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Fair today and tomorrow; warmer 0 y. Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 61; lowest, 32. Full report on page 15. e WEATHER. 2 ” Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 917.—No. 28,665. Ousted Premier Has Desire to Pay COALTION WREEK * ANATOMA CRINE, | Visie o Americe - LLOYDBEORGESYS 5 David Lloyd George has a keen de- “They Have Smashed the sire to visit the United States and was pleased today when he read news Combination That Pulled Us Throuah.” dispatches carrying the announce- ment of Secretary of Labor Davis that the American Gorsedd, a Welsh society, had invited him to cross the Atlantic for an extended tour. Owing to the political situation, he cannot make any definite plans at the pres- ent time. Those close to the overthrown premier say he would relish the sea trip and the rest, but they do not ithink he could in any event leave Great Britain before next spring. Tonight he expects to return to London and help Mrs. Lloyd George with the packing preparatory to vacating 10 Downing street, the offi- cial residence of the prime minister. {In accordance with ancient custom, | i | EULOGIZES LEAGUE AND IRISH SOLUTION Fallen Premier, in Reception at Leeds, Gives No Light chare i will also follow the custom of leav- Octcber in tic speech before a s dience today David Lioyd George that are in the cellar for his suc- “u defended his administration, but re-: cessor. fralned from revealing his program. ITe promised the people that what- ever the future might bring he would do nothing mean or paltry, declaring *I will play no part that is unworthy of confidence placed in me by the people of this country at the greatest yaoment in the empire’s history.” ’ Mr. Lloyd George did Dot say| specifically that it was his purpose to | Lie @id refrain, | from indorsing | inberlain’s pronouncement | ‘hat the labor party was a menace | 10 the country. After reviewing thel achievements of his government inl war and peace, and particularly hold- | nz up its success in restoring Great | Rritain’s commercial prestige, he ex-| laimed: “And they have smashed| BRITISH the combination that has pulled| through our trade. our commerce and | our eredit throughout the world; it! Former Washington is a crime against the nation.” . H He voiced a warm tribute to his| Leads 100 Refugees on Trek From Thrace., ARMED WOMEN AID 10,000 REPEL TURKS With Shotguns They Join Greek Exiles in Thrace in Beating Off Bandits. RUSH AID chancellors of the exchequer, Mr.| ‘hamberlain and Sir Robert Steven- | son Horne, and paid his compliments | to the anti-waste outcry, declaring ' By the Assoclated Press. that its leaders gave no help when| ADRIANAPOLE, October 21.—Wom- came to enforcing specific econ- en carrying shotguns over their omies., and asserted that the govern- shoulders were conspicuous among sent had dealt successfully with in-, the 10,000 Christlan refugees who dustrial crisis after crisls and now ; trudged through the main street here had got peace throughout the in-|today on their Weary way to the dustrial world. “We are just be-|frontler across the Maritza river. Zinning to look the dollar in the face | These armed women had joined their on equal terms. { men folk In repelling an attack upon Eulogtscs L e {them by Turkish Irregulars in Ybe Lblelk hills west of Adrianapole. ‘The league of nations he eulogiséd ™ The line of trhdging refugdes ex- us another of the government's great | tended in an ubréken mass geveral works. He had good words for the ! mjles along the route of fiight when \Washington agreement and for the!the Turkish irregulars, who had land- inionists, who co-operated in lhe;ed at Media, on the Black sea, bore irish settlement. | down upon them. The fight lasted an A typlcal passage was: “Education | hour, and two refugees were killed. for the people; housing difficulties; Most of the -disconsolate exiles who disarmaments; peace with Ireland;|poured through the streets - of more liberty in India—these are not, Adrianapole today came from on Plans. Ihe will leavé the house one article = }of his furniture. Lloyd George has fated Pross decided to leave his writing desk. He | mpathetic | ing some of the wine and lituors| Resident ! he Su WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1922.—NINETY-SIX PAGES. (TWO INDCITMENTS INHALL-MILLS CASE - MAY BE SURPRSE EAction Expected Monday or | Tuesday After Several Days of Silence by State. 'MAID OF MRS. HALL QUESTIONED AS TO HOSE Quizzed Also as to Henry Stevens. Wide Discrepancies Found in Her Story. BY DAN RING. Staff Correspondent of The Stax. NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J. October j21.—Two Indictments will be asked In the Hall-Mills murder case when it 1s formally presented to the grand jury of Somerset county Monday morning, it was definitely learned this afternoon at Somerville, the county seat. { The indictments, it is indicated, are to be requested upon testimony now being obtained from witnesses, and it is expected that a surprise will be sprung by the prosecution, which has been maintaining an attitude of si- lence for the past few days. It may be necessary, hdowever, to postpone the presentation of the case | until Tuesday morning, but this is’ doubted. Barbara Tough was ques- tioned for more than two hours In) the office of Prosecutor Stricker to- day. She was asked about a pair of white socks Mrs. Hall is said to have requested her to wash on the morn- ing the murders were discovered. | They were the socks Dr. Hall was I buried in. The girl denied Mrs. Hall i had said anything regarding a desire to have them for the burial. | i Steveds Not at Wedding. ‘ Regarding Henry Stevens, brother {of Mrs. Hall, Miss Tough admitted {that he had not been at the wedding lof his sister, but expressed the be- illef that he was on tke best of terms with the Hall family. Such wide discrepancies were dis- covered in her story, it was an- pounced lite this afternoon, that she ‘wiil have to-be brought face to face with another witness in_order to straighten them out, J“:fl’ _Dajective Ferdinand M. David “of Middlesex county and De- tective George M. Totten of Somerset {county were in charge in the absence iof Stricker. After the questioning ! Miss Tough emerged smiling to face | & battery of photographers. Nothing has been made public oficially since | the Interview. £ed HAZING DRAGNET HOLDS 9 MIDDIES Widespread Violation of An- napolis Rules Indicated by “Conscience” Paper. GENERALLY BOYCOTTED Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, October 21— Four midshipmen, members of the; first or graduating class, in addition | to those already involved in the mat- ter, are confined to the Reina Mer- cedes and are likely to face & court- martial on charges of hasing. It is understood that the facts upon which the midshipmen e undér suspicion were brought out through the hoard ot investigation now’ In séssion. ‘There have now been nine midship- men invglved during the present movement against the practice. Two midshipmen, Stuart H. Hawkins of | Massachusetts ahd Bruce H. Robin- son of Arizona, have been tried by court-martial, but the action of the things that sound well in Mayfair, und they have no special appeal in Belgravia. * - ful to know that when you have been You aren't forgetting the first time a resolution is passed against you at ‘West End Club.” The meeting was held in Kinema Hall, a moving-plcture house, because it was the largest hall in Leeds. In this darkened auditorium the lime- light was turned upon Mr. Lloyd George literally. The crowds were fmmense, and there was no mistaking the warmth and affectionate nature of their greeting. In the morning. nccompanied by several members of parliament, Mr. Lloyd George laid a wreath at the soot of the Leeds war memorial: then Junched with the lord mayor at the town hall before the ceremony of His arrival at the hall, accompanied by Mrs. George and their daughter Meghan, was a signal for an outburst 7 (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) CHECK FRAUD ARREST FOLLOWS BRIDGE GAME Suspect Is Said to Have Obtained $200 at Riggs National Bank. . By the Associated Press. NKEW YORK, October 21.—Frank Laugham, said to be a former major in the United States Army, was ar- rested at his home in Brooklyn to- night charged with being a fugitive from justice In Washington, D. C. Langham is alleged to have ob- tained a check for $20 from another It Is really cheer- | conferring the freedom of the city. | Malgara, Keshan and neighboring | villages to the south. British Stop Attack. A report of their clash with the and of &urks was sent to the British | military authoritles at Rodost, | quickly dispatched platoons of high- landers armed with rifies and ma- chine guns into the hills. “The colonel | in charge sald that the situation was well in hand and that interference | with the exodus of Greeks and | Armenians ‘would be deit with | | severely. | At Malgara 300 Greek families are stranded for lack of transportation. { Among them is George Kamas, a i Greek-American from Chicago, who { exhibited an American passport and ! said that he had arrived a few months ago to get his flancee and take her { back to America. Thomas Stephanos, a Greek-Amer- an, with a passport showing he had ! e up a hundred refugees in a burning village near Malgara and led them on a trek toward Macedonia. He ex- pressed the opinion that if the United States government would send the! necessary ships to carry them across the Atlantic, all of the exiles from Thrace would go to America and make good citizens. Two hundred Armenians, survivors of a midnight massacre at Bigha, ar- rived today at Dedeaghatch, it was learned by Col. Stephen Lowe of St. Louls, Mo, Near East Relief worker, who is assisting refugees in the Rodosto area. The survivors of the massacre, most of them shorn of their garments, were rescued by the British, who escorted them to Dedeaghatch. ~ BRIGAND PERIL INCREASES, Notorious Turkish Bandits Cross the Straits. By the Associated Press. GALLIPOLI, October 21.—Brigand- iage and lawlessness, generally blam- 1 Four other witnesses are on the|court has not been announced. The | schedule for quizzing this afternoon.' midshipmen recently sent to the ship Ralph Gorsline, who was reported to!under chiarges are: George H. Lord, {have accompanied a young woman|Hawall; Francis W. Laurent, Wis- | home on- the night of the tragedy, also | consin, and Jack H. Kerans, Ohio. was questioned. Midshipman Elbert L. Frieberger of Colorado is aiso under charges, but AsteiBunlect of Inguie)- [ e 1s In the naval Hospital, 25 he has Gorsline was questioned lbu:t m:'b“n L mobile, often used by members o t::lochnlr of -the Church of St. John Names of Several Brought In. In addition to these midshipmen the Evangelist, on the night of Sep- tember 14, when Dr. Hall and Mrs. |the names of several were brought Mills were murdered. The fact that | into the matter through testimony the machine was burned on the way ! given by & witness, a fourth-class to New Brunswick from Princeton on man, during the trial of Midshipman October 2 was gone into, but it was Robinson. Two of these, summoned learned that the fire took place be- . later as witnesses, declined to testify cause of overheating. There are few on the ground that they might incrim- | lived in Washington, D. C., rounded . points about his story to be verified, | inate themselves. but authorities are convinced of its accuracy. H John M. Rastall, brother of Miss| Catherine Rastall, told newspaper men last night that rumors regard- ing the signing of an affidavit to the effect that his sister was an eye- | witness to the murder of Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills are absolutely untrue | These developments _indicate that hazing since the opening of the new term at the Naval Academy has been more widespread than at first sup- posed. This is borne out by the fact that very few of the members of the first class have been willing to secure the privilege of attending the foot ball game in Philadelphia next Sat-(tion, the bureau of the budget and the University of {commissioners expect to complete work urday, against the and unfounded. GRAND JURY NOW CENTER. | Lave not offended against the rules Development in Jersey Murder. | NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., October oo™ 91 —Developments in the investiga-| tion of the murder of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. iMills tonight centered about the m.!‘ iting of the Somerset county grand; pidshipmen, as a whole, are not {jury at Somerville Monday, when, it'gigning it. The implication, of course, is learned, indictments against at'ig that few conscientlously can do so. least two persons, probably a man powever, it I8 stated by some of them and a woman, will be asked by!in explanation that many in the class County Prosecutor Beekman. lcould do so, but that in many cases Two persons were questioned today, ! one a maid in the Hall home and the - gincere, 50 there seems to be general other a vestryman in the rector's. agreement that the paper will be un- | church. _The latter. Ralph V. {” (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Not Signing Paper. foregone. Pennsylvania by signing a paper!within a few days on the District stating on their conscience that they | estimates for the next fiscal yeas | District officials feel the National Capital Admiral Wilson placed this paper needs, they will be gratified if the n their hands a week ago, but the jbudget bureau submits that much to the President for transmittal to Con- gress, since they went to the budget bureau in_ their action might be considered In-September has been a problem of “put and “take”—putting in more important: items and taking out others of lesser [Pected violation. M. i gigned and the trip to Philadelphia|importance. , tween the District building and the THE COAL SAVER. |Italy’s King Pulls Boat From Peril; Princesses Help By the Associated Press, ROME, October 21—<King Vic- tor Emmanuel is pictured in ad- vices from San Rossore today In the role of rescuer of an endan- gered pleasure party. While the king was out on a fishing expedition with the royal princesses at the mouth of the Arno, in Tuscany, he saw a sail- boat being carrled into danger by a strong current. The royal ‘party hurried to the rescue, and the king, with the ald of the prin- cesses, threw a rope to the men on board the salling craft and saved the boat with Its occu- pants. The king was the first to hear the cries of distress and poticed the-plight «¢- the fishermen. When thelr: boat had -elesely approached the drifting craft the king and the princesses got otit* and standing in water up to their hips threw a rope to the fisher- men and then joined in tugging them . Tullio Romeo, the owner of the fishing boat, did not know who his rescuers were, but he wanted to do the nicest thing possible In the clrcumstances, so after compli- menting the young glrls on their courage he insisted on presenting them with a basket of fish. He nearly fainted when the princesses and the king told him who they were. FINAL BUDGET SUM NEAR §27.000,000 Few Days to See End of Conference of Commission- ers With Bureau. After weeks of thorough considera- Reliable reports indicate that when Indictments Expected to Be Next !indicated In a pamphlet given them (the final touch has been applied the | by Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson,|city's expense account for the year (superintendent of the academy last|beginning next July will total between $26,000,000 and $27,000,000. ‘While that amount is mot all that “Put-and-Take” Process. Consideration of the District estimates Many conferences were necessary be- i /The Star’s * “From Press to Home Within the Hour” every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. carrier system covers Wirth Still Alive; Happy at Time Set for Slaying By the Assoclated Prees. BERLIN, October 21.—This was the day set for the assassination of Chancellor Wirth, but he was still lving and happy tonight, and a young man said by the po- lice to have Informed them of the Pplot remained imprisoned at Hag- en in the province of Westphalia. According to the information, which the police said he gave them voluntarily, the murder was to have been carried out in the same manner as the assassination of the late Forelgn Minister Rathenau. The youth was publicly reported to have sald that an orgauizaiion, sworn to bring about the assassi- nation of the chancellor, hired him to do it, and that he accepted the engagement, but from the be- ginning never intended to keep his word. In some circles there is a ten- dency to depreciate the alleged conspiracy, but it gained great | credence in view of the fact that both Chancellor Wirth and Presi- dent Loebe of the reichstag re- garded it serious enough to men- tion it before the reichsiag. =2~ IO DELINQUENT ON PERSONAL TAX Additional Penalties to Be| Imposed if Returns -Are Not Filed Next Month. ) SHIP LIQUOR LID SLAPPED ON TIGHT Vessels Sailing Today With Forbidden Cargoes Face Penalties. U. S. FORCES MARK TIME PUNISHMENT NOW DUE Assessment Raised 20 Per Cent Because of Neglect to Date. ‘With nearly half of real estate and personal tax bills due next month, there are approximately 22,000 Wash- | ingtonians who have rot yet filed| pefsonal tax rcturns, it was learned | yesterday from Assessor Richards. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor, es- |timated last night the collector of taxes should take in $6,000.000 next month in real estate and personal property taxes, representing 50 per cent of the year's le Collector of ‘Taxes “Towers™ an- nounced he will mail out personal 2z biils within the next two weeks, and half of the amount stated on the bills must be paid during November. It is not the custom of the tax office to mail out real estate bills, however, and they must be called for. The bills| are ready, and hundreds of property owners already have called for their statements. Provisions of the liquor statutes. held by Attorney General Daugherty to prohibit ‘transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages on American ves- sels anywhere, and on foreign ves- sels within three miles of the United States coast, became effective last night at midnight. - The extension-cf “hme ordered by - -#arding to -permit ship lines to arrange théir 10 con- ¥t the Fuling, e 4t mia- night, apd enforeement officials de- clared suggestions for & further ex- tension had; not been approved. It was considered probable that several days would elapse before cus- toms and prohibition forces would have at hand specific instructions as to the scopp of their authority under FIVE CENTS. CIVIL WARBLOCKED BY RAILINIUNCTION, DAUGHERTY AVERS Attorney General Scores Labor Radicals and Hard- Boiled Executives. RAPS WAR PROFITEERS FOR ADVERSE CRITICISM Recent Attacks Were Designed to Cover Up Crimes, He Declares. By tue Associated Press, CANTON, Ohio, —Mai ing his only campaign speech to the voters of his home state, Attorney General Daugherty tonight rendered an accounting of his stewardship at Washington, defended his course i the Chicago Injunction proceedings and in the prosecution of war frauds. nd declared that despite “accusa- tion and calumny.” the Department of Justice would proceed to perform it- duties as it sees them under the Con- stitution. . In the strike emergency, the At Jetober & torney General said, the fede government used the injunction the least drastic means at hand for Tescuing the country fro: of civil war" he grip He ascribed some of the blame to “the radicalism ard character” of prominent labor lead- ers, and some of it to “hard-boiled” raflway executives, and asserted tha: any Attorney Gemneral who would not have acted under the clreumstance “should be impeached.” Declaring the real purpose of at- tacks on the department's record in war frauds Investigations was to force the hand of sthe government and prematurely disclose important evidence, Mr. Daugherty said such assaults had been inspired not the department’s Inactivity, but b cause tender spots had been touch by the suits already underwasy Charges Secret Attackw. “We would have heard little crit cism of the Department of Justice he said, “had it not been discoversd that a case like the Chemical Founda- tion, for instance (In which valuable patents were assigned by public officials. .48 Sgmpanies. Whith they thembelvés fiad organisedy : der investigation, and by those involved also was be scrutinized by government agents. “And let me here, without giving any intimation as to who the men were, let me suggest that I have had the unique experience of sitting in the Department of Justice and listen- lceived the formal approval of Presi- the Daugherty opinion, but this, it declared, would have no effect on the operation of the law. A foreign ves. sel sailing with Inhibited cargo after today, it was said, would be liable to the penalties fixed by the Volstead act if and when she entered Ameri- can coastal waters bearing that cargo. American Ships “Beme Dry.” American ships, under the ruling of the Attorney General, which re- dent Harding, are prohibited from “possessing” liquor, regardless of where they are in operation. The ban was made operative as to Ship- ping Board tonnage as soon as the approximately 57,000 persons shoul only 35,000 have done so. That leaves | tain fairly legitimate concessions, last July or since. Ing to the story of a man formerly onnected with the government and hearing patiently his pleas for cer- Assessor Richards estimates that have filed personal tax returns, but when, at the same time, In the city of New York, another former official, ome of his associates, was busily en- gaged in getting contributions and making conncctions in order that the zttacks upon the Department of Just- The 22,000 nmeglectful ones will be! ice might be Increased, reinforced and assessed. This list of assessments successfully continued. will not be ready in time for billing, “I can give the names of thes next month, and will have to go over parties if ever they lift their voices until May of 1923, when the second | to dispute this statement, but. unless half of the year's taxes are due. 1 am authorized by them to do so, I If you are one of those who failed | should like to go through this entire to make a return last July you can|investisation without prematurely 22,000 still to file. Only personal tax bills will be mailed to the 35,000 who filed returns Assessment in Order. | ruling was pubiished, though time|Save yourself a penalty by going to-| mentioning names except in the or- was allowed for the disposal of any | the District bullding now, making a | illicit stocks on board vessels of the |Teturn and getting a bl in time to, fleet then at sea. meet the first' half payment next Enforcement officlals are hopetul | month. | of a decision céming from the fed-| Even if you file your personal re- | eral district court in New York— |turn now you will have 20 per cent where the new interpretation of the |added to your assessment as penalty | law is under fire by both foreign |for not appearing in July. However, | and American- lines—betore the ar- | the filing of a return now will enable you to pay half of your tax in No- derly process of court proceedings. Their names, however, will be found in connection with certain litigation wherein some of the most important questions and some of the most questionable transactions and some of the most valuable properties in the world are in dispute, and the right and wrong of the transactions connected with the tramsfer of cer- rival of a vessel in violation of the ban necefsitutes punitive action against the snip, the agents and her muster, as requiréd by law. 1t is pointed out that only vessels which ciear from toreign ports after mian.ght tonight come wihin the re- stricuons,. thus giving a further “au- tomauc stay” or from five to seven days in the case of most ships on the regular Atlantic routes and of an even longer period with respect to ships crossing the Pacific. Absence of formal instructions as to their procedure will not serve as a de- terrent on customs and prohibition forces, it was declared, as the regula- tions now standing are suficient to permit them/to act in cases of sus- Await Juige Hand's Ruling. Administration officials looked to an early decision from Judge Hand in vember and thus avoid the additional | tain property must be determinec penalty that will await you next|in a court of justice.” May, i your personal tax bill goes| The Attorney General overish then. (Continued on Page Collector Towers said yesterday many property owners are paying their bills as they call for them, de- spite the fact payment is not re-! quired until November. He also said | a large percentage of those have paid the full amount of their bills instéad of the required half. Mr. Towers does not expect owners of large estates, where the tax amounts to a considerable sum, to | pay for the year in advance. He realizes that such owners will payl the required 50 per cent and draw | interest on the balance of their money until final payment is due in May. | The collector believes, however, a ' BY the Associated Press. considerable percentage of individual| HAVRE, October 21.—M. Jusserand. home owners will pay their bills in ' the French ambassador to the United recountec Column 2.) —_— FRANCO-U. . 600D WiLL FIRM, SAYS JUSSERAND Returning Ambassador Sees League as American Idea Car- ried Out by Europe. |budget office, because the Commissioners had prepared estimates far in excess of Iva York to clear the situation. If afirmative—granting & permanent jn- | {1l next month. he tax on the plaver in a bridge game, then to have |©1 UPon the Turkish irregulars, s Ex-Kaiser’s Wedding Feast | traced the signature upon another check made out for $200 which he 'cashed at the Riggs National Bank, ‘Washington, the police say. It was stated at police headquar- ters last night that a warrant had been sent to the New York police yes- terday asking for the arrest of a man who had passed an alleged worthless check here. Detective Fowler has been Investigating the case. Riggs Bank officlals said last night that they did not know the name of the party who fofged the signature of one of their depositors, but that the local police had been asked to in- vestigate the case, and that the facts are substantially as related in the above New York dispatch. However, only yesterday an unsigned telegram was received at the bank asking them to withhold action in the- case, as funds would be sent to cover the amount of the forged check. The of- fense Is said to have been committed in September, | growing worse in various parts of | the Gallipoli peninsula, the Associat- jed Press correspondent learned in a tour of the Hinterlands. During the recent moonlight nights bands of Turkish irregulars crossed the straits. The notorious brigand, Jevket, nicknamed the “Terror .of Anatolia,” is now operating near the village of Bukali, north of the nar- rows. The bandit incursions throughout the penii .Ma are regarded by the British as most serious inasmuch as land communications might be thireat.- ened in the event that the near east peace conference met fallure. POT OF GOLD COINS FOUND., SOMERSET, Ky., October 21.—A pot of gold coins of early English i !Jona!. near here, it became known today. State officials, who are hold- ing the money pending investigation as to the original owner, estimated the pot contained $45,000 at present gold prices, - 5 date was found on the farm of Dave| batarians, they disapprove of Wil.| ernment secretary from The Hague; Plans Shock Pious Neighbors| . estate are extremely reticent- about ;"n"'fo’i{'u"."';:{.';:. October 21.—’1‘110! it all. A | vell of secrecy. that has hidden the' Even more silent are those in.the life of the ex-kaiser since he took up | ex-kaiser's entourage. - The few his residence in Holland becomes | Dutch aristocrats who. from time to more impenetrable than ever before | time are received as visitors to the as curiosity increases abroad, due to | former , emperor's retreat cloak his forthcoming marriage With the themselves with a hauteur and a su- { Princess of Reusha., This curlosity | perior.air of reserve.that even the does not greatly affiict the villagers | nerviest reporter cannot penetrate. of Doorn. They view the approach- | All "that the " correspondents have ing nuptials with an air of indiffer- | found out is that both.the civil and ence, .even of boredom. Nine-tenths | religious wedding ceremonies are to of them are austere Calvinists and | take place November'5, within the they look upon pomp and panoply as | precincts of the chateau, and that einful vanities. Being strict Sab- | they will be attended by a Dutch gov- the governor of the province of Utrecht, the burgomaster of Doorn, a few of the Dutch nobility residing on neighboring estates, . and nnz invited guests from Germany, ly dignitaries under the oid regime and army generale,- - - liam’s choice of Sunday as the day for the wedding feast. But they do not say so out loud, at least the tradesmen who cater to Wil- liam’s- chateau and the workmen who |, occasionally are glven jobs on- the the amount the Treasury officials felt they could, allow. z notified- the comméssioners :that District estimates. would have to.be restricted to $24,500,000. Early in September the budget bureau | Brig. Gen. Lord -di- rector of the budget, granted the city | heads permission to submit supple- mental requests, which they did to the extent of $6.000,000. This made a total of $30,600.000. Co-Operation - Prevalls, Then the process of elimination be- gan and it has been marked by a spirit of co-operation on-both-sides. It s hoped that the mnet result will be a budget close to- $27.000,000. : Although it is not likely that the Commissioners will get all they-asked for street improvements, it is ex- pected that the allowance for this much needed work will be more than $500,000. 3 The approved budget also will con- tain a liberal allowance. for continu- for -carrying forward some of‘‘the more urgent sewer extensions, average home runs from $50 to $75, States, accompanied by his wife, is aboard the steamer Paris, which left | Wouid be tmmediately taken. |e {ng the school bullding program iand !of, the State Department, which had Junction which could restrain the gov- ernment from enforcing 1ts interpre- tation of the law—the decision would act as an automatic stay pending ad- Judication of the appeal which, the Department of Justice has indicated, Shouid’'Judge Hand vacate the tem- porary order, however, the govern- . ment would. be free to proceed with eniorcemeént unless and untit the lines affected brought some new action in the courts, Repiy_ by_the State Department to he protest. of Great Britain against seisure of the Canadian schooner Em- eraid tonight still was awaiting a de- tailed report from the New York prohibition director giving details of the ‘case against that ship.” The brief report recelved yesterday declaring the Emerald had communicated flle- gally with the shore by means of small boats was not considered sufi- clently informative for the purposes requested Secr: Mellon:to obtain ~ (Continued on’Page 3; Oolumn &) for New York tonight. The ambassa. dor said he was pleased with his visit ito France; he went to Geneva and {saw the league of nations work. He | haa great admiration for its program and the interest on half of that sum for six months would hardly deter a property owner from postponing pay- ment, Mr. Towers belleves. {and declared: I TENENENT BLAZE In his opinion, although Americans are aloof as observers, they wiil Several Others Taken to Hospital After Flames Sweep Double eventually play an important role in the influence of the league. With regard to the law forbidding liquor on steamers entering American ports, M. Jusserand said that an in- junction, which had been taken out, would prevent execution of the law for some time. House. On Franco-American relations, he said at one time there was a slight By the Associated Press, coolness between the countries which NEW YORK, October 22.—Nine per- sons were burned to death and sev- eral others were taken to hospitals early today when flames swept a six- story double tenement house at Lex- ington avenue and 110th street, con- taining twenty-four families. might be attributed, perhaps, to an intense propaganda, but, he added, Americans, who are level headed, rapidly realized that friendship had not swerved. He was confident that he would win in Washington the same good will as in the past. A