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PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. LXI XO. 19,302 PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTE3IBER 30, 1923 3e Mat Postoffiee a Second-claa 7 6 H DEMANDS BRITISH RETREAT Hostile Note Adds to Danger of Conflict. SITUATION VEHY TENSE Retirement From Asiatic Side of Straits Asked in Unfriendly Tone. USRTILLERY MOVE WAITED Eng! ish Circles Feel That Bringing Up of Big Guns Will Force Issue. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 29. (By" the Associated Press.) The situation between the British and the" Turkish nationalists was ex tremely tense tonight. A note from Mustapha Kemal Pasha to Brigadier-General Har ington, the British commissioner, couched in a hostile tenor, was con sidered by British military circles here as closing the door to a pa cific settlement of the straits ques tion. The prospects of an armed conflict were considered more evi dent than previously. Retirement Is Demanded. The note of Kemal demanded the retirement of all the British troops from the Asiatic side of the straits as the French and Italians have done, and added that, 'in case of acquiescence, he would withdraw Jhe - nationalist forces "slightly" from the neutral zone. It also demanded the cessation of what were termed the arbitrary measures of the British authorities in Constantinople in dealing with i the Turkish population and a sol - emn undertaking that no Greek vessel should be permitted to .pass the Dardanelles. It concluded with a protest against the destruction of Turkish war material in the straits. British Submarines Arrive. The note of Kemal was in reply to the last written communication of General Harington, transmitted through Hamid Bey, the nationalist representative in Constantinople, to Kemal in Smyrna. It was felt in British circles to night that they would be forced to modify their conciliatory attitude at the moment the Turks bring up heavy artillery with which they would be able to threaten seriously the European side of the Darda nelles and also hamper passage of British vessels through the straits. Six submarines of the British Atlantic fleet have arrived and will be used to prevent the transport of Turkish troops across the Sea of Marmora in the event of war between the British and the Turks. Strategic Batteries Posted. The British also have posted bat teries in strategic positions on the heights of Chanlinga, eastward of Scutari and at Mal-Tepeh, on the Haidar pass railway, facing Prin kipo island. These positions are on the Asiatic side of the Bos- phorus, a short distance from Con' stantinople. Some optimism was felt over the meeting between M. Franklin- Bouillon, the French envoy, and Mustapha Kemal Pasha at Smyrna, where there was a conference on the general situation. Later, while on the way to Eski-Shehr, Kemal received a message calling him to Angora to discuss with the govern ment the nationalist reply to the allied demands. Evacuation May Be Asked. ' Therefore, General Harington has postponed his departure for Mudania . to meet Kemal. Mean while the Turkish leader has given assurance that his troops will not advance further than the neutral zone. ' " i The belief prevails in British mil itary circles that Greece may be f Xof Ifl fn ii'nnU Tini'f Kemalists to enter Thrace by ports on the Sea of Marmora, avoid a violation of the straits and satisfy the Kemalist demandfor possession HIGH-PRICED FUEL DECLARED LIKELY COST OF WOOD EXPECTED TO ' RISE SOO.V. Reduction in Coal Quotations Before Spring Improbable, Says Oregon Authority. - That the price of wood in the ap proaching winter months will soar to unprecedented heights and hat there will be no reduction in coal prices until next year was pre dicted . yesterday by C. G. Tipton, secretary of the Oregon Coal Deal ers' Credit association, after a care ful investigation of the situation. "Dealers who used to gs a car load of coal a day are now lucky to get five or six cars a month," he declared, and pointed out that no relief in shipping conditions could be expected until cars tied up in grain movement and billed to take cart- of the sugar beet crop are re leased. Roiling stock, which was carried east during the recent rail road strike to the extent that cer tain coal districts were almost en tirely denuded of transportation fa cilities has not yet been normally redistributed, he said. . After a five months' struggle, re sulting in a victory for the miners in an industry where labor is esti mated as about 80 per cent of the total cost of producing, any talk of reduction in coal prices is fanciful, llr Tipton said. Information re ceived from the Utah coal fields, which will have to be relied upon, according to local dealers, for by far the largest -part of the coast's coal supply, indicated that the sup ply of cars is by no means back to normal, a condition which not only increases production costs in the mine, but slows production itself. GIRL SHOT BY PLAYMATE High School Student Dead as Result bf Sport. ASHLAND, Or., Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) Ruby Dollar, an 18-year-old high school girl, was shot and al most instantly killed by Earl Barn ard, one year her junior, while play ing with a loaded revolver on the sidewalk in front of the Barnard residence this afternoon. Barnard pointed the weapon at the girl, pulling the trigger. The bullet struck her in the center of the chest, death coming before a physician could be summoned. The fatal bullet was the only one in the revolver. ' ' J Ruby Dollar had been boarding with the Barnard family while at tending Ashland high school. Her home is at Tolo, Or., where her mother resides. 304 TRILLIONS IS DEBT san Jose Man Ones More Money Than There Js In World. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 29. Be cause he owes more money than there is in the world, George Thomas Jones, a resident of San Jose, Cai., filed a petition in bank ruptcy today. Jones affirmed that the amount due his principal creditor was $304,840,332,912,685.16 and was an actual" judgment against him by the superior court of Santa Clara county. : In 1897 he borrowed $100 from Henry B. Stuart at 10 per cent in terest compounded monthly. ite cently Stuart brought an action to recover. The court held against Jones. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH Mother Unable to Get tilrl Out of Blazing House. OLTMPIA, Wash., Sept. 29. (Spe cial.) Judith Berkowitz, aged S, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Berkowitz, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed their farm home in the Black lake district, three miles west of Olympia, today. The child, a cripple, was in bed on the second floor when the .fire started. Mrs. Berkowitz was washing clothes in the yard when she dis covered the fire, which apparently burst through the whole house at once. She attempted to reach the second floor, but was forced back by the flames. - . PASTOR, ELOPER, FREED Man Who Deserted Wife and Nine Children to Rejoin Family. DAYTON. O. Sept. 29. Rev. W. W. Culp, former Spring Valley pastor. who eloped t- a Michigan summer! resort several months ago with 19-year-old melnber of his congrega tion, deserting his wife and nine children, today was free from prison under bond and was en route to I Napanee, Ind., to join his wife and children. Freedom was secured after he had served in four penal institutions in Dayton and Xenla. While in the Dayton workhouse, he cracked rocks and3rove a garbage wagon. , PLASTERERS-DOING WELL One Contractor in Chicago Pays Men $26 Day. CHICAGO, . Sept. 29.-r-Some union plasterers in Chicago are better paid I than some bank presidents, Herman H. Hettler, president of the Illinois I Manufacturers' association, said to- day :n an : "dress. One ontractor, he said, pays his 1 plasterers $2 an hour, a bonus of! $10 a day, to keep them, or a total) wage of t-S a day. !i7;S0B,00D LINE TO NORTH PLAN Barges, Steamers, Rail way to Be Used YAKIMA PROJECT ENLARGED E. E. Lytle Outlines Details 'of New Company; 150-MILE ROUTE FOUND Cars to Be Loaded on Flatboats at Underwood, Wash., and Carried to Portland. .An amibitious rail, barge and steamship project, tying the rich Yakima region directly to Portland and involving the expenditure of $7,500,000 for the construction of 154 miles of railway, was announced yesterday by K. E. Lytle, prime mover in the project- The an nouncement followed the filing of articles of incorporation or tne Yakima Southern railway company at Olympia. Wash. The enterprise, upon which Mr. Lytle has been working a long time, includes a new rail line from Underwood, Wash., up . the White Salmon river and across the Cas cade range of mountains to Yakima, a distance of 86 miles. It was stated this can be accomplished at a maximum of 1.5 per cent grade by means of a mile-long tunnel through the crest of the mountains, and a maximum curvature of 10 per cent. The pass at the portal of the tunnel would be 1800 feet, it was stated. , Cost to Be 95,000,000. j Cost of the Yakima road as pro posed would be approximately $5,000,000, according to Mr. Lytle. Additional lines projected are an ex tension from Yakima: to Beverly, Wash., 38 miles, where a connection will be effected with the Milwaukee road, and another 35 miles between Ellensburg, on the main line of the Milwaukee and Northern Pacifie, to Wenatchee, where a junction will be effected with the Great Northern lines east, north and west and giv ing Portland a direct line far into British Columbia. Another line on the Lytle map is 30 miles long and runs from North Prosser to the Columbia river at Paterson,, just across the river from Messner, an O.-W. R. & N. Co. clvision point. The last named line will cut off '70 miles from the present O.-W. R. & N. company haul between North Prosser and Messner, cutting out the long loop by way of Pasco and Wallula. Bargres to Be lifted. The Yakima Southern line reaches the Columbia river at Underwood. From that point tt Portland it is proposed to handle traffic originat ing in the Yakima valley and other (Concluded on Page 4, Column 3.) YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO A I - ' - .... - - I x " . - - - DEMOCRATS SELECT SMITH FOR GOVERNOR HEARST STAYS OUT OF NEW YORK CONTEST. Platform Favoring Amendments to Volstead Act Adopted Unanimously. (By Chicago .Tribune Leased Wire.) SYRACUSE, N. ' Y Sept. 29. A death blow to tne political aspira tions of William R. Hearst by elim inating him as a candidate for any place on tha ticket and virtually reading him out of the party, was struck by the democratic state con vention, which adjourned tonight after adopting a Semi-radical plat form and making the following nominations: Governor, Alfred E. Smith, New York. Lieutenant governor, -Mayor George R. Lunn, Schenectady. Secretary of state, Commissioner of Corrections James A. Hamilton of Bronx. . ' Controller, Mayor James W. Fleming of Troy. Attorney-general,. Assistant Unit ed States Attorney Carl Sherman, Erie. State treasurer. Captain George K. Shuler of Wayne. United States senator. Health Commissioner Royal S. Copeland, New York. The convention practically came to an end in the corridors of the Hotel Onondaga, where Hearst, had been rejected before the final meet ing was called to order. In a telegram to Joseph A. Moore and William A. DeFord. his personal representative here, Mr. Hearst had insisted that his name be not pre sented to the convention. This mes sage arrived early in the day, but was withheld for two hours while Mr. Hearst's spokesmen . were en gaged in a frantic endeavor to per suade Boss Murphy of Tammany to turn down, "Al" Smith and let Hearst's name go on the ticket, in asmuch as Smith maintained his stand that he would nmt rrecome the running mate of the publisher; The platform declares for modifi cation of the Volstead act. This is the most important plank. That the influence of democratic women, for the first time decisively felt in the councils of tha party, had as much as anything to do with the repudiation of Hearst was the con sensus. No threat has been made as yet by supporters of Hearst to indicate the formation of a third party, either immediately or in the future. None too subtle hints were -dropped, however, by his friends and his.. !o-. litical protege. Mayor Hvlan, that Murphy is in for reckoning and much rough treatment, which even may involve a general massacre of Tam many braves holding city jobs in an effort to topple over Murphy's political throne. SYRACUSE. N. Y., Sept. 29. W. A. Deferd, William R. Hearst's personal representative here, today gave cut a message from Mr. Hearst requesting that his name be not al lowed to go before the democratic state convention. The message from Mr. Hearst read: "Please be sure not to allow my name to go before, the convention. "I certainly will not go on any ticket which, being reactionary, would stultify my record and decla ration of principles and which would (Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.) LION VERY LONG, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS A SORE FOOT. f- V - as,-: - - ! - ' v ' ZZrz? SPS" TOI,Ii OF LIFE IS IilKEIiY TO BE HIGHER. 24 Families Trapped by Flames in Apartment House on West 109th Street. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) . NEW YORK, Sept. 30. At least six persons were "burned to death and many were injured early today in an apartment house blaze at 241 West 109th ftreet. The bodies were recovered more than an hour after the fire .started and it, was feared that others had lost their lives. The flames burst through windows on the first floor of an apartment house just after 1 o'clock and spread so rapidly through the five upper stories that 24 sleeping families were cut off from escape. By the time the first engine came it seemed that all within must perish, but policemen, firemen and volun teers, risking their own lives, in vaded floor after floor, jumping through windows from the fire escapes in. the teeth of the flames, flinging themselves into others from scaling ladders under the pro tection of water screens and carry ing out men, women and children, many of them unconscious. Many were taken to Knicker bocker hospital, suffering from smoke and burns, and two for in juries one of the last mentioned a woman who fought off would-be rescuers- and leaped to the street the other a 'baby thrown down by a frantic mother. One of the injured died shortly after reaching the hospital. Others, it was said, were in bad shape and probably would not live. SERVICE IS FORD'S IDEAL Jobs for Thousands Instead of Money Distribution Aim. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Henry Ford, in an interview published by the Wall Street Journal today, de clared he intended to employ his vast wealth in industry to provide jobs for thousands of additional men and to increase the wealth of the country by large production. "The Rockefeller and Carnegie distributions are all right," he said "but I don't believe in that method.' ENGINES CRASH, 2 DEAD Engineer and Fireman Killed in .. . - . Toltec Gorge, Colo. ANTONITO, Colo.. Sept. 29. D. M. Wright, engineer, an: Fireman Knee were killed today .when Denver & Rio Grande Western passenger train No. 116. on -h!:i they were the engine crew, collided witn a lignt engine near Toltec Gorge. No passengers were hurt. The crew of th3 light engine escaped with slight injuries. TENOR RECOVERS VOICE John McC'ormack to Return From Europe for Concert Tour. NEW YORK. Sept. 29. John Mc Cormack, tenor, who has been abroad since last spring, when he suffered a serious throat affection, has re covered. He expeots to return October 11 from Europe and to make a concert t-.ur. GRAND JURY ELECTION S Probe , of Alleged Pri mary Fraud Finished. ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED Thirteen Secret Indictments Returned by Panel. .V 24 TRUE BILLS FOUND Paul Dormitzer, Attorney, Held on Charge of Larceny From Bootlegger Client. Discontinuance of the dual elec tion board system, whereby ballotal are counted while polls still are open, was recommended by the Multnomah county grand jury, which investigated election frauds in the course of its four months' term, which concluded yesterday. The final report, presented to Circuit Judge Kossman yesterday after noon, also found a weakness in the law In its failure to provide spe cial care for the ballot boxes dur ing their transfer from the day board to the counting board. Though the grand jury did not go into detail, it found "especial dan ger" in the new system for counting ballots because of the opportunity given unscrupulous election officials to tamper with the vote. Until after the polls close at 8 o'clock the counting board wrks in strict privacy, under the present law, whereas under the old system per sons interested in current contro versies could watch the count as it progressed and make certain that their candidates or measures were not slighted by the official counting of the ballots. System Is Criticised. Ballot boxes are shuttled back and forth throughout the day between the counting and day boards with out any guard, and the system was criticised by the grand jury In par ticular where the two boards were some distance apart. The day board begins its duties at 8 o'clock and the counting board at 10 o'clock, or as soon as 20 votes have been cast, under the new sys tem, tried out for the first time dur ing the primaries. With the final report, 24 Indict ments were returned, 13 of which were secret. Earl E. Patterson, formerly teller for the Lumbermen's Trust com pany, whose peculations totaled $34 000, was indicted on a charge of larceny by embezzlement and his bail fixed by Judge Kossman at X10.000. Patterson's operations were eisccvered June 15, 1922. He con fessed to tak'ng the money and im plicated J. C. Osle'r, automobile deal- ej, to whom he turned over much of the funds. Osier dropped out of sight when Patterson was arrested. Attorney la" Indicted. Paul Dormitzer, local attorney. was indicted on a charge of larceny by bailee, being accused of appro priating $100 which was the prop erty of a client, C. J. Skeen, on Au gust 17, 1922. Skeen gave Dormit zer an order on a local bank for $100 to put up as half of the $200 fine which had been assessed against Skeen in the district court for boot- egging. It was alleged that the attorney got the money, but never 'urned 't over to the county treas urer with the result that his client was left in jail and his business sold out over his head. The re mainder of the fine had been ob tained from other sources. Other indictments were: ' Yuek Lee, conducting a lottery; George F. Ormsby, forgery; Ralph Conrad nd Ed St. Louis, larceny of an automobile; George F. Miller, pre senting check with insufficient funds in bank, two counts; H. J. Cheetham, non-support; E. S. Robefts, forgery; A. G. Guynup, as sault with a dangerous weapon.-and Barney Kolkaha, non-support. Only. arrests will disclose the Identity of those named in the 13 secret indict ments, but it is rumored that some of them grow out of ballot fraud discoveries. 133 Cases Handled. Though the average grand Jury is in session not longer than one month, the retiring body has bcn steadily at work, except for two weeks' vacation, since the fora part of June, acting on 133 cases, finding 110 true bills and 23 not true bills. Segregation of boys and girl3 in the Frazer detention home was rec-' ommended, the jury asserting that most of the cases with the girls being sex cases. Though well con ducted, the home was found to bo "somewhat run dofvn." The I'atton home was found to fulfill a "certain want," but to be "lacking in sun shine." The county poor farm, Louise home. House of the Good Shepherd, and Albertina Kerr nur sery were found to be excellently conducted, "and no praise we can give will adequately describe their actual work." The Boys' and Girl3' Aid society and Crittenton home were also found under good man agement. Inadequacy of the county hospital was stressed, and the hope expressed (Concluded on Pass 3, Column 3.1 GERMAN FINANCIER SEEKS U.S. MILLIONS STIXXES' SCHEMES TO GET . HUGE LOAXS REVEALED. Attachment of Funds In Suit -for S2.055.185 Over Contract Bares Activities. NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Attach ment of funds carried In four New York banks to th credit of Hugo Stinnes. German industrial magnate. In connection with a $2,055,185 breach of contract suit filed by James A. Tillman, promoter, re vealed today that Stinnes, through various financial schemes, had mads attempts to float loans for hundreds of millions of dollars in this country. The attachment order, signed by Supreme Court Justice Wasservogel, was placed in effect by deputies to Sheriff Nagle of New York county. The funds, the exact amount of which was not disclosed, are held by the National City bank, the Guar anty Trust company, the Equitable Trust company and Hollescn and company. Tillman, described as a financial promoter, charged that on May 3, 1919, he entered Into an agreement with Stinnes which necessitated the transfer to a Swedish corporation controlled by Stinnes, of certain agencies for developing trade with the United States. These agencies were owned by Tillman, he stated, and he was to become, under the agreement, managing director of ths principal office at Stockholm. Stinnes, Tillman's statement con tinued, was to furnish collateral se curity that Tillman might under take to secure a loan of $135,000,000 in the United States. This amount was needed by Stinnes at the time, it was said, for the purchase of American raw ma terials. Instead of furnishing this col lateral, the statement continued, Stinnes concocted a lot of "financial schemes as a sort of panacea for Germany's financial afflictions," which Tillman thought would never b- seriously entertained by Ameri can bankers. One of these schemes, Tillman averred, was that he was to obtain a $100,000,000 loan upon Stinnes' promissory note, unsecured by any collateral. After this loan, the state ment went on, Stinnes planned to use the money for the purchase in the United States of billions of marks at the current exchange rate,, $.0125. With the marks Stinnes In-I tended to purchase mortgages beld by the "Hansa," a corporation which functions something after the fashion of American title and nd and mortgage companies. After these mortgages were se cured at their face or pre-war value in marks, Stinnes was to send them to the United States as collateral for a $2,000,000,000 loan based on nro.war value. Tillman averred Stinnes flgared he would not be observed by American bankers in this manipulation. Tillman 'said he told Stinnes he could have no hand in such schemes as he knew American bankers would not entertain them, but Stinnes re fused to listen to him. Tillman claimed the $2,055,183. for which he sued, was due him for commissions in the enterprise he un dertook for Stinnes. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERPA T'S Maximum temperature. 89 decree.: minimum. 4! degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; easterly winds. Foreign. British armada guards wat-rway. Page 2. Hritinh decido to evict Turks. I'age !. Turk demand that British retire.. Pass 1. - Iiomewtlc. Veterans of Grand Army, eonclud. their annual crteampment. Page 3. Stinnes' schemes to obtain United State, millions revealed. Page 1. Divorce denied James A. Stillinan, giving wife complete victory. Page 4. New autopsy on Mr. Mills' body reveal three buueia to ncuu un w.wi, Page 3. Happiness return to Tlernan home. Page 6. New York democrat select Smith for governor. Page 1. SU dead, many hurt in New York fire. Page 1. l'acllle Northwest. Girl club winner gel ovanoa bi fair. ras i- Sports. Race for American itiu i""""" - still undeciaed. Page IS. Rlckard signs Slkt for Thanksgiving day fight, i'age J. Pacific Coast league results: ai uin- land 1, t-onianu i , v ,-.-, Vernon 1, Seattle 3; at Sacramento 1, Sai Krancis'-o 4; at Salt Lake ti, Loa Anecles 2. Page 13. Wills knocks out Clem Johnson In 12th round, rage j.. Aggie outlook bad at fir.t glance. Page 14. Stein and Speer Yakima Finalist. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Oregon apple crop lea than earlier esti mates. Pagu 22. Chicago wheat market weakened by news from Dardanelles. Page 22. For3lgn bond rally In New York market. Page 23. Long-Bell seek larger log storage space. Page 21. Foreign exchange fluctuate some. Page 23. "War news" 1 whip over grain price. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Two patrolmen to learn fata today. Page 12. $3,870,025 wanted for city budget. I'age 24. . Grand jury raps .lection laws. Page 1. Dealers unable to account for advance In local egg prices. Page 8. High-priced fuel expected thi. winter. Page 1. Big Snake river power project favored. Page 5. Damages of $71,170 won by Lew Wallace, Insurance agent. Page 8. Two youth accused of taking $120 to "fix" police. Page 12. Taxation of grcs earning of public utilities lavorea uy iaie commuxce. Pag 15. Weather report, data and forecast. Page -a- New York builds traffic tunnel. Page . $7,500,000 Una to north, planned. Fag J. BRITISH DECIDE 10 EVICI TURKS Virtual Ultimatum Sent Kemalist Troops, ENGLISH CABINET ACTS Full Support in Any Neces sary Step Is Pledged to General Harington. PROMISES FAIL TO SATISFY Permitting Moslems to En ter Thrace Is Reported Being Considered. J WHT H HAPI'K.MMi I .KtR KAST MTIATIO.X. Kngllnh send vlrtunl ulti matum to Turks to evacu.ite neutral zone. Brit ish commander in structed he has full support in any tep neccnnary to clear area of Turks. Kemal promises to crae advance, but Krltinh no lons r will acerpt promises. Britlnh armada guards waterway In contested terri tory with powerful bonihlnn and fighting aircraft on hni. Developments expected to follow prdiniicil ronfereiu-e of Britlnh general with K( mal. American war department In wide awake, watehlni; for eventualities. LONDON; Sopt. 20. Hy the Associated Tress.) What is haid to have been virtually an ultimatum demanding that the Turki(.h tronpa quit the Chanak zone has been bent to Mustapha Kemal Tashii, and after the cabinet meetinsr Jiero to day it was said that Hrijiadicr General Harinpton had been in formed that he would have the full support of the government in tak ing whatever steps he con.idered advisable to brinrr the Turkish oc cupation of the forbidden zono to an end and thus terminate tho grave situation, which was consid ered nothing less than Turki.-h de fiance to the British empire and in direct contravention of the term of the allied note. The British government's view regarding this note is that if one) part of it is broken the whole of it becomes ineffective. Withdrawal Is Demanded. It was added that the Britirh government no longer will be satis fied with Kcmal's promise that his troops will advance no farther, but will require the actual withdrawal of the nationalist forces. According to the official view here, at the coming meeting be tween General Harington and Kemal nothing will be discuosed but actual military matters. It is intended to clear up any misunder standing arising from the Kemalist charges of aggression. It will b contended that the British opera tions are necessary and justifiable, but not hostile. There have been reports today that the Turks might be allowed to cross into Thrace in return for tha evacuation by the Kemalists of th whole of the neutral zone. Report Get Small Credence. Thege reports, met with httlo credence in London, but, according, to the Associated Tress correspond ent in Constantinople, there ia talk there of the Greeks being asked to evacuate eastern Thrace by Octo ber 10, thus permitting the Turk to enter the region by way of port on the Sea of Marmora. The view in official circles here tonight was that as the Sea of Marmora has been declared neutral, the Greek fleet can operate there and effect ively prevent the Turks from crossing. Malta dispatches report that tha British fleet in the Dardanelles and the British army at Chanak are being constantly reinforced, whila Murdos is being converted into a subsidiary base for the fleet oper ating in Turkish waters. The events of the next few days (Conolud.il oa P.g X Column .) (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.)