning and ended with draft of the protocol. Thanks to conciliatory ~ disposition mani- th sides, there was no | an agreement the clauses as ' is for the peace conference. he meeting ended at $ pm. and resumed this morning at 10. Dur- . ing the interval the allied wenerals exchanged v n order to examine ' the non-fundamental objections of the Turkish The general im- pression v satisfactory. The ival o reek military mis including Cols. Platiras and rivannis, is expected this morn- The joint aliled_note to Mustap? Kemal Pasha, the Turkish nationalist leader, was dispatched September 23 * from Paris, signed by Premier Poin- for France, Lord Curzon for Britain_and Count Sforza for In it the three allied gover invited the Angora assembly conference at Venice or else- | with plenipotentiaries of | t Britain, France, Italy, Japan,i umania, Jugoslavia and Greece, with the object of negotiating and con- solidating a_final treaty of peace Detween Turkey. Greece and the al- fed pow Regarding the terms the note stated: e governments take this to declare that they view the desire of Turkey to Thrace as far as the River and including Adrianople.” Gist of Note. The note promised the willing sup- | port of the three governments to the drawing of a frontier line on this basis on condition that the Angora sovernment did not send armies into the neutral zones during the peace negotiations. The note declared it would be understood that steps would be taken in drawing such a treaty to sufeguard tne interests of Turkey and her neighbors by.demilitarizing “cer- tain zones to be fixed, to obtain peace- *ful and orderly re-establishment of s authority, ¢ to as- effectively under the league of nations maintenance of the freedom of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Mar- mora and the Bosporus, as well as s 0 vhere a of such a tr T opportu with fa; recover JMa. a ! | allied governments promised to | support the admission of Turkey to th league of nations, to withdraw | their troops from Constantinople as Soon as the peace treaty became ef- fective and to use their influence to obtain the retirement of the Greek forces to a line fixed by the allied generals in agreement with the Greek and Turkish military authorities be- fore the opening of the conference. Insist on Neutrality. The note stipulated that the Angora government in return for allied in- tervention would undertake not to send troops before or during the peace conference into the neutral zones and not cross the Dardanelles or the Sea of Marmora into Thrace. A conference’ at Mudania between Kemal Pasha and the allied generals to fix the Greek line of retirement | was suggested. \ GREEK: ENVOY TO PARLEY. Col. Plastiras Will Attend Meet- ing at Mudania. By the Associated Press. . Departure from Athens of Col. Plastiras, a leader of the Greek revo- «Jutionary party, to take part in the Mudania gonference, was announced in dispatéhes received today by the Greek legation here. The legation's advices gave no details of the Mu- dania negotiations, but they denied officially a report that new paper money was to be issued by the revo- lutionists and confirmed that the directing committee had made known its decision “to recognize the Oecu- menfc Patriarch Meletios, so as to put an end to the disunion of the church.” $ LAWSON STILL MISSING. BOSTON, October 4.—Some anxiety was expressed by close friends of Thomas W. LAwson today as time continued to,pass without word of him. The fifancier, who has ordered his great South Shore estate sold to liquidate his assets, has not been heard from since Monday, when he left Southwest Harbor, Me. - Friends continued to express belief that he was on the way to Oregon to vi»xill his daughter, Mrs. Henry Mc- all. Oregon dispatches last night said Afrs. McCall had not heard, from her Hather, i LR} N jurging - adoption of all Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this Daper and also the local news published herein, dispatches All rights of pubiication of spectsl s herein are alsc reserved. _Yemrdly ’s Circulation, 88,—245 TWO CENTS. KENALISTS AGREE | Venizelos Asks U. S. to Urge Allied Occupation of Thrace Former Premier Calls on Ambassador Harvey at London—Constantine’s Act of Abdication Disappear L By the Assaciated Press. LONDON, October 4—Former Pre- mier Venizelos of Greece called on Ambassador Harvey today and asked the ambassador to send a message to Washington requesting the United States government to intercede with the allies and request them to occupy Thrace pending the final disposition of that territory. The ambassador, in his weekly con- ference with jeurnalists, said that the ormer Greek premier had/told him at he had sent to the Greek revolu- tionary government an ultimatum containing three points. The three points were: First. The allies must Th occupy ce. sccond. The revolutionary Greek government must recognize that east- ern Thrace must eventually be re- turned to Turkey. Third. Greek troops must evacuate Thrace immediately. Ambassador Harvey then added | that former Premier Venizelos stated that if these terms were accepted he would represent Greece abroad und also undertake to get allied support. Seek U. S. Position. The visit of the former Greek pre- mier to London has been shrouded in mystery, especially during his nego- tiatfons with the British foreign office. Ambassador Harve; an- nouncement today cleared the situa- tion. It was asserted that M. Venize- los was listened to very sympathet- lly by the British, but real en- uragement for his plans was lack- ing. It was understood that he was told that the British commitments to the allied note regarding Thrace could not be granted without securing the support of France. this failed, it was suggested U first 1f, him’| { that help mizht come from the United | States, and that in that ev.nt Great Britain would be in a bette position to help. cago Daily News. By Cable to The Copyright, 19 October 4.—M. morning that Greece SMYRNA REFUREES | ARE GIVEN RESPTE Turks Extend Time Limit for Evacuation Until Oc- tober 8. U. S. RELIEF SHIP ARRIVES Kemalist Soldiers Assist in Round- | But Other Nations Must Be Given | Up of Christians to Be Deported. By the Associated Press. " SMYRNA, October 4.—The local Turkish authorities have extended the time limit for the evacuation of the Christian refugees from Smyrna to October 8, owing to the discovery in the suburbs of considerable numbers lof persons who had been unable to leave under the provisions of the original Turkish invitation. These refugees now are heing marshaled by the Turkish gendarmes in a house-to-house search and are being turned over to the American relief committee for embarkation. The American destroyer Parrott has arrived at the Island of Mytilene with an additional relief unit under Byron MacDonald of Philadelphia and Dr. Mabel Elliot of Fort Worth, Tex. Tl;‘a vessel also carrled 5,000 loaves of bread. The destroyer Lawrence went to the Island of Marmora., where a large group of réfugees had been reported in distress, but found the situation not_serious and therefore proceeded to Rodosto with its cargo of bread, in charge of George White of Grinnell, Towa. From the Chesme peninsula British relief workers evacuated 6,000 Ar- menians.and 1.200 were taken by the American destroyer MacLeish, which now is going to Aivali. There are now 15,000 refugees on the Island of Tenedos, near the entrance to the Dardanelles. Formal celebration of the Turkish victory over the Greeks took place here yesterday with mass meetings, speeches and parades, followed by a banquet in the evening. Similar cele- bations were held simultaneously in Angora and Brusa. The Smyriia_demonstrators semt a memorial to the, national assembly, necessary measures to insure “Turkey for the Turks.” TO SAVE SMYRNA FRUIT, American Attache Denies Whole Crop Was Destroyed. Investigation has shown that dam- age done by the Turkish forces to the railroads and fruit-packing es- tablishments in Smyrna and sur- rounding regions was not so serious as first reported, Commercial Attache Hall, stationed at Athens, today ad- vised the Department of Commerce. Approximately one-half of the fruit crop probably will be saved and trans- portation facilities can be restored ‘without great difficulty, Mr. Hall add- ed, basing. his report on a personal tour of the region. -KLAN IN NEW ENGLAND. BOSTON, October 4.—The Ku Klux Klan invasion of New England has been extended to every state, it was announced at the first public as- sembly of the organization in great- er Boston. Dr. William Mahoney of Augusta, Ga., announced as the su- preme lecturer, was a speaker. The meeting was marked by the usual klan features of white robes, hoods and masks and a large illuminated cross, st Venizelos ! this_effect is said to have been exacted from Athens before Venizelos consented to rep- resent the new Greek government. Abdication Paper Loxt. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, October 4.—Constantine’s act of abdication has disappeared. The document is said to have been seized by military officers sympathiz- ing with the deposed monarch in an effort to save him his throne. These tofficers believed, it i revolutionary troops would the old king when they g reece on arriving from the Aegian 11slands, where the revolution Former ~ Premier jsent the original document to th ional printing plant, but the offi- prevented its reproduction and, assumed, made away with it sed to give Acting Premier Krokidas a let- ter sent him by Constantine regard- ing his abdication. Move to Save King. I LONDON, October 4.—The of the act of abdication of King Constantine of Greece hs | teriously d | Keuters dispatch from Athens. | .Former Premier Triantifillakos, adds the dispatch, declares the docu- ment was sent to the official printing office, but that certain oflicers pre- vented its publication and he now unaware of its whereabouts. He is receipt of a letter from the former king on the subject of his abdication, and intends to turn this over to the acting premier. It is contended that the disappea ance of the abdication document the work of Constantinean who believed there would be agreement among the revolut soon as they landed secret pledge to that the H original who thus soushi to s guard the throne for Constantin ¢ {®Rumors of possible efections among the revolutionists were widely circulated while they were en route to the capital. A ‘According to a dispateh to the Daily News from Palermo the local hotels were unable to furnisi ac tions for former King Constantine a is party, and that they probably g Taormin southw for a fortni eed either i Pin Rome says the p; about the streets o went on board the steamer BRITONURGESU. . T0 WAIT ON DEBTS |Former Chancellor of Ex- chequer Suggests Confer- ances on War Liabilities. 1 |ENGLAND IS ABLE TO PAY Time, He Tells Bankers. By tlie Associated Press. iW YORK, October 4.—Definite postponement of any payment of the jropean nations, with the exception of England, until the actual amount which such natlons could ultimately pay - has been determined by con- ferences between the creditor and the debtors, was suggested by the Rt. Hon. Reginald McKenna, . former chancellor of the British exciequer, {in an address before the Amé&iican | Bankers' Association convention here today. Mr. McKenna also gave as his opin- ion that Germany might be able to pay as reparations ‘in the immediate future about ome billion dollars, de- rived from her foreign balances and the sale of Yoreign securities. Such a payment, he asserted, would only be possible if all other demands are postponed for a definite period. long enough to stabilize the mark. Future demands at the expiration of that perlod, he said, must be limited to the portable surplus at that time. The speaker, who is chairman Of the London Joint City and Midlana Bank, Limited, sald to be the largest bank 'in Great Britain, gave his views on the economic aspects of repara- tions and international debts, how they are payable, the general capac- ity 6f a debtor country to pay and the effect of payment. Not a Political Issue. “If I have become convinced,” ke said, “that any attempt to enforce payment beyond the debtor's ability is jSJartous to the international trade of the whole world, lowers wages, re- duces profits and is an indirect cause .of unemployment, the conclusion Is founded solely on economic grounds and is uninfluenced by any political consideration and regard for the moral obligations of the debtors.” ‘While. he stated that he was not in politics and did not appeal in any representative character as a British banker, he argued that England has the capacity to pay her debt to the United States, and, he continued, "1 can unhesitatingly assert her deter- mination to honor her bond in f The remaining international debts, he stated, should he considered as ones in_which the United States and England are equally concerned and in which both have the same interest as creditors. ¥ The question to be fnvestigated in connection with the German repara- tions, he said, is not Germany's ca- pacity to produce wealth, but her caj ty to pay foreign debts. The Versdilles experts who figured that Germany could pay $120,000,000,000 in reparations were in error on that point, he asserted. Germany Needs Market. “Nobody has ever doubted Ger- many’s immense power to produce,” he continued,” “but production by itself is not enough. She must find a market for her exports, and the problem thus becomes one of deter- mining\ the possible ektension of (Continued on 1 {Only Thirty Stand in Line Over- | rted. * Triantafilakos | m the | n! | officers | ommoda- | 35,000 IN STANDS FOR INITIAL GAME OF WORLD SERIES: Throngs Flock to Polo Grounds for Second New York Family Row. NEHF AND BUSH READY T0 HURL FOR OPENER night—Nick and Al on Hand to Amuse Crowd. | |How Teams Faced GIANTS. Bancroft, s.s. Giroh, 3b. Frisch, 2b. Meusel, If. Young, rf. Kelly, 1b. Stengel, cf. Scott, ss. Snyder, c. Bush, p. Nehf, p. Umpires—Klem behind the plate; Hildebrand at first, | | McCormick at second, Owens at third. YANKEES. Witt, cf. Dugan, 3b. Ruth, If. Pipp, 1b. Meusel, rf. Schang, c. Ward, 2b. | By the Associuted Press, POLO GROUNDS, iber 4—The two | the Giants and the today in their second family fight for the honor: of the annu world’'s ser Thirty-five thousand sp itors, made up of local citizenry with hundreds from out of town, flocked out to the the iintern ne betwecn the nners of the National and American | leagues renewed after an last October, whe ihe Fanks bag and bag New York, Octo-! w Yo teams— s—engaged | { Polo Grounds to see embroglio a ce ing | jdebts owed the United States by Eu-| Page 2, Column 2.) \l day for the wam: | A coppery sun glowed in a cloudles: and there w mid-summer | rmth in the October air. “If this weather holds we shall see | some pitching.” said Bob Shawkey, | the Yankee “for vou can't hurlcr, beat the old sun for oiling up soup | | bones Mad Rush Absent. I | New York took its local world ies calmly. A New York team was bound to win, anyhow, and there was no mad rush for the unreurved! sections in the upper grandstands and ‘bleachers. There was plenty of room for the early comers and there ! were seats to spare at noon. The { reserved sections in the lower grand- | {stand, with every seat sold, did not | {fill up until game time, of course.! The usual brass band was on hand| to keep the early-comers good | humor. Nick Altrock and Al Schaacht | did their base ball clowning aéts be- | fore the game. | All the players of the two ctubs ! reported in_good condition, except, McQuillan. the Giant pitcher, who | a batted ball in | was slightly hurt b practice vesterday. and the “stone-| bruise twins” Nehf and Bush. who | have about recovered from similar ailments to their heels and were ready to oppose each other oh the hurling hill today. Babe Ruth said| { he was in shape to play and did not | think his wrenched side would both- | er him. ! Stick *Em Over, Says Babe. “Let 'em stick the ball ove said the Babe, who hustled about the club- house, “I'll swing alright. Same ball in both leagues, you know, and it will travel just as far if I get hold of it.” An engrossed testimonial signed by Gov. Allen C. Ritchie of Maryland, Brother Paul, head of St. Mary's In- | ustrial School of Baltimore, and lothers was presented to Babe Ruth before the game. Ruth went to school at St. Mary’s. The presen ion was made by T. H. Riley and committee from Balti- more. The Giants were the technical home folks for the first game and were early on the field, taking a long bat- ting practice. George Kelly, first baseman of the Giants, crashed a! couple in the bleachers to the de- | | | light of the throng. Only Thirty in Line. But thirty persons were in line be- fore the gates at the Polo grounds at midnight. In past years a consider- able crowd assembled before the gates early in the evening preceding the opening of the world series and re- {mained patiently in line until the tickets were placed on sale at 10 a.m. Bernard Berrgran of Brooklyn, who | reached the Polo grounds at 4:30 | o'clock yesterday afternoon held first | position in the line and Le¢lie Carpen- ter, sixteen, an office boy, was second. Irving Amsterdam, Hoboken, N. J., was third, and Benjamin Berman, Cle- veland, Ohlo, was number four. Most of the early arrivals carried a s0ap box or camp stool, while several spread newspapers on the ground and attempted to sleep. About 600 persons stood in the thin, crooked lines leading up to the ticket booths after breakfast. Grandmother Dead Again. A Manhattan office boy. whose grandmother gave up the ghost for the tenth time vesterday. was first in one of the lines. In the line was a middle-aged negro woman. “I done all de washin’ and Iron’ T'se agoin’ to do dis_week, and heah 1 1s,” she laughed. She said she had bet $50 the Yanks would win the series. ‘Well up near the head of the 8th avenue line were Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Letcher of Toronto, who arrived in New York at 4 o’clock this mornin and hurried from the Pennsylvania station to the Polo Grounds in a taxl. Mrs. Letcher was asked who she was rooting for and replied: “I am root- ing for Babe Ruth. I camegl! the way to root for Babe.” EXPLOSION KILLS THREE. JOPLIN, Mo., October 4.—Three men were killed in two explosions which occurred at the plant of the General Explosives Company, north- west of the city, late last night. Con- tents of a mixhouse and a tankhouse exploded. The explosions shook buildings in tol‘i"ls within a radius of twenty-five miles, A geletin mixhouse was first to ex- plode. Flames from this building set fire to a nitroglycerin tank, which also exploded. Several large buildings in Joplin were shaken, but no serious damage ‘was done here. - The extent of the damage was not ascertained early this morning, Army to Stage On Mall Friday Afternoon The first of a series of sham battles to be staged here by the Army will place Fri afternoon on the Mall, between 2d and 41z steeets, just west of the Botanic Garden. Heretofore pu xhibitions of how modern warfare conducted ave been ned to reservations wh troops are in training. their distances from the s limiting the ance. The War Department has now completed arrangements to have se eral rations held in Was the direction of con e demaons ington under DEMOCRAT LIKELY INWCUMBER SEAT Expect 0’Connor Will Defeat Ex-Gov. Frazier in North Dakota. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. FARGO, N. D.. October 4.--J. F. T. O'Connor, democrat, has better than an even chance to defeat former Gov. Lynn Frazier, labeled republican, for the seat in the United States Senate to be vacated by Senator McCumber, republican. But before vou jump to the con- clusion that this means something nationally, please be informed that Mr. O'Connor is really the candidate of the regular republican organiza- tion which Is recognized by the na- tional republican committee, and which was supplied with funds in 1920 by Will Hays and his associates. Things Topsy-Turvy. For things are tops the fact that Mr. O'Connor, who w nominated In the democratic pri- maries, is openly supported by the re- publicans, means that the Independent Voters' Association, the organization created to combat the Non-partisan League, is delighted to. administer another defeat to the league. On the surface it would seem as if Mr. O'Connor should have much the better of it because in 1920, when he was running for governor against Mr, Frazier the latter won by about 5.000 votes, while Mr. Harding car- | ried the state for President by 122,000 majority. Mr. O'Connor is a strong candidate and one of the best Speak- ers North Dakota has ever produced. The general impression seems to be that many of the votes which Frazier received in_the republican primaries against McCumber will not go to him in the final election, as it is suspected that many voted for Frazier so as to be able to defeat McCumber on the one hand, and later (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. Maj. | turvy here and i Sham Battle Gen. Bandholtz, commanding this dis- j tric |at Fort Washington, will mount guard {ana give an exhibition of close order { drilling. Following this ceremony, the | soldiers will demonstrate the conclud- ing phase of an attack on enemy ma- chine guns, showing the movement lof scouts, building up of the firing ,line s of ¢ screens” and the in wit Blank ammunitic fand smoke c: Will be used. had the oppor- real thing will the have their chanc | tunity of now in: 103 FOREST FIRES | SWEEP ONE COUNTY Women and Children Moved From Peril Areas in North Minnesota. { 1 { By tiie Associated Press. DULUTH. Minn., October 4.—North- ern Minnesota's forest area today con- | tinued a veritable sea of somber-colored smoke, dotted with fires, some under control, some admittedly beyond control and the whole threatening further wide- spread desfruction at the slightest prov- ocation of the elements. In St. Louis county aione there were 105 fires burning, according to the lat- est reports from Adjt. Gen. Waiter F. Rhinow, who personally is co-operating with the forestry department in the fire zone. A call for help was sent out late last inight from Vineland, near Onamia, where it was declared the fire was out of control, one settler's home burned and the entire town endangered. Addi- tional fire fighters were asked for im- mediateiy. nother call for help came from Ki sey, where it was said the fire was threatening a_$20.000 school building. Women and children have been re- moved from all of the threatened area to places of safety, and personal be- longings were being either taken out or made ready for instant evacuation. There was no indication this morning that the pravers of the whole north country for less wind and lots of rain would be answered today. 1PROTESTS FATHER’S WILL S Pauline Frederick Seeks $30,000 Estate Now Denied Her. NORWICH, Conn. October 4.— Pauline Beatrice Rutherford, whose stage name is Pauline Frederick, through counsel has given notice of an appeal from probate of the will start at 4:30 [o platoon of the | i Batt 12th Infantry, quartered | ~P7 7 ///, /[0, 7, AUDITORS LEARNIG REALD. . BALANCE Tax Surplus of $4,648,606 May Be Increased by Audit. REPORT NOT YET READY Claims Also May Be Found Which ‘Would Bring Reduction in Amount. ’ \ Accountants employed by the joint congressional committee auditing th financial transactions between the federal and District governments covering the last forty-eight years have not completed their audit and will not reach any decision on this matter before December, at least. The joint committee has until the first Monday in February to make its report. That the accountants will find cor- rect the District Commissioners’ claim that $4,643,606.69 remains in the fed- eral Treasury to the credit of the District—being District tax money unmatched, dollar for dollar, Ly fed- feral funds under the half-and-half principle—has never been doubted. I The real question for the accountants to determine has been if the United States has any charges against the District that may reduce this amount, or if there are any further credits due the District that would increase it. Those who are in charge of the District taxpavers' interests claim that there are further credits which will swell the amount that the fed- eral Treasury owes the District. Question Is Real Balance. So the real question now before the auditors is: What is the present bal- ance as between the federal and Dis- | | irict governments when all accounts since July 1, 1874, have been audited to date? How much does the federad Treasury owe the District today? The District appropriation act for the current fiscal year authorized the joint committee to employ account- ants for this work, and this act de- fines the scope of the audit as fol- lows: “To inquire into all matters per- taining to_the fiscal relations between the District of Columbia and the TUnited States since July 1. 1874, with view of ascertaining and reporting to Congress what sums have been ex- pended by the United States and by the District of Columbia, respectively, whether for the purpose of maintain- ing, upbuilding. or beautifying the said District or for the purpose of conducting its government or its gov- ernmental activities and agencies, or for the furnishing of conveniences, comforts and necessities to the peo- ple of said District. * * * of her father, Richard O. Libby of this city The will, bequeathing a $30,000 es- tate, cut her off, a clause saying that by mistak AS usual, The Star wi Washington full and street side of The Star title. simultaneously depicted Grounds. from all angles. try, and Ring Lardner, Tfié World Series | lights on the world series. The electric scoreboard will be in operation every week day on the 11th Yankees or Giants win four games and take the Each play will be accurately and almost A corps of special writers, Associated Press, will also tell about the games These will Thompson, sporting editor of The Star; John B. Foster, dean of the base ball scribes of the coun- and inimitable conceptions of the big battles. [ | | | give the base ball fans of complete details and side- building until either the : | as it occurs at the Polo n ;ddltion to the i | include Denman who will give his unique Interest 3 Per Cent. “And in event any money may be, defeat | this action- was “intentional and not | OT at any time has been by Congress or otherwise found due, either legally or morally, from the one to the other on account of loans, advance- ments or improvements made, upon whick interest has not been paid by either to the other, then such sums as have been or may be found due ! from one to the other shall be con- sidered as bearing interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum from the time when the principal should, elther legally or morally, have been paid until actually paid. “And the said committee shall also ascertain and report what surplus, if any, the District has to its credit on the books of the Treasury of the United States, which has been ac- quired by taxation or from licenses.’ Because auditors working sepa- rately for the Treasury Department and others working for the District government have year after year shown the same balance carried on the Treasury books and the District accounts, it is admitted by prac- tically every one that the account- ants now employed by the joint in- vestigating committee cannot fail to find that the $4,648,606.69 really ex- dsts as an actual D. C. credit. How much of an offset there may be against this amount, or what addi- tional credits may be found to in- crease it, is the l‘iy point in the present investigation Co-Operation Given. The accountants for tho joint com- mittee are working in the most friendly spirit of co-operation with the representatives of the Treasury Department, thé Department -of Jus- tice and_the District government, dnd (Continusd on Page, 2, Column 5.) PRESIDENT BACKS BIG APPROPRIATION FOR WASHINGTON » Declared to Be Impressed With D. C. Arguments to Budget Bureau. ACQUAINTED WITH CITY’S URGENT REQUIREMENTS Mr. Harding Declared to Favor Maintaining of Highest Standard in Public Improvements. President Harding, it is understood, 8 been deeply d with the arguments being offered by the board of District Commis rs 1o the bud- get bureau for funds sufficient to meet {the needs of the capital. and when i the time comes it is believed that he {will see to it that this city -will net ibe made to suffer for lack of abso- | 1utely nece ppropriations. | made this known impre: ary The executive {to more than one ¥isitor at the White House recently, and certain assur- ances given by him have been of & {nature to raise the hopes charged with the city gov of those the task of operatin ment. Acquainted With Needs. i : That he is especially well acquaini- {ed with the phy of t capital and that more than an ordinary of the local {government and its aims is a knbwn {fact and to those who have talked District matters with him lately it is understood that he is determined th the Commissivners 1 aspeets he knowledge has growth of its the eity a population.” He proposes th: hall at all times be main- dard. jin the 5 It is known also that a correspond- |ing vorable impression has been { made upon Brig Lord, director {of the budget. onferred with the President the White Hous- H re than au hour. The rnmental budget ques- ! the subject under discussion. | and, according 1o Gen. Lord, the Dis- | trict’s interests were casually touched upon at that time. Mr. Prescott Presents Facts. Immediately after his conference h Gen. Lord, the President listened { to Samuel B. Prescott, vice chairman { of the republican : committee of | the trict, who, it is understood it | presented arguments in the form of ! facts and figures to substantiate the ECommis!?eu' appeal for an | priation 6f $30,500,000, with wh meet the needs of the District next year. President Harding showed Ereat interest in the subject ana sked numerous questions regarding some of the more important items | included in the Commissioners’ origi- { nal estimates. | 1t is known that the Commissio {ers’ plea for sufficient funds to me: | the urgent demands for street im- provements and more adequate public chool facilities has probably. aboyv: everything else, made a favorabi- |impression on the President and th: budget bureau. It is generally be- {lieved by those in touch with t situation that the officers of t udget bureau are fairly well con- To- inced that the $24,500,000 at first {fixed by them as sufficient for the ! District_will be increased. Whil: only the most optimistic feel tha | the bureau will raise this to ih | original amount asked for by the Con {missioners, it is thought by most {that the total will be at least $2,- 0,000 or 000,000 when the com- { plete budget finally reaches Congres | It is understood that the budget | yoreau will not submit the genecral | governmental estimates to the Pre {ident for his approval before two or three weeks. In the meantime Gen. Lord. Mr. rescott and probably oth- ers will see the President regarding the District's share. U. S.-GERMAN CLAIMS COMMISSION READY Many American Cases Ready. | German Member Not to Sail Until October 17. Preparations for the first meeting early next week of the American-Ger- man claims commission were said at the State Department today to have been completed. A large number of American claims against Germany for war losses arc understood to have been filed in final form with the de- partment for presentation to the commission. Dr. Kiesselbach, the German mem- ber of the commission, it was said today at the German embassy, will not arrive in time for the initial meeting of the commission, and a representative of the embassy will sit {as the German member. Dr. Kiessel- bach will_sail for the United States October 17 DEMOCRATS WIN ENTIRE TICKET IN ARKANSAS Gov. McRae and Others Re-Elect- ed — Three Constitutional Amendments Are Defeated. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., October 4.— Incomplete returns receivell early today from the state-wide election in Arkansas vesterday indicate that the entire democratic state ticket, headed by Gov. T. C. McRae, has been re-elected by large majorities and that the three constitutional amend- ments_submitted to the voters have been defeated by a substantial vote. The vote, according to returns re- ceived here, was one of the lightest in recent years, with the exception of a few counties in the northern part of the state in which the re- publicans this year placed an entire state sicket in the field. ~ Interest centered principally in local contests and in the proposed amendments. In Crittendon county, where an in- dependent ticket for county offices was in the field, which was said to have the support of the Ku Kluk Kian, the democrats carried -every precinct by large majorities. The amendments provided for new procedure in_initiative and refren- dum cases, making personal proper! taxable for public improvements = for removing the legal limit of school taxes. P » -