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Evening star., 1922-10-09
WOULD ACT QUICK
ON D. c. SURPLUS
Senator Curtis Favors
Prompt Use of Funds if
Title Is Proven.

The surplus revenues of the Dis
trict now held by the Treasury
amounting to some five million dollars.
should be appropriated for the ben
eft of the District without delay, in
the opinion of Senator Curtis OF
Kansas, If the joint congressional
committee now Investigating the
matter decides that these surplus
revenues belong to the District.
Senator Curtis, who has always
been strongly in favor of having the
District surplus revenue question
settled with as little delay as pos
sible. said today that he believed
the representatives of the District
government should urge that the
money be used for the benefit OF the
District as soon as possible. II the
funds were used, he pointed out
there would be no future contro-
yersy in regard to them.
Some of the money, ne SAID. OF
course could be used to help put the
District on a cash-paying basis as
directed by the appropriation act foI
the nresent fiscal year, but, he said
a very small sum could be appro-
II would take care Of the public
schools Of the District first" said Sen
ator Curtis. New and additional
school buildings are needed to &C;
would take care of the public play
grounds and thirdly I would have a
new building constructed to house the
off1ces of the recorder of deeds and
the register Of wills. 1t should be
placed on a site on judiciary square,
Evening star., 1922-10-09
EFFORT TO HURRY
PEPCO CASE FAILS
Supreme Court Refuses to
Advance Hearing-Expect
Action in Spring.

A motion to advance the hearing in
the case of the Public Utilities Conn
mission of the District Of Columbia
against the Potomac Electric Power
Company, involving the valuation Of
the company's property. found by the
commission for rate-making purposes,
was denied today by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Chief Justice Taft, in making the
announcement said that tho court
had denied tho motion to advance be-
cause the case would be heard with
in q reasonable time, in the ordinary
course of the docket It is expected
that the case will come before the
court for argument in the ordinary
course Of events next March or April.
The motion to advance was fled by
F. II, Stephens, general counsel for
the Public Utilities Commission, and
Conrad H. Syme, special counsel for
the Public Utilities Commission. The
case Is before the Supreme Court on
appeal from the decision Of the Court
of Appeals reversing the decision Of
the Supreme Court Of the District
which sustained the valuation found
BY the Public Utilities Commission.
The present controversy involves the
basis of the prices now paid and to
be paid in the future by all con-
sumers of electricity.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
MATERNITY LAW TEST
GRANTED BY HIGH COURT

Massachusetts request for permis-
sion to test the constitutionality OF
the maternity law was granted today
by the Supreme Court and the proc
ess ordered returned on January 2,
1928.
Massachusetts, attacked the law on
the ground that 1t "usurped" author
ity belonging to the states and es-
tablished q system Of government
whereby certain governmental func-
tions are performed by cooperation
between tho federal government and
said states," from which Massachu-
setts Is excluded by reason Of its as
sertion of its sovereign rights.
To accomplish the encroachment
upon state rights, the federal gov
ernment, Massachusetts, asserted. Of
fered to make available an appropria-
tion conditioned upon expenditures by
the different states and their co-op-
Grafton in giving effect to the law.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
BROWNS HIS THREE
CHILDREN IN TUB
Father, Out of Work, Then
Kills Himself With
Revolver.
MOTHER WAS AT CHURCH
Faints After Discovering Bodies
and Note on Bathroom
Floor.
MOTHER WAS AT CHURCH
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, October g.
The bodies of a father and his three
children today lay side by side in ar
undertaking establishment here. vic.
tins of a tragedy last night. The
children-Ethelyn. fivei Grass. two
and Russell, six monthe-were drown.
ed in a bathtub at their home by the
father. William E. Wheeler. who then
fired a bullet into his brain.
Dependency because OF inability to
obtain employment was responsible
for the crime, police said. Mrs
Wheeler discovered the bodies after
she returned homo from church A
note protruding from beneath the
bathroom door told Of the act of her
husband and gave Instructions as to
the disposition Of his body and the
furniture in the house. It read, In
part:
Dear Milly:-It had to come al
Pay up every bill. That's what did
it for. I'm taking the kiddies with
me so you and no one else can say
that left them a burden on you. II
were to hang on longer it would
only be the same old story"
Mrs. Wheeler swooned after the
bathroom door was broken down by
a boarder. She told police that her
hurband appeared to be in excellent
spirits when she left for church.
The children were found clasped in
each others arms on the bottom OF
the tub, which was half filed with
water. The father hung over the edge
Of the tub, still clutching the pistol
from which he fired the fatal shot.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
NO RELIEF SEEN
IN RENT SITUATION
Despite Much Building,
Labor Department Finds
Few Places Available.
HOMES HELD FOR SALE
Survey Discloses Surplus of Gen
eral Clerical Workers as Col
'-' lege Men Seek Jobs.
HOMES HELD FOR SALE

notwithstanding a building pro-
gram approximating s32.00O.000 IN
the past eight months, very few
apartments or houses are available
for rent in the District of Columbia,
the Department of Labor announced
~soday In a survey-of empioymen mt
conditions for the month September
30. The majority of residences are
held for sale, the department said.
and apartments available for rent
ing purposes are not within reach of
persons of moderate means The
future holds no promise Of early re-
lief, the announcement said.
There is q surplus of general cleri-
cal workers in Washington. which
has been increased by an influx of
college students securing part time
employment. Construction of a con-
added, will provide additional work
for building tradesmen. Employ
ment conditions in Virginia were re-
ported to be improving with heavy
increase In employment in the lum-
Der industry.
Eject OF Strike Settlement.
Industrial employment In all parts
of the country has been accelerated
by adjustment Of the coal and rail
strikes. although inadequate car and
fuel supply has retarded further
improvement, the department an
nounced.
Decreased employment was dis
closed in liquor and beverages"
vehicles for land transportation,
metal and products other than iron
and steel and stone, clay and glass
products. Building construction
throughout the country, the survey
said, is maintaining q steady pace
in practically all sections, while the
most encouraging sign Of prosperity
Is tho threatened common labor
transportation and fuel dffficulties.
the survey declared will speed pro-
duction and employment "to a higher
degree than has obtained since the
war;"
Evening star., 1922-10-09
Commission Is Keeping Close
Check on Both Dealers
and HousehoIderS.
NAMES OF OFFENDERS
MAY BE MADE PUBLIC
Warning Issued as Officials Detect
Breakers of New Fuel
IRV.

Steps may Be- esken - sae subIic
Utilities Commission to 06t a the
supply OF fuel to certain dealers and
to householders who are ignoring the
rules governing the delivery of coal.
This was intimated today by Wal
ter c. Allen. secretary to the com
mission. who said the commission has
Information that deliveries in excess
OF the regulations have been made
since the warning to the public and
to dealers was issued last waek.
1t was learned today that tie com
mission has considered the edyisa-
biltty of making public tES names
OF dealers who do not observs the de-
livery rules
Must Obey RuIea.
The commission on Friday issued
statement explaining how coal should
be delivered in order to inusfe every
nome an equal amount in proportion
to the size Of the dwelling
This statement was intAuded as
warning to both dealers and con
sumers, but. Mr.. Allen said. viola
tions still are occurring.
Ihe rules provide that onyS a thirty
Gay supply of the larger sizes Of an
thracite or a sixty-day supply of pea
coai may be delivered to a house at &
time. 1t is further provided that no
oeliFeries shall be made to houses in
which the above amount of coal is al
ready stored The commission has
been advised that Washington will
receive only so per cent of its nor
maj supply of hard coal this winter,
ana the purpose of the restriction on
dellverles is to guarantee every home
sumcient amount of fuel with which
70 start the furnaces when the FIRST
cold day dawno.
Check ON Deliveries.
or course. when furnace time ar
rives and family begins to use its
first allotment. a dealer may then
deliver the second shipment.
If the rules are violated generally
frosty weather undoubtedly will
catch some homes without coal. and
1t is such q situation the Commission
Is seeking to prevent
a corps OF clerks in the District
building are keeping a close check on
all coal ordered and delivered, SO that
violations will show up readily.
1t was estimated today that approx-
fmately 10000 homes have now filed
their orders for the winter supply of
fuel on the pink blanks supplied to
all dealers by the commission. A CODY
of every order received by the dealers
Is on ME with the commission
Evening star., 1922-10-09
London Anxious. as Clouds of Var.
Again Gather Over Near East Crisis
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 9.-The near east
situation continued to present dis
turbing potentialities today, with the
revolutionary Greek army at Adria-
nople declaring it would not retire
and with the victorious Turkish army
concentrating at Brusa and 1smid,
anxious to reach Constantinople and
protect the Turks in Thrace.
The uneasiness was increased by
the fact that the allies are not gen.
orally considered to have sufficient
armed forces to control either the
Turks or the Greeks.
British Patient.
While the British are using the
utmost patience to conclude peace, it
Is believed the Greeks and French
have warned that if a settlement is
not reached the British will abandon
the whole peace effort. At the same
time the belief IS that Gen. Haring-
ton has orders not to risk any act of
war, and it appears from the tone of
the British press that no war with the
Turks would receive popular backing.
One of the points of insistence re-
sarding the present situation with re-
spect to the neutral zone, Is that
become permanently neutral. In this
connection Lord Cu-zon is believed to
have informed Premier Poincare
frankly that the British were not
working to secure exclusive control
of the straits. they they had too many
undertakings already and would ue
satisfied with the league of nations,
American or any participation which
would make the straits open to COM
merce and neutral in time of war.
Turk Delegate Reasonable.
1t is affirmed that Ismet Pasha is
showing as much reasonableness at
Mudania as Is consistent with his in
Structions, and that for one thing, he
has not demanded that Constanti-
nople be evacuated at once.
On general lines, the instructions
upon which Gen. Harrington is act
sng today are to reiterate to Ismet
that the Turks mus, respect the neu-
raj zone and that they cannot send
a large number of troops to Thrace,
but of which points were made in the
original allied note Of September %.
The general is not making repre-
sentations regarding the reported ar
rest by the Turks of large numbers
of Greeks in the outskirts of Scutari.
This action is considered a form of
banditism which is not connected
with the forces Of Mustapha kemal
Pasha.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
RECORDS SMASHED
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Enrolment Exceeds by 598
Peak of Last Years
Attendance.

Enrolment in the District public
schools has exceeded by 598 the peak
of last years, which was reported in
November. according to the latest
figures given out today by the au-
thorities. The officials now feel con-
fident that their pre-schooI opening
estimates. which placed this years
maximum enrolment at approx
mately $1,000. will be reached some
time next month.
The statistics show that there ere
now 65,4ss children on the school
rolls. or 1922 moro than on October
are in the elementary schools, 1879
in the high schools and 4s1 in the
normal schools. This is an increase
of 1881 in the high schools, 654 in
the grade schools and 1877 in tho
normal schools.
3,202 at Central High.
Central High School. according to
the figures, now has s.2o2 students en-
rolled. compared with $3.50 on the
corresponding day Of 1921. Enroll
ment in the other high schools fol-
lows:
Eastern, LOSS; Western. 1.o34: Busi-
ness. 1889: Mckinley. 1877; Arm
strong, 1.o75. and Dunbar. 1908. The
Columbia Junior High School report
ed an enrolment of S65, and the
Shaw Junior High School. 431. The
Wilson Normal School has an enroll
ment Of 217. and the Miner Normal,
2sl.
Graded School Figures.
The graded school enrolment by
divisions, follows:
First division. $3.50; third. s,o76;
Wilson, Normal practice, 337; Frank
lin-Thomson. sss; special. 4ll: fifth
division. 5.741; sixth, 1921; seventh.
3.747; eighth. 3.50a: ninth. 3.sSs: tenth.
5,256; eleventh, 4,909; twelfth, 1,z7l:
thirteenth, 5.26S: Miner Normal prac-
tice, 213; Cardosa-vocational. AZ. and
the o Street Vocational, III.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
GREEKS ON GUARD
AGAINST REV0LTS
Military Dictator Says Army
Is Ready to Put Down
Agitators.
By the Associate ted Press.

by the Associated Press.
ATHENS. October 9-Attempts bv
reactionaries to make capital ont ot
the loss of Th-ace will be met n
necessary, by force, it is declared by
Col. Gonatas, who is still the military
dictator of the new Greek eovern.
ment.
He announced before a meeting of
the Commercial Association Of Athens
that the army was ready to take
severe measures to protect the na-
tional safety and assure permanencv
to the objects of the revolution.
The revolution was achieved ne,ca
fully" he said. but the army is ready
TO take grave decisions against those
VINO seek to exploit the loss of Thrace
by discrediting the revolution, which
came too late to save Thrace.
But the revolution came ear,v
.enough to prevent a greater disa ster.
Ihe pretensions of the enemy will mot
be limited by the line of the Maritz.
river" (The Martha river marks tbe
western boundary OF that portion ~
Thrace which the allies have aeread
to return to the Turks.)
Thraeians Expect War.
The Greek members of the cbamhs-
OF deputies for Thrace have sent i.
statement to the British press, d..
ciaring that If the British people h..
lieve the re-entry Of the Turks into
Europe will assure peace thew ara
suffering from q lamentabIs illusion.
The Thracians predict that before
many months the British and French
mandates for Palestine. Mesopotamia
and Syria will be challenged. The
Egyptian question will be reopened
and the Gallipoli campaign will bav.
to be fought over again. They decIare
that in avoiding armed conflict To-
day the British are merely uostpon-
ing the inevitable and that in the
near future they will have to fiTht
under infinitely worse conditions than
at present.
II, nevertheless, Greece Is to be
stripped Of her new territories, saws
the statement, she ought to be spared
the crushing blow Of being swamped
with 100000 refugees. The sigma
tories demand that allied troops re-
main permanently in Thrace to save
the non-Turkish population from
massacre or deportation.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
STRONG BRITISH DEFENSE.

8y the Associated Press.
CHANAK, October 9.-"Wo are
only three weeks old, but already
have the strength OF Gibraltar -
proudly said a British captain. who
escorted the Associated Press corre-
spondent ashore at Chanak.
1t is just three weeks since prep
arations for the defense of Chanak
were begun, and in that time this
struggling village of white-walled
houses has become the center of one
of the most formidable fortresses in
the world. Visible evidence of Great
Britain's earnest preparations for
whatever may happen in the near
east greets the visitor on all sides,
and the officers in charge, who are
|all veterans of the world war. de-
clare that no defensive positions on
the west front were more tmpreg-
|nable.
From the harbor, where q dozen
freighters and transports swing at
anchor. there Is little to be seen ex-
.cept a few gaunt earthworks and
hospital buildings to the west Of the
Evening star., 1922-10-09
TWO DIE FOR POLITICS.
Eipht Others Wounded in Cuban
Election Campaign Fight.

HAVANA, Cuba, october s.-Fight-
ing which arose out of the heated
political campaign being waged pre-
liminary to coming partial elections
resulted IN the death Of two per-
sons and the wounding Of eight
others last night at Guana1ay. near
here.
The contending factions were mem
nolitical organization known as
Friends Of the People.
Evening star., 1922-10-09

gates. The conference with Isme,
Pasha, the Turkish nationalist repre-.
sentative. was scheduled to be re-
sumed at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The delegates met informally last
night, postponing formal discussions
until this afternoon.
Gen. Harrington. the British COM
mander-in-chief. received in writing
an assurapce from Ismet Pasha thai
there would be no further advance OF
the nationalist troops in the neutral
zone.
LOSS OF Thrace Admitted.
By the Associated Press
= ATHENS. October 9.-The Greek
government has instructed its dele
gates at the AIudania conference to
accept decisions which may be unan-
imously agreed upon by the allied
representatives
This action was taken following the
receipt of advices from former Pre-
mier VenizeloS that eastern Thrace
must be considered as lost to Greece
Greece will endeavor to secure two
months time to permit the eyacua-
tion OF her army and the Greek civil
ian population, which is estimated to
aggregate 250.00O. 1t is probable that
another 300, 900 Greeks and Armenians
will leave Constantinople for Greece.
which will make more crushing the
problem of the country, which is al
ready burdened with refugees.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
CARRY LANTERNS
AFTER SUN SETS.
ORDER IN SMYRNA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
SMYRNA, October 9.-Noureddfn
Pasha, military commander of Smyrna.
in his regulations for the conduct of
civilians in peace time includes the re-
quirement that all persons on the streets
after sunset carry lighted lanterns.
Another order is that all flags must
be removed from private houses. The
order says:
mo residence, shop, carriage or motor
car may display a nag, whether Turkish
or foreign. except on fete days"
Evening star., 1922-10-09

Bridges Blown Up.
Turkish irregulars and small bands
of guerrillas and bandits which fire.
Quently form the advance guard of a
Turkish army, have appeared in small
villages east of Constantinople. These
villages include Tashkeupsu. Tav-
shanjik, Omarli, Agfa and Armudli,
all within the suburban limits of Con-
stantinople on the Asiatic side.
The British yesterday made final
preparations for defense, blowing up
bridges and crossroads.
Turk Omcer Defiant.
A British destroyer anchored Sunday
at Shileh, on the Black Sea coast. The
commander went ashore, met the ma
tionalist officer there and requested
him to withdraw his forces. The Turk
freplied that he had orders to remain,
whereupon the British commander de-
clared he also would remain and kept
10 his anchorage close in shore.
Peace Conference Continues.
sy tho Asscciated Press.
MUDANI1a, october s.-The allied
generals here for attendance upon the
armistice conference spent this morn
ing comforting with the Greek dele
Evening star., 1922-10-09

town. Here and there along the hill
SIDES are groups of white tents and
the long white highway which twists
across the town and dfsappears
among the close clipped hills is dotted
with army trucks. mule wagons and
other transport. But the real de-
lenses are back from the town in the
rocky valleys, protected from pryinE
Evening star., 1922-10-09
Russian Factions
In Fierce Battle
As japanese Quit
By tho Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
VLADIVOSTOKl October s.-Des-
perate fighting between the red" and
white" armies is in progress on the
Spassk front. The battle is the
severest recorded since the Japanese
evacuation began. The soviet forces
are reported rushing troops with
airplanes and tanks toward Vlad-
ivostok.
The defenders are offering furious
opposition.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
BRITISH OFFICIALS
BACK u. S. RIGHT TO
BAN SHIP LIQUOR

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 9.-Prohibition of
liquors on vessels within American
waters will give rise to no interna-
tional complications, according to the
view expressed by British foreign Of
flcials today.
The governments view. according
to these authorities, is that the matter
is one in which the United States has
a perfect right to take any action it
sees fit.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
Tommies Entrenching at Beikos
as Kemalists Again Appear in
Vicinity of Chanak.
NATIONALIST FORCES DEFIANT:
INCREASE DANGERS OF CLASH
Uneasiness Evident in London by Critical
Developments, as Every Effort Is Ex-
hausted to Maintain Peace.
Rs the Associated Press.


CONSTANTINOPLE October o-The Turkish nationalist
yesterday resumed their advance in the Dardanee
the direction of Chanak the British stronghold according
Mudania dispatch to the local newspapers.
1t reported during the night that Turkish irreguas had
appeared yesterday afternoon short distance from Beos
hills Asatc side OF the Bosporus Beikos
Consannop eight miles above the American naval anchorage
The British are intrenchirg around Beikos
Evening star., 1922-10-09
DANISH CABINET QUITS.
Former Premier Christensen Asked
to Form New Ministry.

COPENHAGEN, October s.-Accord-
ing to the National Tidende. the cab
met Of Premier Neergaard has re-
signed and the king has asked former
Premier J. c. Christensen to form q
new ministry.
The resignation Of the cabinet was
foreshadowed following the recent
suspension and reorganization of the
Landsmandsbank The premier des-
iRnate held the portfolio of public
works in the retiring ministry.
Evening star., 1922-10-09
ROCKWELL FIELD.

Maj. Henry H. Arnold, air service.
at San Francisco, has been assigned
to the command Of Rockwell Field.
Coronado. Catif.A
Evening star., 1922-10-09
WEATHER.

Showers tonight and tomorrow;
cooler tonight.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest. IS, at
2 pm. yesterday; lowest. 60, at 6 am.
today.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-11
PLAN FOR PRISON
OVERALL FACTORY
IS ABANDONED
: reight Rates Are Too
High, Says Manufac-
turer Who Made In
quiry. 4
tspccia: to The HeraId)

SANTA fE, Mar. 1.-THE n
penifentiary board has given Up
plans for establishing an overall
factory at the pcnltentiary on ac-
coung oi the high freight rates un
raw material
Title board has been in oommunl-
catlon with the D. NJ oherm1r
Maucfacturlng company Of Ieffcr-
son City. $40. This company on.
crates a plant at the Missouri
state p-enitentiary. Their letter
refusing To- consiaer a plant In New
Mexico sai'
We have looked into the freight
rates covering shipments Of matte
rial 10 your city and find that same
make II almost prohlbitive for US
10 have goods shipped into your
state. az Il would add an addi-
tiona1 30 rents per dozen to the
cost of garments. besides. the re-
turn freight d high covering goods
shlpped out Of there 10 distributing
points where we shall sell Our
goodE
Tho board awarded meat con-
tracts Tor the ensuing six monfha
TO Armour and Company. the low
est bidder The prices showed a
blight advance, and were fli.sS Der
hundrad for beef and Si325 ger
hundred for sausage.