Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1921, Page 8

'_ District THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JAMUARY I, 1921 PART L . of Golumbia Has Witnessed Prosperity in City Development During the Year 1920 | ZONING OF WASHINGTON A . < tree! Capt. Albert J. Headley and [ when the justices of the District Su-|of the teaching of the German lan- ';‘l’:lel'.t.o p::l‘l::‘:l? f;:mA]I‘u!'Fl‘egl‘:jf ;.mn?'w S. Shelby, in charge of the|preme Court filled it by appointing|guage in the high schools. Roger G. Powell was designated as- | traffic squad, were given office accommo- | E. C. Graham. Simultaneously, Daniel | Lucy E. Moten, principal of the sistant engineer commissioner to aid | dations and the scope of their work en-|A. Edwards was named as successor | Miner Normal School, was retired by . NATIONAL CAPITAL LOOKS in zoning the city for building pur- FORWARD TO YEAR IN ALL ACTIVITIES! First Six Months, Carrying an Especially Inauguration, Expe AN EVENTFUL cled to Be Busy Here. Aiter a year devoid of the excitement which marked the war period, the National Capital looks forward today to twelve months . of big events. With inauguration but a few months off and the possibility of a special session of the new Congress in the spring, it is cer- tain that at least teh first half of 1921 will find Vt.’ashmgton a busy place. government employes in Washi Although there was a net reduction of 15,876 in the force of ngton during the past twelve months, Uncle Sam’s personnel is still far in excess of what it was when the war expansion began. On January 1, 1920, there were 102,021 federal employes in round numbers, 86,000 the District. Today there are, in One of the biggest municipal events of the year was the zoning of the city into height, purposes. This enormous task newly created zoning commission , Under this law the height to area and use districts for building was started in March by the 1 and completed on September 1. which a building may be erected, the area of the lot which it may occupy and the use to which it may be put is definitely fixed for every street in the city. i There were two other municipal developments in 1920 which affect the pocketbooks of thousands. One is the increase in the tax rate on real estate and tangible personal property from $1.50 to $1.95 per $100 of assessed value. The other is the increase in water rent from $4.50 to $5.65 for 56,000 gallons a year. In addition to these increases, electricity and telephone service , the rates of street car fare, gas, were advanced during the year on the showings made by the companies of increased operating costs. ( i f Public Utilities conmm_] The commission had one of the lmo-t active years since its creation. It was called upon to fix street car ‘ fares twice, gas rates four times, electric current rates once and tele- phone rates once. When it is recafied that the mem- bers of the Utilities Commission are also District Commissioners, handling the numerous questions devolving upon that board, it will be seen what i a busy year 1920 was for them. From January until May the rate of carfare was four tokens for 25 cents. or 7 cents cash. From May 1 until yesterday the rate was 4 tokgns for 30 cents, or $ cents cash. The street car m was probably the most difi- cuit, since the Capital Traction Company did not need the increases which the commission had to grant the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Com- pan For the first three months of the year the gas rate for howseholds was 35 cents per thousand cubic feet. On April 1 the commission continued that rate for two montha. From June to August 31 the fotlow- ing schedule of gas rates were in effect: For 100,600 feet or less a month, $1.25 per _thou: from 100,000 to 300.000, $1.20; from 300,000 to 500,000, from 500,000 to 75 from 750,000 to 1,000,000, than 1,000,000, $1 per On September 1 the commigsion continued the above schedule for two months. and on November 1 5 cents ‘was added to each figure in the June schedule. These rates will continue until March 18, 1921 . On June 1 thé commission increased Sefephone rates, making unlimited|in residence service $5.50 a month, lim- ited residence service, $4 a month for w‘m and two-party line resi- service, $2.50 for thirty-five messages. These rates will continue until January 31, 1921, when the com- pany will ask that they be continued. On Septembef 15 the commission in- creased the rate for electric current from 8 to 8% cents for the first 603 kilowatt hours used monthly, and 5% {tents for each additional kilowatt Consumers, however, continue cents per hour, 1% cents ANTI-GOVERNMENT MOVE IN INDIA HAS NEW TURN @Gandhi Party Is Opposing the Election of Officers Under the National Act. | by leaders, has taken a position in opposition to the election of members of city govern- ment and other legislative bodies u der the new government of India act. In ence, most of the candi- dates for these offices were from the n September. « Just prior to the electior Gandhi published an “open letter to every Englishman,” in which he asserted that the omly ris) ebullition way to suppress the ng of national feeling was for the British government to meet in conference the recognized leaders of the people, duly elected by them and representing ail shades of opinion, so as to ise means of granting “Swaraj” (mational inde- pendence) “in accordance with the wishes of the people of India.” i warned the Hindu leaders who hesitated to support his boycott movement that the ‘were ad- vancing at a rate too fast for those leaders to keep pace. “It is a psy- chological moment for the country and we may not have an opportunity l.l.kn the present one for a century, Mohammed All, who is the right-hand man of Gandhi, de- clared In a speech to students in and Benares: “If we had ‘Weapons and the courage to use them ‘We should have struck a blow at the outset. When we are fit to strike a blow we shall give due warning to the government. 1f the non-co-opera- Uen policy in education fails, the next mm will be for non-co-opera- postal and telegraph serv- ices and afterward in the police force and in the army.” BELGIANS DECLINE RIGHTS toda¥ from Brussels. The report stated that this decision was taken under paragraph 18, annex 2. part S, of the treaty. It pointed out that final decision will be only at the next cabi- net meeting and that no public an- nouncement will be made until the re- nunciation hae been formally ap- - proveds VEIR going into the fund established by the District Supreme Cdurt pending set- tlement of the company’s suit against the action of the commission in cut- ting the rate several years ago from' 10 cents to 8 cents. ‘The commission also issued an order during the past year increasing from fifteen to thirty-five feet the length of underground conduit, which the electric light company must construct free in order to furnish service to a new subacriber. The order also re- quired a free extension of overhead wiring for a distance of 250 feet. For nearly nine months of 1920 the 'District government operated with only two Commissioners — Louis Brownlow and Col. Charles W. Kuts. Resignation of Mr. Erownlow on Au- gust 24 to become city manager of Petersburg, Va., resulted in the ap- pointment of Miss Mabel T. Boardman and J. Thilman Hendrick, giving the city a complete board of Commission- e rs. Toward the close of 1919 the Presi- dent had Rev. Dr. John Van Schaick, jr., for Commissioner, but after his name had been before the Senate for several months it was re- Jected in May, At intervals’ from April untis Oc-; tober the Commissioners were ‘in- ‘workers of the city over the wage scale, and in July a strike was nar- rowly averted. were given an increase on July 1, but it was not equal to the navy yard I | volved in disputes with the per diem |ang The per diem men|pefore it was solved sm poses. When zoning was completed Maj. Powell returned to Army duty. In August twenty-six District em- ployes were pensioned under the fed- eral civil service retirement law. On November 26 Lieut. John E. | Wood was sent to the District build- ing as third assistant engineer com- missioner to take over some of thel duties of Majs, Carey H. Brown and | sson. F. 8. Be: DISTRICT GOVERNMENT FINANCES. i ‘The close of 1920 finds the District government probably in better finan- cial condition than is any city of its size in the country. The records of the auditor’s office show that the net debtedness of the city now is re- duced to $2,152,626.64. Besides this net debt, most of which was incurred in the early develop- ment of the National Capital, the auditor’s books show that there is a surplus of $4,648,666.69 in District revenues in the Treasury. Of this to- tal surplus $584,742.75 was acquired lll;lzrll,ns the fiscal year ended in June, Surplus revenues, it is known, not applied to the bonded debt. they were the oity would in reality Show a balance on hand instead of an indebtedness, it is claimed. The amount of real estate tax paid by the people of the District in 1920 was $6,377,836.07. The personal taxes paid during the year, including taxes on gross earn- ings of utilities, banks, building amso- ciations, etc., and on the gross re- ceipts of street railway companies, amounted to $2,007,062.15. The~ intangible personal property ;&x paid ‘DY the people amounted to The people of the District also paid $1.234,608.89 in fees for business li- censes, motor tags and miscellaneous charges. are It i POLICE DEPARTMENT. Death of Maj. Raymond W. Pull- man, superintendent of police, and promotion of Inspector Harry L. Gessford to the vacancy involved the most of important change in the per- sonnel of the department the past motions were necessitatéd by Mai. Pullman’s death. Reports at police headquarters show the usual number of cases of dis- honesty, assaults and other offenses which required police investigation and arrests. Numerous in: ces of pedestrians and etorekeepers being held up and robbed were recorded during the year, while in several in- stances the victims were shot or otherwise maltreated. ‘While operations of the so-called “voodoo doctors™ were lacking, sharp- ers played their swindling schemes on unsuspecting persons, notably the pocketbook game, and obtained much money from persons who were unable to stand the losses. Murder of Dr. Robert W. Brown. 1737 11th street, was the only one of ‘thirty-eight homicides committed dur- ing the year that remains unsolved. He was slain in his office the night of November 28, the man who fired the fatal shot quickly disappearing and concealing his identity. There were four instances of wife murder included in the crimes re- ported during the twelve months, and in one case a policeman, Oscar J. Mo- Kimmie, was slain by a colored bur- glar. In another instance a burglar was slain by Detective Alligood, who later 'lld::ot by;n lllemmhnld-up man and dangerouply wounded. ‘Too miurder .of Gertrude, H. Mann, & music t r,.’at Rodman bec streets the night of March 13 stirred the community and, remained a mystery several weeks| by Det ve A triple murder at 809 9th afternoon of July 6 aleo ‘wage scale, which they were demand- | attracted much attention, the victims, T3 The year just ended saw the com- mencement of work on Gallinger Hospital and the new Eastern High School, two institutions to which the ) Hq city has been looking forward for a number of years. A number. of ad- ditions to school buildings also were started in 1920. Dn May 7 Ben L. Prince resigned collector of taxes and M. Towers, his assistant, was named collector. In July William Towe; resigned as deputy auditor and 8. McKimmie was given his place. On June 11 Engineer Commissioner ] - GALLI-CURCI DATE SET. Songbird to Wed Accompanist Jan- uary I7 at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., January 1. —Mme. Galli-Curci, famous grand opera singer, and Homer Samuels, her accompauist, will be married at the home of the latter's parents In St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis, January 15, according to announce- ment by C.'J. Samuels, father of the B he Tather said that rrespond e father at co ndence from his son indicated the principals 1will be unattended, in which event Dr. Harvey C. Samuels, a brother of Homer, will act as best man. Mr. Samuels has written his parents that no part of their tour will slighted by the wedding, and that they will leave for Indianapolis the The wedding will be & plain home ceremony with but few present, Dr. H. P. Dewey, pastor of the Plymouth Congregatio! Church, Minneapolis, officiating. Mr. Samuels anoounced that the couple have promised to spend part of their summers here and the réemain- der at Pine City, in the Catskills. ‘This is reall: titute children. Twenty basis of civilization of foundation of society in the e Send your Relief Fund, Ts | accidents tha STARVING WAIFS WAR I ly of the war, this mass of the under- nourished, undcrm: mentally, morally, physically, des- ars from now they will form the urope. the love of humanity in the west, our duty is clear to us. Every of your contribution will be used for chil- dren’s {oofemn"tlgont deduction for expense of any kind.c : check to John Poole, treasurer, care of Federal National Bank. Greeks, being shot to death. | ‘Three des were committed in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, one in the Distrioct jail and one at Walter Reed The slaying of Mrs. Emily ! lospital. Fuaithful, an I‘fi resident of Con- gress Heights, early in Fobruary at- tracted wide attention. Robbery was the motive, and Edgar Randolph Per- rygo, & youth, is under conviction for Because of the large number of traffic t occurred earlier in the year, Maj. Gessford inaugurated a “No ! t week.” materially re- duced the number of accidents on the EX-SOLDIERS DEMAND 1'LIVING OF GOVERNMENT In Many English Cities They Have Seized and Held Public Buildings. Cross-Atiantic Cable Service to The Star. LONDON, January 1 — Thousands of former soldlers, out of work, are organizing by districts to compel the government and the country to give them a living. In the larger English cities they have become the chief problem of the municipal authorities. There are said to be over a quarter of a million of them in their district or- gant: 5. 1 Repeatedly they have seized whole buildings for their use and barricaded themselves inside, defying the police to remove them. In two London dis- tricts, Camberwell and Acton, they took possession of large halls where dances were being conducted, evicting Lh; dancers. to them and have allowed them to retain the buildings they have taken, but in instances ‘where there have been clashes the former service men have been driven oct. Warning has been issued by the chairman of one of their district coun. cils, however, that there will be re. prisals against the police for head crackings. “They may club men in Dulwich,’ he =ald, “but if they do they’ll be paid back somewhere else. We're t ing in for reprisals on going to t ;gmliflml" “{(ltrlm o earn not to inte: = ey pioyed.’ with the unem; —_—— CREDITORS FILE PETITION. Three creditors of the Richards Market Co-Operative Company, Inc., have filled a petition in the District Supreme Court to have the company adjudged bankrupt. The company has been engaged in baking bread and pastries at 5608 Connecticut ave- nue northwest. It has debts aggre- gating $19,000, the court is told, and has admitted in writing its inabil= ity to pay its creditors. WASTAGE If we are to preserve the ast and if we are to keep open HERBERT HOOVER. European elve months Numerous otlter pro- | More than 1,800 traffic accidents were registered on the books of the traffic equad during the twelve months, the greatest number killed in any month being_thirteen in November, the total for the year being nearly five-score. Nearly 1,500 were injured during the year, and arrests for violations of the traffic regulations numbered 51,440. The total number of arrests for all offenses during the year was 51,440, of ‘which 3,884 were for intoxication and 1,342 for other violations of the prohibi- tion law. FIRE DEPARTMENT. ] Retirement of Frank J. Wagner, chief of the department, and promotion of George S. Watson, fire marshal, to the vacancy, involved th& more important changes in the fire department the past twelve months. The new chief and members of the Fire Fighters' Associa- tion participated in important confer- ences in matters pertaining to salary increases, and the association held sev- eral public meetings at which invitations to the public were extended. Chief Watson, familiar with the policy of his predecessor, already has obtained appropriations for motorizing three ad- ditional companies of the department— engine companies 4113 and 18—and these companies will be equipped with motors during the early spring. It is confidently expected by the chief that all com- panies of the department will be motor- ized in the near future. Fire losses guring the year amounted to approximately $860,000. It was due to the fire at Bolling Field, Anacostia, which involved a loss of more than $400,000 to airplanes and equipment, that the year's losses were 80 great. Another disastrous fire involving government property did $27.000 damage to buildings at Walter Reed Hospital. Another fire in a government hospital building occurred on the premises of the Public Health Hospital at Mount Alto. Both the fires mentioned occurred in frame buildings and were followed by an investigation, which, It is stated, may. eventually result in_substituting fire- those constructed of The heaviest monthly loss by fire was in Ocecber, the month in which the Bolling Field fire _occurred, the total amounting to $477,269, and the smallest damage was in the month of August, when the losses totaled only $3,790. Fire in W. T. Galliher's lumber yard and the destruction of the office and part of the wharf of the Washington and Norfolk ~Steamboat Company served to increase the fire losses in March, osses occasioned by the two amounting to $50,000. Other fires in- volving losses of more than $20,000 in- cluded damage to Pennhurst apartments, 8. N. Meyer's store and a paper box tactory on Hanover street. More than 1300 during the year. Inspections made un- der the direction of Fire Marshal L. Seib, who succeeded George 8. Wal son, promoted to chief, numbered more than 77,000. False alarms caused the usualy number of useless runs on the part of the fire companies. A number of the offenders were arrested, some fined and others, rynors, placed on probation. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Sensational events, precipitated by a protracted controversy between Dr. John Van Schaick jr., former presi- dent of the board of education, and Erpest L. Thurston, ex-superintend- ent of schools, which had its sequel in a change of administration, took up half of the 1920 history of the District public schools. Subse- quent results, however, tended to put a quietus on the situation, which, from the early part of the year up to July, had thrown the machinery of the entire school system into virtual turmoil and confusion. In the course of these events. Mr. Thurstton, after a connection with the public schools for twenty-six years, the last six and one-half of which he served as superintend relinquished his post June 30. i0o Dr. Frank Wash- ington Ballou, one of the five assist- ‘ant superintendents of the Boston schools. A few days later Dr. Van Schaick, then at the helm of the school board, resigned from that body and retired to private life. The early part of the year also found chronicled in the school his- tory mnot only accounts leading up to the fate of Mr. Thurston, but many other changes in the school 'S personnel. In January John B. Larner resigned, and was succeeded January 21 by Dr. Charles P. Nelll. The latter soon left the school board, and his berth remained vacant until October, Prickly Porky Is Happy. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Who wants but little bas his wants Who wants too much more often is des! —Prickly E Prickly Porky had taken possession of a big: hemlock tree in the Green Forest. In it he ate and slept and was altogether comfortable, and he would stay there until—well, until there was nothing more to eat there. Then he ‘would pick out another tree and move into that, The Green Forest was white now, white with snow. Jack Frost was busy every night and the “I'M THANKFUL I'M _NOT LIKE 80! ¥Ol " GRUNTED PO AS REDDY FOX DISAPPEARED. larger part of every day. At times rough Brother North Wind came to show his strength and try to frighten the little people of the Green Forest and drive them into their homes. Pewickly Porky didn't mind. He was happy. Yes, sir, Prickly Porky was bappy. He had the Green Forest al- most wholly to himself, and that just suited him. He likes to be alone. Yes, sir, Prickly Porky is entirely satisfled with his own company. He is nev lonesome. He doesn't know what ft means to be lonesome. So if for a day or two days or three days he doesn't see or hear a single neighbor he doesn’t mind. In fact, he is better pleased than if he did. Havi “T'm thankful I'm not like some folks,” grunted Pricky Porky d¥.Fox. disappoared m-mcb—: | to Dr. Van Schatck. In June, just be- fore the expiration of the terms of Dr. Abram Simon, Mrs. Coralie F. Cook and Dr. Henry Bar- rett Learned, they were reappointed for a term of three years each. The go-called schoo} controversy, which aroused the indignation of many school employes and citizens, had its inception February 19, when the school governing body, in special ses- sion, voted to notify Mr. Thurston “that the best interests of the public schools” demanded that his services as superintendent expire at the end of his term, June 30. A committee of three ‘was then appointed to find his suc- cessor. It is meedless to retell what followed, except to mention the ex- haustive investigation -of the school system by a special committee of the Senate, When Dr. Ballou was elected 3u- perintendent the. vote was 6 to 1, Fountain Peyton dissenting. At the reaorganization meeting of the school board July 1 Dr. Simon was selected to succeed Dr. Van Schaick as presl. dent. This session also marked the installation into office of the new superintendent, who had thrust upon him almost immediately the case of e C. Bruce, agsistant superin- tendent of colored schools, whose re- moval from office is being sought by the Parents’ League. To this date Dr. Ballou has not disposed of the so-called Bruce case, despite various tactics employed by the league, and which has led to police protection of board members at recent sessions of the body, due to imminent outbreaks of disorder by agitation of the case. ‘When Dr. Ballou became head of the school system he promised to give Washington the best public educational system possible. Several months later he took definite steps toward this end by making a careful and comprchensive survey of the schools, which showed that 183 addi- tional classrooms were immediately needed to relieve overcrowding. A campaign was then started to secure lan appropriation of approximately $5,300,000 to carry out an emergency building program to meet these urgent needs. Representatives of four score civic organizations were ‘| called into cogference with school board members on December 8 and unanimously indorsed this project. ‘The survey of the schools by Supt. Ballou, however, was not the only one made during the year. In the spring a «committee of the District Congress of Mothers and Parent- ‘Teacher Associations made a thor- ough inspection of every school in the system and submitted a sta- tistical report on the conditions and needs to-members of the Senate. A reporter for The Evening Star also visited the schools that were in the most_deplorable condition and a de- tailed account of his observations were pablished. Soon after the opening of the schools in September the school board 1d a special session to hear rep- sentatives of various civic bodies stress the need of improvements in school conditions in their respective territories. The needs they outlined, it was estimated, would entail a total cost of not less than $30,000,000. Overcrowded conditions in the schools during the year not only re- sulted in the continued use of porta- ble structures. rented buildings. and other undesirable guarters. but forced the institution of a two-shift system in_many of the high and elementary schools. Pupils attending classes op- erating on this shift system receive about 60 per cent of an ordinary edu- tion. The final annual report of former Superintendent Thurston advocated the floating of a bond issue to carry out a school building program. His suggestion has since been approved by the Commissioners and indorsed by many civic organizations. The annual report of Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, supervising medical inspector of the schoois, disclosed that 40.000 children have carious teeth, while one-third of the 62,000 children en- rolled in the schools were 10 per eent or more under weight. He recommend. ed the placing of more dental clinics and a quarterly weighing and meas- uring of all children. On September 1. members of the school custodian force started a cam- paign to obtain Increase in salaries. They asked for wages equivalent to those recommended for them in the proposed reclassification legislation. Prior to the campaign they threat- ened to resign in a body unless they received increased compensation. The threat was not carried out. due to a provide that Congress would provide financial relief for them at the pres- ent session. ‘Before the closing of the schools }for the summer vacation period. the | teachers began a movement to obtain a $500 bonus to tide them over the summer vacation, when they receive | o pay. It proved unsu how- ever. ‘The board of education. in Septem- ‘ber failed to approve the resumption | something to eat. “That fellow spends most of his time hunting for food. He never knows where the next meal is coming from or when he’ll get it. Now, I don't have to think about food at all. I don’t have to hunt for it® Summer or win- ter all I have to do is to help myself whenever 1 am hungry. And it is just because my tastes are simple. There may be better things than bark and tender twigs, but I haven't the least {dea where, and if I went hunting for them 1 might starve to death. folks turn up their noses at my food, but I notice that few of them seem happy this weather. Now, I am happy, I'm perfectly happy. I eat when I'm hungry and sleep when X want to. What more can any one ask? 1 mind my own business and neveg bother about other folk's af- fairs® It is meddling with the busi- ness of other folks or having them meddle with yours that makes most of the trouble in this world. Let alone and -be left alone, say I Then Péickly Porky) just to show that he really was happy, tried to sing. Had you been there you never would havé guessed that that was what he was doing, but it was. It sounded as if he was grunting and whining, but if you could have under- stood him this i3 what you would have heard Blow, Brother North Wind, road and whine! 1 have plenty when I want to dige. Kill That Lazative—No Opiate in Hill's. [] the board. Her successor has not yet Other "_‘“;L'O MIl:‘(?ouh @QOM\O La é:. Neglected Colds are Dangerous ‘Take no chances. Keep this standard remedy handy for the first sneezs. Bresks up a cold in 24 hours — Relieves Grippe in 3 daya—Excellent for Headache Quinine in this form does not affect the head—Cascara is best Tonic . ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT been selected. The schools -opened September 20, | with an enrollment of 53,975—3.006 | more than on the opening day of 1919.} The enrollment now reaches IDDYOXI-‘ 1 mately 62,000, the largest in the his- tory of the schools. The night schools opened October 4, with an enrollment almost totaling 10.000. Plans were made early in September to change the uniform of the High School Cadets, in order to reduce the t. They were not approved. :One of the first salient orders ef Dr. Ballou after becoming superin- tendent was to require the primary teachers to work a full five-hour day,, Pocketbooks as some teachers in higher grades, instead of three and ome-half hours. The extra duties, under the order, consist of coaching backward chi in their own classes and assist- ing_teachers with large classes. When school officials were con- rronted with the problem of relieving congzstion in the schools, they con- sid:red converting the temporary war baildings, and motion picture theaters into schools. The cost of equipping such structures for school purposes pre- cluded this plan from being adopted. Conditions at the Deanwood School, due to the construction of an addi- tion to the building, caused parents of 300 children attending this school| to withdraw them from school for several days in the fall. Near the close of the vear found members of Business High School and { Tech High School alumni associations 1 House. ; Legislation providing for the zoning carried on in the various zones estab- lished, was put through. This measure was modelcd after plans adopted in (number of other American cities and has been put into effect here. commission was in 1918 the the commission started operations. The validity of the law creating the com- mission was attacked in the courts, however, and is now before the Supreme campaigning for new buildings to ”—’g?-:':;. °'s‘i',falz‘r“'§"ms'3:‘“n§‘x’§"'.‘:' ::; place the present structures. About|{yithin the last few weeks introd Rl ol chiTRyen the R merons ‘mmulrlc. code authorizing the issue to ten- dangers. The summer or vacation schools. which opened July 1 for a six weeks’ intensive course, had the largest en- rollment in their history. The regis- tration this year reached 1,400. Among some of the changes insti- tuted by Supt. Ballou was a novel system for ngptolndns; Kflnlchme;n, wl‘flch publi Was ned to preclude r selec- | the resolu tion by favoritism or influence. The samwm o{!:rfilo o 3 ;uehm mow are selected” by num-|The committee recommended a change ers. in the method of appol board Since the beginning of Dr. Ballou’s|of educaf e e regime of the schools, preparations|power in the also have been started to change a number of text books mow in use in|other measures. the elementary and schools and to | tios P an up-to-date manual of the | propi rules and regulations of the board of education, together with a mnew school directory. Dr. Ballou, among other things, has| tions, whis advocated the extension of the junior high school system, and an amend- ment to the basic school law setting aside a definite proportion of lecal taxes into a fund to be held inviolate for the schools. Under the present arrangement of appropriating reve- nues for the schools, he believes, it will be impossible to keep pace with the increase in school poplation. ci rent commission act, two ling, but has announced he will not press the leg- islation at this time, but will give the new 00l Tegime an opportuni ”hwurk ‘:ut improvements required in the 100! Senate was that of the resolution. Senator of Kansas charged that DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. ‘ The outstanding feature of the | oo ey et underpaid. | The legislation by Cangress affecting the | string attached to the raise in pay was District of Columbla during the last| that fhe members of these departments year was the adoption of the 40-60 | suteia - orsenisations” SRR conit plan of appropriating for the Dis- | tenanced the strike as a weapon. The organizations so affiliated voluntarily gave up their connections. Legislation was initiated looking -to trict needs, as a temporary measure. For the first time since 1878, when the orgenic act of the District was passed, the appropriations for the District were made on a percentage other than 50-50. Under the new ar- rangement, the federal government con- tributed 40 per cent of the amount needed to run the government during the fiscal year, and the District present 60_per cent, from its revenues. “~ mhechnnmmawoaoc.m received attention ing A A Al S e S Sl ot LA I Rl Ao bl SRl Y % gt i : -3 9 R ey EE e IR TS b iy = comp: between the position taken by the \ g i e : of the Senate, which stood for the old plan. There was passed by the House THE COURTS. the - bill doing away with the half-and-half plan and providing that b {ho total revenues of the District should | Litigation in Washington ‘reached emmnnt“m&nld contribute what afl its peake in 1920, due in some measure ance w:dnfim’:y the running ex- {to the controversies growing out of penses for_the improvements of the | the Ball rent law, which was de- Dot e joenate, on the other hand. | .iarea unconstitutional by the District Mapes measure, restoring the half and | Court of Appeals and which is awalt- D L s m"’"“"’" for the use!ing review in the United States Su- have accrued, or may hereafter m'“:,pnme Court. On the law side of the and eliminating the restriction now gow) District Supreme Court there were | e e e U}, | flled during the past. twelvemonth { more than twice the sum of the District 1,700 suits, an increase of more than Tho 50 per cent over the previous years S s ihm = - i business. Equity suits wefe insti- tuted to the number of 1,103, making | ferees have yet to meet on it. In the method a total of 2,803 new proceedings added | meantime, the old fight over the | of appropriating for the District is aris- |PORTUGAL’S WOMEN FAIL IN JAIL HOSTAGE OFFER Government Unable to Put Them in Political Prisoners’ Places for Christmas Day. By the Associated Press. LISBON, January 1.—The govern- ment today informed a deputation of ‘Pnrtnxnelo ‘women that it could not legally consent to grant the women's appeal to pass Christmas day in the :&rga as hostages for political prison- The reason given was that such ac- tion would be illegal and that parli ment was closed and unable to discusa the question. The reply expressed admiration for the women's spirit of self-sacrifice. The minister of the interior last Wednesday received Dona Branca De Gonta, a prominent member of the Soclety of Poets, who some time ago Girl Instructors Protest Against Dance Hall Fight The girls protested their Hy. | | ing would be taken from them, an the damce halls are vital to thetr existence. The members of the committee pledged themselves to obtaim other work for the girls if pos- Blow a little! Snow a little! ants of summary seven-day netices to |ETee in quit as 2 means of delaying procecdings | been sentenced.’ Another youth, John against tenants who refuse to pay in- | McHenry, twenty-two years old, rents demanded of them, until | under sentence of death for murder- the Supreme Court can pass upon the |ing Detective Sergt. Armstrong. and the bill has| The District Supreme Court during tion, putting the appointive | the hands of the President: ONE OF YEAR'S BIGGEST MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS Increases in Tax and Water Rates and Utility Charges Affected of Citizens. ing again Letween the Senate and the|to the crowded condition of the dock ets of the court. Dan Cupid also registered a new of Washington, limiting the character | reco 1 ctivity i 920. Col. s s af buildings and businesses that may be | Kol sho oy Mot dottay the Ifcenso clerk, during the year. The leap year privilege wa Though the Ball act creating a rent | Well exercised. Despite prohibition and other rc President did not name the commis- |straining legislation, crime continued sion until January, 1920. The nomina- [t0_increase in Washington during tions were confirmed by the Senate and | 1920. A total of 1,100 indictments charging law violations cailing for terms of imprisonment in the peni- tentiary, was reported by the grand jury. Among the persons convicted of serious crimes was Edgar R Perrygo, eighteen years old, who i said to be the youngest person ever convicted of murder in the first de- ashington. He has not ye ernment officials in a number of cases The Western Union Telegraph Com- pany brought suit against the heads of the State, War and Navy depart- ments to prevent interferemce with laying of cables near Florida; the adjutant general of fhe Army was a survey of the schools and several | summoned in contempt proceedings: recommenda- | several suits were brought against were inserted in a deficiency ap- [the Federal “Trade Commission and iation bill by the Senate, but were | the Interstate Commerce Commission. th the House.|The railroads brought a test suit to compel the Secretary of the Treasury to pay out $400,000,000 under the transportation act without awaiting a final aadit. The packers’ cases alsv ty to|came before the court. The District Court of Appeals re- cently set aside a verdict for $264.000 Another inquiry carried on by the[awarded by the lower court in favor price of bread, | of the Baltimore Federal League clul following the adoption of the Cappef |against organized bail. The a pellai. ball is a sport court held that base in bread inland not commerce and is not amena- ble to the anti-trust laws. CORONER'S OFFICE. Dr. 3. Ramsay Nevitt, District coro- ner, gave his official approval to ap- 1,200 death certificates during the year. Inquests were held in the three dozen homicide cases that occurred at intervals during the year, and similar procedure was taken in the cases of victims of traffic anc other accidents. £ Deathé from accidents of all kinds totaled 183. Deaths from burns num- | bered 32, while flluminating gas took the lives of 23 persons, some result- the | ing from accident and others inhaling 1y. Eighteen cases the gas purposel | of accidental drowning were recorded uo tted suicide by 30 persons commil various means. In six instances death resulted from indulgence in poitonous-alcohol. The poisonous fluid, in most ces, was imbibed as a whisky substitute ‘With a compartively small force of !agents working in the District of Columbia, John F. Kramer, federal prohibition commissioner, recorded more than 450 cases of alleged viola- tions of the prohibition law and seized approximately 2,300 gallons of intoxi- cants during 1920. Commissioner Kramer and his subordinates give the local police force credit for much co- operative work, the local force giving about the best co-operation any police force in the country. Revenue collections from violators of the law during the year amounted to severa! hundred thousand dollars. 1 before the min- for decision. SALE IS AUTHORIZED. Justice Stafford of the District Su- preme Court has authorized the Na- tional Savings and Trust Company, re- ceiver of the estate of Charles Early, to 1l premises 1663 Connecticut avenue for $45,750. The purchaser, Massa, is to assume a trust now on the property and balance in cash. Louise B. for $14,00¢ to pay the RELIEVED FROM DUTY. Lieut. Tol. Wallace A Craigie, U. A., Te has been relieved from recruiting duty at the War Depart- ment gnd ordered to St. Louis, Mo.. for ting duty. care. You can't cheat, me of my Blow, Brother North Wind, road and whine! A well fllied stomach makes the weather fine. And that was true so far as Prickly Porky was concerned. So long as it didn’t storm he didn’t care much h rough Brother North Wind roared an howled or how hard Jack Frost tried to pinch. It was fine weather to him. You™ see, he wore a warm, wooly undercoat, and over this a coat of long hair in which to hide the thou- sand little spears he always carries, and so long as he kept his stomach filled threse two coats kept him warm and comfortable. So Prickly Porky ‘was happy and didn’t bother himself about the troubles of other people. Belfish? Of course. Any one who cares for no one but himself and for nothing but his own comfort is selfish. (Copyright, 1921, by T. W. Burgesa) Cold With Note the date. On Savings January 15th, interest will be Start the New Year right 3UININE January 1st on Savings Deposits countarith us and g4t the benefit of this offer. degosits made os or befors reckaned from Jemusry 1st, by opening = Sewings Ae- St. N.W.