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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
JEWELL SPEEDS EAST
TO AID NEGOTIATIONS
Many Roads Report Rapid Re-
turn to Normal Opera
ton in Shops.
;. a. l.. WORKERS. DAcK TODAY
Men Are Reporting in LnrKc
Numbers.
lny Assocla,ed pre.,l

CHICAGO, Sept i7.-With tho
shipments peace plan threatened by
outbreaks due apparently to inisun-
dcrstnndinE. ANA with tho Ec~ York
Central and the Southern Railway
announcing their failure TO reach
agreements with the strikers. roads
not participating in the Baltimore
negotiations reported rapid return
10 normal operation OF their shops
tonight
OF the larger lines mentioned In
connection with tho memorandum OF
agreement adopted by tho shop
crafts general policy committee Of
ninety here Tuesday with tho object
o; ending the countrywide strike
through scparn;e agreements with
:ndir riduai roads, the Rock Island and
The New YORK Central had definitely
announced failure to reach an
agreement. ai,d conferences of the
Southern with union leaders had
been no more successful an the strife
entered on It's twelfth week.
som. Disturbances.
in the ease of the New YORK. Cen
tra!. statement was ,ssuad by tho
road expressing 4 Willingness 10 full
MI tn. memorandum OF agreement
reached al Baltimore at conferences
between Il. NJ. Jcwcli, head ur the
strikers. aud representatives OF GER
tain OF ;H' carriers. nut II was as
serted that representatives Of the
shop crafts Attempted to lutcrjcot
questions not mentioned in the text
and clearly outside the agreement
INSISTING tha; ,acac matters be in
ciuded" IN" road also announced
IL would continG" TO employ men TO
nIi .x!s,t'.y vacancies In It's shop
forces, adding tha, at present, II had
32.s5i men at work compared with
a normal force Of 25.io2
The Same Misunderstanding re-
suited in disturbances yesterday
when strikers began to work here
III the shops OF the Northwestern
end the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST
Paul. in some cases the mon were
reported TO have demanded that nom
union workers he dismissed and In
others that their striking foromen
be reinstated. Today officials of the
Northwestern announced that they
expected 1900 OF ;he strikers TO re-
turu TO work tomorrow morning.
THIS uu'nner would bc in addition
10 the nouunion men, estimated TO
numUcv about 90 per cent OF the nor
mai force. More than 1900 men
were expected back on the Chicago.
Milwaukee and ST. Paul.
At the same time railway cNecu-
iivcs who have refused 10 come In
under the Baltimore plan. reiterated
That they are In a way OF recruiting
full shop forces. md that the set
Element talk had resulted In large
Aumbers OF men returning to work
tContinued on Page Z. Col. s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
CO Is Near Disaster
in Crossing Mountain
IBy Associated presal

SAN ANTONIO. TEX. Sept. H.
completing the longest leg Of Its
transcont!nental flight. and suc-
cessfully combating the rough
est weather encountered s!nce
leaving Langley Field. September
"a. tho United States army dirigi-
bic CO. landed Mt Brooks Field.
mere. at l:+o o'clock this after
noon. having covered $50 miles
from ST. Louis In sixteen hours
and twenty minutes.
An error of altitude on a map
used for the night In respect to
one OF the peaks OF the Ozark
Mountains came near causing
disaster last night, according to
Major II. A. Strauss. commander
of the CO. The peak was higher
than Indicated. and the C-2 speed.
Ing through the darkness wac al
most upon II before 81 was sighted.
sharp upturn tilt o. the d.r!gibie
cleared the peak.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
DEMOCRATS MEET
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Leaders Of Party to Attend
Session of State Com.
Inittcc.
SENATOR'S WILL COME
Byrd Says Aggressive Fights
to Be Wagcd in
Districts.
WILL COME

The most prominent Democrats o,
the state ar. expected TO attend the
meeting o! the State Central Com
m!ttee here Friday evening. when
plans VIII be formulated for active
campaigns 'his fall In nll distric,.
according 10 "A statement ycs,erd,v
nom Winchester BY state Chairman
H. r Byrd. In addition TO mem
bers OF the committee. the meeting
Ia To he attended by Governor =.
Leo Trinklc. United States Senator's
Claude 4. swanson and Carter Glass.
former Governor Henry c. Stuart.
George e. Pecry. of Tazeweli. can
didate FOR Congress from the Ninth
District. members Of the Virginia
delegation in ,he House Of Repre-
scn'ativcs. and other Democratic
leaders.
Chairman Byrd sn,i the commit
tee Intended To wage an aggressive
nght IA All districts. particularly
those In which there Is Republican
opposition this fall. Republicans arc
making vigorous campaign In the
Ninth. where George Pccry Is on
posed ty former State Senator Has
singer and in the Seventh, where
Representative 7. W. Harrison. WIN
chester. is being opposed by John
fau!, Republican. Harr!sonburS
While active campaigns Will b.
waged by both parties In virtually
all ton congressional districts of the
state, IL appears The most deter
mined hghts viii take place in the
seventh and Himth Districts.
Indications arc that the Demo.
cratic campaign will get into fun
swing Immediately after the meeting
OF the committee and leaders in
Richmond next Frinay night. SPEAK
Ing dates for Democratic SMELL
binders are to be outlined at that
time and state party headauar,crs
at Murphy's Hotel will hum with ac-
tivity In all directions from then
until the vote is polled on Novem
Der for United States Senator and
members OF Congress from the ten
congressional districts OF tho State
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
DOUBLE MURDER
MYSTERY BATTLES
POLICE IN JERSEY
Wife of Slain Pastor Ad.
mits She Was Out Be-
fore Shooting.
BROTHER ACCOMPANIED
HER ON TRIP TO CHURCH
William Stevens Declines to
Answer Questions Regard
ing Slayings.
SEXTON auIzzED BY DETECTIVES
AutoDsy Reveals Single Bullet Wound
In E'orehrnd of Woman
Victim.
[By Associa,edpress1

NEW BRUNSWICK. y. j.. Sept. -.
Mrs. Edward ". Han. whose hns-
band. the rector of the Pro,estan.
Episcopal Church OF ST. John the
Evangelist. and Mrs. James Mills.
"i'e OF the sexton Of the church,
were found dead from bullet wounds
under an apple tree in a rustic lane
ot Somerset County on Saturday
morning. told detectives today she
was the woman in the polo coat who
was seen entering the Hal! home a.
O'Clock Friday morning. soon after
the police allego the double shoot
ing occurred
She told them. detectives said, tina.
becoming worried over the failure
OF her husband to return home. she
had gone 10 his church to see IL he
nad been detained there. She ea!d
she had been accompanied by vii
Ham Stevens. her brother.
Declines to he Questioned.
william Phillips. watchman a.
III: New Jersey College for Women.
which stands directly across tho
street from the Hall home. had told
inc police he saw woman run down
the street about O'Clock FRIDAY
morning and enter the Hail home.
Detectives said he made no report
Of seeing man with the woman.
y am tied by my sisters honor
ana that OF my family. They nrc
not goins to question me-" said Stew
ems when asked about the affair. He
declined TO comment on the mystery
surrounding the double shooting. and
said he was going out OF town, and
would not answer questions.
day OF Investigation, authorities
said. had failed to III, In any mate.
rial way the veil OF mystery which
Shroufs the deaths OF one OF tho
w!dest-known members o. the Pro-
tesiant Episcopal clergy Of New Jer
sey. and the wife OF the sexton.
who vas known only beyond her
immediate ne!rh5orhood for the
work She had done as the leader ot
the church choir
Case Is "nnTling."
County Detective Totten said all
aspects ot the case still remained
battling" He added. however. tina,
The theory that robbery was the mo.
;ivc of th" double shooting had been
discarded. When the rec,or's body
was '""nd MS gold watch was miss
inE' and only fcw cents were in his
pockets.
The detectiv" eaid Mrs. Hail had
been Questioned twice by himself and
MS assistants. and Charlotte Mills
the !s-year-old daughter OF Mrs
H!!!s, once, at some length. Totem
'Continued on Page :. Col. e.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
BRITISH CABINET
CONFERS SUNDAY
. ON TURKISH CRISIS
Near East Developments
Cause Government In
creasing Anxiety.
TURKEY TO DEMAND
THRACE FROM ALLIES
Scores ''This New War" as
bordering on In
sanity"
KEMAL MEETS SIR HARRY LAMB
Paris Favor. M"rnI PerxunsIon
Rather Than Military
Arguments.
TURKEY TO DEMAND
THRACE FROM ALLIES
KEMAL MEETS SIR HARRY LAMB
Pnrfs Fnrors MorRl Persunslon n
Rather Than Military
Arguments.
tBy Associated Press.l

LONDON. Sept. l7.-Near Eastern
developments are causing the Brit
ish government Increased anxiety.
mally over the week -end at Chequcra
Court. tho country residence OF tho
Prime Minister. Austen Chamber
lain. Lord Birkenhead. Sir Rotert
Stevenson Horne and Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill have been Lloyd
Georges guests there. and all
through Sunday the telephones be-
tween Chequers Court and the For
cign ONCE in London have been
humming with consultations with
the various government depart
ments.
Another formal Cabinet council
Will be held tomorrow, and the For
elgn Minister of Jugo- -Slavia. NJ.
Minchitch. who has been In consul
tation with Premier Poincarc. at
Paris. and who will Gcach London
tomorrow, Will have an interview
with the Prime Minister and Lord
Curzon. the British Secretary for
Foreign Affairs.
The principal news OF the day
brought by Associated Press dis
patches 10 OF n conference between
Sir Harry Lamb. tho British High
Pasha, at Smyrna, In which the Ma
tionalist leader showed little dis
position to regard allied warnings
unless tho allies wore willing to re-
turn Thrace TO Turkey. Moreover
kemal demands complete withdrawal
OF the Greek forces from tho Tcha
talja lines.
The latest advices from Constants
nople indicate serious allied prepara-
tions for a possible attempt by the
Kemalists against the neutral zone
This may serve to explain the some
what sudden change in the attitude
OF the British government from Fri
day, when II Was explained that no
considerable re-enforccments would
be sent to the Near East unless the
Turks gave evidence OF an intent to
CROSS into Europe, TO Saturday
hen the British government Issued
an important statement OF policy
showing immediate steps to meet
possible Kcmalist action.
This sudden change In attitude has
caused grave misGivings in certain
quarters. The Daily Mail tomorrow
will publish under the editorial cap
ton. This New War" an article
stigmatizing the policy set forth In
the statement bordering upon In
sanity"
II declares that the Britjsh publi /,
CONTINUED on Page 2. Col. g.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
WILL BUY
NORTHCLIFFE PAPERS
fBy United News.1

LONDON. Sept. l7-I.ord Rother-
mere has arranged 10 purchase tho
shares In the Associated Newspapers.
Ltd, held by his brother. tho late
Lord Northciifro. 1t is understood.
Application for this purchaa" wlll he
made In court Tuesday NO that tho
transaction can I've confirmed.
Tho Associated Newspapers, Ltd.
owns the Daily Mall. the Evening
News and tho Weekly Dispatch.
John Walter has received an op-
tion from tho administrator OF the
N0rthclifre estate for the purchase
of tho iato publishers interest In
tho London Times, which was found
cd by the Waltor family.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
6 SERIOUSLY HURT
IN N. Y. RACE RIOT
All Kinds of Weapons Used
in Big Battle in
Streets.
3 PERSONS ARRESTED
Trouble Result of Negro In
vasion of Ncighborhood
of Whites.
3 PERSONS ARRESTED
IBy Associated Press1

NE" YORK, Sept. 17.-Bricks.
razors. knives, clubs and fists were
the weapons that sent six victims to
hospitals and score of others, less
seriously injured. 10 physicians for
treatment early today as the result
OF race riot between whites and
ty negroes OF Z neighborhood ten
an'ed by white families. Police re-
serves quclled the battle
Three OF the SIX seriously injured
are under arrest and under police
guard in hospitals. They are white
men. all charged with felonious as-
sau!t. They are suffering from
razor cuts, stab wounds and broken
heads. y negro and two negresscs
also are in hospitals. but have not
been arrested.
The battle occurred on Yves.
Fifty-ninth street. in the uppcr
Wcs. Side, where. the police saw.
trouble has been brewing for some
time following Invasion of tho
nc!Shlorhood By the blacks. Early
today party OF white men is al
celebration Of negroes was In
progress. They were elected, badly
beaten. the police say. and later they
dragged two negresses and their
male escort from a taxicab and set
upon them.
This is said to have precipitated a
general battle, whites and blacks
Hooking To the melee from all direo-
tions. RazsTs. knives and clubs aug
mented fists. while adherents of both
FACTIONS stood on nearby tenement
roofs and hurled into the swirling
mass ericks torn from chimneys.
Riot calls brought several squadrons
Of police. who rushed the two fac
tons Into an enforced peace.
Extra police tonight are patrolinc
the neighborhood TO prevent a re-
sumption of hostilities
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
THE OTTOMAN FORCES
ONERAWED BY WARNING
Hamid Bcy Says Eve Cannot
Resign Rights as Indcpcn-
dent Nation
nnITISH BRING rr SOLDIERS
X KcmnliStS Thrcntcn to Pursue Greeks
Into International
Territory.

CoNsTANTlNopLE. Sept. IL
British and allied troops are en-
trenching themselves around Chanak.
which commands tho entrace TO the
Dardanelles, and arc prepared to
withstand as best they can, any sur
prise attack by tho Turks.
Re-enforcements arc cxpect.d
shortly. but at present tho allied
strength Is not sufficient TO hold back
serious attack. However, tho
Turks are not expected to launch an
offensive Immediately. a, II is be-
lievcd that Kemal Pasha will first
try TO gain his ends through nego-
tiatlons
The Turks here appear to have
been overawed by the allied warn
ing that disorders would be sup
pressed forcibly. But small bodies
OF Moslems arc being sent into
Thrace TO stir up discomfort and pre-
pare the soil for an attempt to break
Greece's hold. Some uneasiness is
felt because Of the numerous armed
Turkish agitators who are activ.
around tho city. Business is.at q
standstill.
Vurla, twenty-five miles from
smyrna, is reported In flames. indi-
eating that tho Turks. having com
pleted their destruction OF smyrna,
may be spreading terror through tho
surrounding settlements.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
| DEAD, 7 HURT, IN
AUTOMOBILE RACE
Roscoe Sarles, Veteran Driver.
Burned to Death in
Kansas City.
THhEE LIKELY TO DIE
Tommy Milton Wins 30O.Mile
Contest, With Harry
Hartse Second.
THhEE LIKELY TO DIE
tBy Associated Prees.)

KANSAS CITY. Sept. IT.-Death
christcned Kansas Citys new board
speedway today.
one racer wns fatally burned, four
were injured severely. two OF whom
may die. and two others slightly in
)ured In the 30o-mile classic dedl.
eating the new speed BOWL.
The dead: Roscoe Sarles. La
;ayette. Ind. veteran driver. killed
when his machine was wrecked and
burned after the collision with The
car Of Pete dc Paolo
Tn" severely injured: Joe Thomas.
seattle. driver. injured when his ma
chine crashed into Jimmy Murphy's
car Just ahead OF him on the nfty-
milo mark. Mechanician G. V. Pick
up. riding with Sarles. probably IA
tally hurt; Mechanic.an Eddie Hef-
ferman. riding with Eddie Hearn.
probably fatally hurt. when Hearne.s
car broke front axle: Mechauician
Parry licnninS. riding with De
paolo.
Eddie Henrne Hurt.
The slightly Injured: Pete ds
faoio, driver, injured when his car
coiiidcd with that OF Sarlcs Eddie
Hcarne. veteran driver In MANY
races. whose car turned turtla after
The front axle broke. badly cut and
bruised.
Late tonight physicians reported
that three mechan!c.ans injured Sc
verely had suffered fractured skulls
and that there was slight chance for
any OF them to recover. Thomas. II
was said. suffered a broken leg and
possible Internal injuries. but II was
believed he would recover.
The 3o0-mile race. which draw
many OF the most famous drivers OF
the country. was won by Tommy
Milton. OF st. Paul. time 2:46:52:ss.
The next four contenders TO TN.
ish and their time follows:
Harry Hartse finished second.
time. 2:t7:1o:2S. Frank Elliott. Kan
sas City. was third: time, 2:49:@s:so
Ralph Mulford. fourth: time.
2:60:45:3s. Jerry Muderlich, NTH:
time, 2:55:46:47.
Sarles was killed at tho northeast
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
WOMEN MUST ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY TOGET
SEX XEQUALTTY SOUGHT
Believes in Best Man,
Regardless of Party
IBy United Sews.l

WASHINGTON. Sept. l7.-Mrs.
Gardener says:
Women must be willing to ac-
cept responsibility IL they wish
to receive tho real equality We all
wish for them"
MY standard-the best individ-
ual for the place regardless Of
sex or party affiliations"
Ihe age-old restrictions
against women and being stead
Ny and surely eradicated from the
minds and methods OF men"
1T Is difficult for the married
woman to assume tho RESPONSE
bilities or business administra-
tive Office
&C.. 1922. by United News)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
SMYRNA STREETS
VAST SEPULCHRE
Turks Have Not Moved Count
less Bodies of Vic
Tins.
SURVIVORS FEAR DEATH
American Destroyer Saves $50
Orphans by Smuggling
Them Aboard.
SURVIVORS FEAR DEATH
IBy Associated Prcss.l

SMYRNA, Sept. l7.-Smyrna, which
the Turks have called the eye OF
Asia. la vast sepulchre OF ashes.
Only shattered walls Of $4,000 homes
and the charred bodies OF countless
destruction uncxampled In modern
history. Tho ruins arc still smolder-
ms !ikc volcano which has spent
It's fury. No effort has been made
by the Turks to remove the dead and
dying. Tho streets arc full OF the
bodies OF those who sought to es-
cape. for tho most part women and
children.
Armenian Quarter Destroyed.
Every building in the Armenian
quarter has been burned. with the
dead lying about. The bay, which
covers an area OF nifty acres, still
carries on It's surface the poor rem
nants OF those who were massacred
or sought to escape the ruthlessness
OF the nro. One waterfront holds
thousands OF survivors who fear
death at tho hands of tho soldiery;
there nrc no boats to take them off
One ship captain declined to take
the wretched sufferers. hut Captain
Walters, Of tho American steamer
Winono. rescued $500 and took them
20 Piraeus, American sailors OF the
destroyer Litchticld snatched $50 or
phancd boys from the pier and car
r!cd them safely TO Constantinople
The jack tars slept on the iron decks
or under torpedo tubes while the
n,lp, oil %
all the acts OF Gallantry by the
Americans at Smyrna there was none
more inspiring than this.
sneak Orphans Aboard.
While tho orphans wero being
loaded on the L!tchheld. II. c. ia
quith. director OF Near East Relief.
who camo here recently from Con-
stantinople. diverted tho attention
of Turkish guards. giving them Gig
arettes and talking to them in their
native tongue. The guards are un-
der strictest orders not TO permit
the escape Of any OF the Greek or
Armenian refugees. and on several
occasions have shot to death fugi-
tives endeavoring TO reach outlying
vessels by swimming.
Out OF 100000 Christians crowding
the city prior to the descent OF the
Turks, only 10000 have been cvacu-
atcd. The Kcmaiist officials have in
formed the American relief workers
that tho return OF the Christians TO
the interior meant certain death.
The director OF the Armenian or
phanage established by the American
Committee for Relief IN the Near
East committed suicide by drown
inG IN the presence OF Mr.. Jaquith,
who Is director Of the organization.
Scores OF others followed his exam
pie.
College President Beaten.
DR.. Mclaughlin, president of the
American College. was severely
beatcn by Turkish irregulars. and
his clothes and money seized. lie
l!mped by the aid of crutch from
Continued on Page 2. Col. 2.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
BRITTsH bring UP TROOPS
TO DEFEND NEUTRAL ZONE
Try Associated Press.l


CONSTANTINOPLE, Sent. IL
I'VE loathe wars and sincerely desire
peace and reconstruction. but we can.
not resign our rights as an lndepen-
dent nation" declared Hamid Rev.
Kemalist representative in Constan
tinople. In replying today to aues-
tion concerning rumors OF an attack
by the Turkish army against tha
straits. we have won a decisive
victory, but our peace terms are un-
changed. We have not been lntosi
Gated by our successes
The reconauest OF the richest
portions OF Antolia has augmented
our resources, improved our finances.
and our army. which suffered very
little. as the Greeks nowhere fought
serious battle. IL soothing with a
desire to complete tho work of lib
Grafton OF tho homelands under
enemy occupation"
Turkish concentrations at Ismld
continue, and the British are bring
Ing up troops. but It Is hardly pos
s!ble TO defend tho neutral zora
against tho well-trained ISemalist
army. Sussex regiment, just ar
rived from Malta, was landed today
III tne DaCuanoileS, ana the Gordon
fIiShlanders are due about the mid
die OF tho week a. Chanak
Allied military experts take tho
view that force OF thlrty-three bat
talions will be required to defend
Constantinoplo and the straits. The
allied forces OF occupation total
about twenty hattalions. mostly in
complete. but landing parties from
more than fifty warships can mako up
the deficit.
Notification OF the allied govern
ments' decision To convene a confer
ence for discussion OF the Turkish
question has not yet been made, but
1t is believed that tho Angora gov
ernmcnt Will decline to participate
in such n conference, unless tae al
lies adhere TO the viewpoint OF that
government.
The AnEora government has in
formed the allies that IL the remain
der OF the Greek army In Asia-Minor
attempts to retreat across the neutral
zones ot the Dardanellcs. the iIsmal-
lists will disregard the neutrality OF
the straits and pursue the Greeks IN
International territory.
The Greek military mission has left
Con uD.Inonia
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
IN EUROPE
HIT BY WEATHER
[By United News.l

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.--Weather
extremes, ranging from excessive
rains In England, Scandinavia and
Germany to severe drought in the
Eastern and Central parts of tho
continent, have combined to have
seriously affected the European food.
stuns outlook for tho coming fall and
winter. Alfred p. Dennis. special ron.
resentative Of the Department OF
Commerce. now in Berlin. has report
ed 10 Secretary Hoover.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
900 s. A. L. Worker. to Return.

RALEIGH. N. C.. Sept. 1s.-Four
hundred Seaboard Air Line shopmen,
who went on strike here seventy-nine
days ago. will return to work this
morning at o'clock. Two hundred
employees imported to man the shops
shortly after tho strike began have
been transferred to Jacksonville and
Norfolk, where doubiS shifts Will be
worked,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-18
TAKE ALLEGED AUTO
THIEF TO BALTIMORE
Especial to The Timcs.plsra,ch.,

Especial to The Times D!spatch1
DANVILLE. VA. Sept. 17.--R. c..
Copeland. arrested here In posse sion
OF an automobile stolen from w. c..
Gangster. OF Baltimore, was taken
back to that city by Baltimore de-
tective, who drove him through tho
country. According to the visiting
officer. the car was stolen from q
parked position outside a Baltimore
theatcr.
Two nights ago tho jailer removed
from the mans possession a pocket
knife. One of the bars OF his cell
showed that II had been tampered
with. although tho man was not
actually found cutting It.
The famous 50 steamer trip, Richd.-
Balto.' daily exc. Sun, York River