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. fa: oy ER TION whe (* Circulation Boo Books ks Open to All.” | to All” ——————— Conmrtgte | us NEW YORK, THURSDA SEPTEMBER 28, To- Morrow's wari ie, by 1 022, uci Ne IN PRSIN COMMITTEE NOW IN POWER\ IMIFE'S LOVE PLEA IN COURT ENDS SEPARATION SUIT Victor G. Finch, Accused of Cruelty, Reconciled to Wife by Her Collapse. Minister Reported Slain in Uprising Which Over- turned Throne. 08! STORMED PALACE. King Wrote Letter Giving Up Sceptre Under Pres- sure of Military. (CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 28 CAssociated Press). —Former King ‘Constantine of Greece, who uldlicated yesterday, is reported to have been fmprisoned by ,the revolutionists in Athens. It is reported also that one of the-| Ministers in the Cabinet of Premier Triantafillakos was killed during the troubles there incident to the abdica- tion of Constantine. (Minister Sederis ‘Was reported as wounded yesterday.) Venizelists are said to be in control @f the Wand of Syta, in the Greei Archipelego. An important cable sta- tion js situated du the island. ATHENS, Sept, 28 (United Press) —The Crown Prince was sworn in es King George I. to-day, to replace his father, King Constantine, who ot the throne when a bloodless rev- elution swept the country. 7 > @ ceremoniesywere presided over a. @ revolutionary committees of three Genérals, including Gen. Papoulas, who has evidently replaced Col. Go tas ay chief of the Revolution The separation suit brought in White Plains by Mrs. Florenee L. Finch of Bedford against her husband, Victor G. Finch, chief gardener of the coun- try estate of EB. C. Converse, a mill- tonaire resident of Greenwich, Conn., came to a sudden halt.to-day, when it was announced the couple had become reconciled after the plaintiff had fainted on the witness stand. Mrs. Finch had declared her fond love for her husband, despite her recital of cruel acts, and was belng crosé-ex- amined by Charles Haines, the de- tendant’s attorney, when she swooned. A physician was hastily summomed and it was after she had reviyed and her husband held her hand a eile of joy illuminated Mrs. Finch’s face Later they had » talk and agreed to live together again. “I forgive you for everything,” were the words of the wife, Then the couple went back to Bedford. When Lawyer Haines, in behalf of the defendant, told Supreme Court Justice Young there had been a re- Immediately efter the ceremoi concliiation and suggested that the which lucked the pomp thut usually}case be held in abeyance for six attends such events, the Revolution-}™onths, Justice Young sald: ‘Don’t be too hard on this poor little woman. I think your client is 4 hard proposi- tion. He was about as cold as an icféle. I don’t know low much hope there is about this reconciliation’ Lawyer Squires, who appeared for Mre. Finch, told Justice Young that Mr. and Mrs. Finch were living to- gether once more and that they had reached this agreement for the sake of tleir children. Then Justice Young sald to Lawyer Haines: “I wish you could deliver this mes- sage to your client, Mr. Finch: ‘That I have no idea that this little woman lied while on the witness stand. 1 believe she told the truth.’ I hope you will deliver this message to him. It may do some good. The action le djgmissed."* Mrs, Finch, testifying esterday, had just finished telling of*the many cruelties of her husband when in tears she burst forth: “I loved that man with all my heart. I love him mow. I had hoped to the last that he would do right, but he didn’ TWO DIE IN CRASH OF AUTO RACER Owner and Driver Killed~as tate announced their intention of start- the armies*to Thrace to defend the territory from the threatened inva- ion of Mustapha Kemaljy Turkish Nationalists. One revolutionary regiment landed in Athens to maintain order, The leaders Sf the revolution are ev!- dently determined to prevent blood- shed. Reports received from Salontex stated @ civilian mob stormed the Post Office, but was quickly repulsed by the troops of the revolution. The revolutionary committee re- quested the dethroned Constantine, his wife, Sophia, and Princes Andrew and (Continued on Fifteenth Page. has Homeseeking Made Easy by World “Apariment'Ads. Newspaper advertising, particularly ‘The World’s “To Let” sdyertisements 4 has changed the old Ixborious and Car Hits Pole. patil ANS ALN, ex-| Frank Cooley, proprietor of the atively easy |g, “gl ‘ fod. pleasant task. ‘The moders | S98#more Garage, at Oyster Bay, woman begins househunting by|@ed. at the Glen Cove Hospital shortly before noon \to-day from In- juries suffered yesterday when a rac- ing car which he was driving at high speed struck a telephone pole, Henry Cheshire, owner of the car, who was riding with Cooley, was almost in- stantly killed. *and| Cooley rallied after an operation removing one of his legs at the knee, but died following a sinking spell. He is survived by a wife and two children, Cooley had been overhauling the racing car for Cheshire, who’ intended to enter it in the races at Mineola More than correspond- ing month last year. oun tay WORLD [is 4 t Si . REAL ESTATE SECTION [Cheshire ont on a trial spin, ane 38 READ IN 600,000 HOMES | cause of the accident is not known, reading The Sunday World Real Estate Section at the Siexkiase table. Selects the apartment she wants and then goes out and hires it. She, of course-has to be prompt because The ‘World ads. are widely read and bring many respons 25. 59 World eal Estat 9 “To Let" Ads. Last Month 5,135 REBELS SWEAR INNEW KING: |” Leading Pathologist to Ex- amine Exhumed Bodies of Rector and Mrs. Mills. PHILLIPS QUESTIONED. Watchman Saw Woman En- ter Hall Home Night of Slaying. (Special From a ea Correspondent of The Evening World.) NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept, 28.— Prosecutor Beekman Somerset County, over the line from this city, where the bodies of the Rey, Edward W. Hall and Mrs. EleaNior Mills were found murdered Sept. 16, is seeking a “pathologist of international reputa- tion” to perform the. second autopsy ‘on the body of Mrs. Mills when, it ts exhumed pursuant to an order signed to-day by Justice Parker. + “We will not consider thetime of exhuming the body,’ Mr, Beckman said, “until we have determined who {s to do the -work, When arrests are made and th accused come to trial we are assured that they will have every resource of medical apd legal advice which movey qnd inflyence can ob- tain The man who performs these au- topsies must be an authgrity who cannot be ¢onfuted and whose find- ings will carry the utmost weiglit.” Application 1s to be made to-day to the Supreme Court in Brooklyn for permission to have the same specialiat perform an autopsy on the body of Mr, Hall, who is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Apparently information has come to the investigators which leads them tu believe that two revolvers were used in killing the rector and Mrs, Mills. It is desired to measure the wounds the skulls of both victims and to re cover the bullets, !f possible, to de termine whether this is true, as well ug to get data us to the direction from which the bullets were fired and the number of them. At the first autopsy Dr. Long, the County Physician for Somerset, contented himself with finding a wound on each body “‘suf- ficient to have caused death.’ After Prosecutor Beekman heard for the firet time the story of William Phillips, watchman at the Women's (Continued on Fifteenth Page.) of EGIDED UPON IN | OF FOOD POISONING JERSEY MURDER IN ALA HIGH SCHOOL No Deaths hs’ Réported, but Many Violently Sick After Sandwich Lunch. ATE IN THE KITCHEN, Two-Thirds of Pupils Af- fected by Food Prepared by Mothers’ Association. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 28.— School and health authorities of Bire mingbam to-day were tnvestigating the poisoning of scores of students of the Woodlawn High School, eaid to have resulted from food served at the schoot luncheonMYesterday at noon. » A roll call at the schoul eWowed 260 atudents absent to-day a result of the poisoning. It wag stated by the school author!- ties that the total number affected probably reached 700. There are more than 1,100 stugents in ‘th school, and 440 of those present to- day reported they suffered slightly from the ‘effects of the food Many of the students absent to-day were violently \!! for a time, but it was said that.all but une were out of danger. Investigation indicated that the siu- dents were poisoned by eating sand- wiches made from beef, cabbage, y and pickles at the school cate- 7 Scores became tll in class rooms during the afternoon, while others dropped on the streets while return- ing to thelr homes later in the 4 ‘The sehool Munch room ts in charge of the School Improvement Assocla- tion, composed of mothers of students usar creates ERIE AND STRIKERS REACH AN AGREEMENT in Youngs- greemen ©., Sept. 2 Two-Day ference town Results YOUNGSTOW: strike of the Erle Raflroad shopmen way settled here to-day, following @ conference of union leaders and company officials, It fs understood the Baltimore agree ment, with certain modifications regard- ing seniority rights, was the basls of settlement, Rail officials sald operations would be normal by the first of neat week. Italian Naval Garrison Wiped Out By Explosion of Tons of Cordite Seventy Bodies Taken From Ruins, Hundreds Wounded —Hill Where Explosives Were Stored Blown Away. SPEZIA, Sept. 28 (Associated Press).—The entire naval garrison at Falconara F ‘ort, near here, on the Gulf of Genoa, is believed to have been killed in an explosion caused by lightning which destroyed everything within a radius of ten miles. There are many dundreds of wounded, The wounded are being rushed to®——————————————— the hospitals here, all of which are} located was completely blown away. already filled Military forces Nave been assigned to the work of rescue. All Fuscisti of the Province of Genou have beenmobilized by their chiefs to assist the soldiers. The explosion occurred in a violent storm, which damaged the crops and property of the inhaBitants for large areas along the gulf. Walf-crd with terror from fire and storm, th despairing population ts being re- lieved through governmental care. Seventy ies have already. been recovered in the debris. Fifteen hun- dred tons of explosives Wepo stored iu the deep tunnels of the fort. The entire top of the bill om which it is The work of recovering additional dead {s proceeding. No estimate has as yet been made of their number. Admiral Biscarett! has been rushed to the scene of the disaster to super- Intend the work of relief. The owns of San Terenzo and Pite!!! are greatly damaged. All the available convey- ances have been requisitioned to re move the injured to the hospitals here, San Terenzo is loca cd of the Gulf of Spezia and is across the bay from Spezia, Pitelli is an in- land town about two miles from San on the shore Terenzo. The whole of the coast line in this section forms the sou h part of the Gulf of Genoa, the Gulf of Spezia being included in it MILLER WINS-FOR GOVERNOR: LYONS 15 ROLLED OUT FLAT Vote at G. O. P. Convention for Executive's Second Term Unanimous. LYONS VOTE 158TH 4031 Col. Wm. J. Donovan ‘of Buffalo Is Named for Lieut. Governor. By Joseph S. Jordan. (Staff Correspondent. of The Evening World.) ALBANY, Sept. 38—Gow Nathan L, Miller wag unasmimously renom{- nated to-day by the Republican State Convention. As the roll call proceeded and there was not’a dissenting vote was prolonged’ cheering at the an- nouncement. ¢ True@o his announced intention of going before the vonvantion for a re- nomination Johu J. Lyons, Secretary of State continued tobe acandidate and the Miller steam roller passed over him and flattened him out. The united vote of New York Cognty, 133 votes was cast for Lyons, and he re- celved a few scattering votes. The result was Samuel J. Joseph of the Bronx was nominated by a vate of 1,051 to 158. It was the only contest before the convention. District Attorney Dana Wullace, who seconded thy noniination of Govy Miller, launched a Presidential boom for the Governor, saying it would nét bo long before he changed his resi- dence) "*from the We oe on the Hud- son to the capital om th, Potomac.’ Gov. Miller was 1 nomina tion by former Senator Nathaniel Ets. berg. Mrs, Grace B, "Van Namme, of neca County, made one of the vec onding speeches The nomination of Col, Wiiliam J Donovan for Lieutenant-Governor wus also unanimous and the convention, after steam rollering the aspirations of Mr. Ly to suceeeyd himself, con- tinued with the rest of the ticket a: selected by the Governor, Erskine C. Rogers of Hudson was-nominated for Attorney Genera! by unanimous vote. The friends of Attérney General Newton taking thwi: medicine cheerfully following hic withdrawal tn the interests of purty harmony. William J. Maler of Seneca was revominated for State Comptro! and N. Monroe Marshail was renom- inated for State Treasurer in the manner. He comes from Malone. The convention reconvened thi: morning and was called to order by Elihu Root, the Temporary Chalr- man, at 10.40 o'clock, Speaker Edmund’H. Machold of ® sume] Depositor i LIGHT WINE PLANK KILLED AS. BOOZE GURGLES ALL ROUND Polities Makes Pussyfoots and Cowards of Party Leaders. (Spectal to The Evening World.) ALBANY, Sept. 23.—Politics seoms to make Pussyfoots and cowards of leaders of great poll- tical parties when {t comes to an honest expression of views on prohibition, Witness the rejec tion by the Republican platform of the Martin Saxe plank which ran_as follows: he use of beer and light wi should be made lawful, to the end thattruo temperance shall be @ national oly jstic, pub- fic health protected against poi- gonous beverages and the self- respect of the people maintained, The saloon of the past and the bootlegger of the present are both, to be, condemned.’” In‘ Offering the. plank, Mr. Saxe sald thousands of men and women in Atmericu were ‘absobntely dis - gusted”’ with the Volstead act Several woman delegatys, in- cluding Mrs. Grout andy Mrs. Wood, indorsed it: Mrs, Wood “We women have observed ai increase {n crime since Prohibition fhto effect. I know that the coutention is made thut under the Volatead law the jails are empty. That ig not true, Also, the hos: pitals and insane asylums are crowded with wrecks of-humanity whe have attempted to drink boot- leg beverages. Men in high pos!- tions, even judges, are known to disregord the® Volstead act. Can you Ylame us, then, for‘ asking that something bé done to bring about « proper reapect for law?" Miss Wenz spoke in opposition But the committee, headed by Oz- den Mills, sat down hard onthe plank. And while this pussyfocting on the committee’s part was in prog- .-rese there were few rooms in the Hotel Ten Eyck where liquor— good, hard liquor—was not flow- ing freely. CINCINNATI BANK ROBBED OF $14,000 and Employee: Held Up by Five Men. CINCINNATI, Sept. 28.—Tive men raided the Hamilton Coun bunk on Woodburn Avenue to-day and escaped the Assembly was recommended as} ¥!th $11,000 Permanent Chairman and at once be- gan his speech of acceptance. Mr, Machold's address was devoted entirely to State issues. It reviewed the legislative achievements of the Dest ten years, eulogized Gov. Miller and promifed a continuante of the Policies enunciated by the executive (Continued on Second Pug.) enti MISS COLLETT WINS THIRD ROUND MATCH WHITE SULPH Va., Sept. 28. R SPRINGS, W. Miss Glenna Collett, Provide RL, eliminated Mrs, Fred ©, Letts jr, Onwentsia, Chicago, in the initial match of the third round for the woman's national golf cham- Plonship here to-day. Miss Collett won 3 up and 3, thereby earning the. right to play in the semi-finals By defeating Mrs, Ronald Barlow Merion, Philadetphi up and 4, Mrs. Edith Cummins, Onwentsla, Chicago, will moet Miss Collett in the semi- finals of the upper half The robbers drove up in a small uutomobile, rushed with drawn ree volvers into the bank, drove the de- positors and employees into uw supply and looted the open sufe of all the money und bonds in sight. 1 their haste, they overlooked $10,000 ie the cashier's drawer room One of the men hit Maurice Griefe, the cashler, on the head with the butt of @ revolver because he did not move fast endugh. He wus not Ladly hurt Last December Leslie ‘Tull, messen- ger of the bank, was held up on the street and robbed of $1,200 —— DRUNKS ANNOY WHITE PLAINS JAIL REGULARS. wt Jail toxica night Commission “The u fail as White Plains ts all wrong at Alscontinued at once,” the eludes. made esterday. k-up for ould be rt cons f the Special Daily Prize for Four Weeks “What Did Yau See To-Day ANOTHER AUTOPSY {700 STUDENTS ILL. |HEARST FORCED TO FALL BACK ON | AS SMITH SEIZES CONVENTION CO ae A |Unabie to Find Any Reputable Demoetht Who Is Willing to Bear His Label, Publisher Turis to Mayor On Chance of Murphy Cisattvaes to Maintain inescee sure Such as Never. Before Has Beén Brought to Bear Upen Al. Smith, back Standing on Loyalty By Martin Green. b (Staff Correspondent of The Evening Werld.) Pledge to sani SYRACUSE, Sept. 28.—The opening of the Democratic’ Conventions marked by a continuagion of the deadlock between the dominating Smith and the minority but aggressive Mearst forces. ‘The Hearst managers bave made no headway. They -have been unable to find in all the State a gained no de! _ and! they. have reputable Democrat who will bape hit for Hearst and go before the convention seeking tie viele ea ee Governor bearing the Hearst label. ‘Tho convention openel an hour late, at 120 oretoa with only uc of the delegates present. HARDING PICKS YANKEES TO WIN WORLD SERIES WASHINGTON, Sept: 28.-Dave Bancroft, Captain and shortstop of tie New York Giants calied at the White House ta;dayyto invite Presi+ dent Harding to attend the World) Sgries. The President, Bancroft said, told him that he was not certain he would be able to leave Wastiington, but'that ho expected\the Yankees to win, “Pr deal Harding believes the Yankees will win because of thelr pitching staff,” Baneroft sald, after his talk vith’ the President. “Ho told me, however, that he thought if Barnes comes through ke he did last year and Nehf is in fort, | the Yanks won't have u chance. Otherwise, he can't see anything in a Giant-Yanks series but the Yanks.” Aw Bancroft was leaving the White House he tet Secretary of State Hughes, with whom he was photo- graphed. Hugles tol? Baferoft that he also would iike to se@ the series, but felt that official duties would not permit it. *Secretary Hughes would make uo predictions ‘fs to the winner. pases thi IRISH TROOPS EVADE BOMB DEATH TRAP Forces Sweeping Up Rebels In Kerry. BDLPAST, Sept. 28 (Associated Press).—The military forces of the {Provisional Irish Free State ate en- gaged in sweeping movements aguinst the Republicans in County Kerry. ‘The operations are progress- {hg vigorously and the number of prisoners is growing rapldly. The Republicans continue thetr attacks on Nationalist posts, as part of their plon of guerrilla wanfare. A deadly trap lald for the Na- tionalists jn County Cork was dij covered in time to prevent a tragedy. The Republicans had skilfully hidden bombs in a number of trees, previ- ously felled ucross a read, The bombs wore so placed thet an attempt to « would explode them. move the tree Capt, Considine of the Free State forces wus mortally wounded tn an ambush ner Kilfenora, County Clave Real Estate Advertisements For Sunday World Must Be to The World Ottice On or Before Friday ‘To Lusure Proper Classification THE WORLD ie Seas Prevailing \gdxeip at convention, cine oat ae a mation that the Hearst ‘outfit a finally decided to draft Mayo and try to stampede ‘the with him. ‘The 9 Al’ Sniith. is stronger, th-fay oa” he’ wab last tight. At brdakfast thiv morning in the public qining.: voor or the Onondaga Hotel He was over- whelmed ‘by, swarms of. enthuslastlc up-State and New: York City adher- ents. Mr. Hearst, of course, te tot here and bis managere pasé Wnnolees through the: throdga. © > The Women's Division of the Dexno- cratic Committee,” composed | of ditty Associate Chairmen of up-State coun- "| Ues and representing Afty of the fifty - seven up-State counties, Held a niget- Ing this, morning and. unapinously adopted the following resolution? That our first, last» and only candidate for Governor 1s Alfred E, Smith’ and we will uot cor- sider any #o-called compromiae candidate uv’ we; fell Deassralle success depends on his nomina’ The reaglution was petolata 8 Mise “Marion Diatpeman At Oswego, " My Smith to-day, after.being sub- Abitted to pressure. auch as: never be- fore hag been brought to bear UpOD 4 . candidate, stands. upon the professiday * of party loyalty that he voleed in bis letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt six weeks ago, when he sald he would take up the burden of leadership if he had to do it to combat the menace of Hearst domination. If he backs down—Hearst wins. If he stands pat—the Hearst bs pwgn fally. 2 ° AU tho Heurst tactics aay! were the tuctlePot u lost cause. Re- peated appeals: were made over the telephone by former Gov. Martin H, Glynn und William A, De Ford to Su- Preme Court Justice Robert F, Wag- ner to permit Hearst's nanis tc Se put before the convention as a. nomines for Governor, None of these appeals Was backed up by Mr. Murphy. Jis- tice Wagner refused to be enticed, A delegation of Hearst, boosters, headed by Mayor Hylan and Mr. De Yord conferred at length ‘last it with William H. Fitapatriek: me ane falo and William H. Kelley of Syra- cuse In an effort tu reach @ ‘a mise.. The conference was not cisive. Mr. Kelley and Mr, ‘Fi rick réported to Mr. Smith, and Mr, * "—See Pages2 case me eecene ae See