Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER Fair today and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. ‘Temperature for twenty-two hours ending at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 48; lowest, 38. Full report on page 19. No. 823—No. 28,007. * HARDING STILL FIRM FOR LARGER NAVY [F ARMY 1S REDUCED Favors Curtailing Expenses by Cutting Number of Civilian Employes. SUPPORTS RESERVE PLAN TO KEEP DEFENSE STRONG Batler Inclined to Put Little Faith in Movement for General World Disarmament. By the Aswciated Press. MARION, Ohio, January 8.—A naval policy to keep the United States one of the strongest sea powers in the world until a binding disarmament agreement can be reached was dis- cussed at a conference here today be- tween President-elect Harding and TRepresentative Butler of Penpsylvania, chalrman of the House naval com- mittee. Afterward, it was indicated that, although a final decision must await developments, the present atti- tude of Senator Harding pointed to a continuation during his administra- tion of the fleet construction pregram now in progress. Coupled with this program, however, would be a ma- terial curtailment in the number of civilian employes of the Navy Depart- ment and various economies in the land stations under Navy jurisdiction. Mr. Harding long has favored an efficient Navy as the first line of American defense, and he is under- stood to feel that a big Navy policy might be continued practically i steps are taken to curtail the strength of the Army along the lines he ap- proved yesterday in conference with Chairman Kahn of the House military committee. s Favors Reserve System. He also favors strongly the reserve system for both Army and Navy, and 18 understood to have indicated to Chairman Butler that an adequate naval reserve should be considered one of the requisites to national de- fense. The whole question of the Navy hinges, however, on what progress may be found possible in the movement for a general reduction of armament throughout the world, Mr. Butler, who is inclined to place little faith in the _proposal, expects to develoff” in Com- mittee hearings beginning néxt week, | all the information available on the probable consequences of disarmament. This information he will turn ‘over ‘to Mr. Harding. “] am determined to know,” said the committee chairman. in a statement to- night, “what the other nations of the world sincerely desire in the way of an agreement to limit armament and espe- cially that of the sea.”" Suggests Exchange of Opiniens. Mr. Butler called Mr. Harding’s at- tentioh to the provision of the naval appropriation bill of 1916, requesting the President to make a canvass of world sentiment in regard to disarma- | ment. He recommended that the new administration take advantage of this authorization and seek an exchange of international opinion quite separate from the plan for an association of nations. Another of President-elect Harding's callers today was Daniel G. Reid, New York manufacturer and financier, who talked over the general financial situa- tion, and gave his opinion particularly on the_problem of getting money systems | back to a sound basis. Mr. Reid also| held a long conference with Harry M. Daugherty, Mr. Harding's close political adviser, and said in a statement that he expected greater financial stability 1o result from the policies of the next administration. B. R. Inman of Indianapolis, man- ager of the Indiana Chamber of Com- merce, presented to Senator Harding the results of a comprehensive study made by his organization into finan- cial conditions generally. He advised that there be no attempts to remedy the situation by piecemeal measures, but that farmers, manufacturers and all other groups be prevailed upon to take their share of after-war depre: sion rather than to try each for him- self to seize whatever special protec- tion he can. Late today the Ohio members of the electoral college came to Marion and paid a call of courtesy on Mr. Hard- N8 ey Leave in Two Weeks. Although no definite date has been announced, it is expected here that the President-elect will leave Marion in about two weeks on his southern trip. It generally is understood that most of the vacation will be spent in Florida, and that a houseboat trip across the Everglades {s one of the features in contemplation. Mrs. Harding will leave here several days In advance of the senator and will spend some time in Washington and New York shopping and attend- ing to other personal errands pre- l | i financiers in the outside world. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. TREMORS SHAKE TOWNS N CALIFORNIA VALLEY Series of Shocks, Accompanied by Loud Reports, Resembie Earthquakes, By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif,, January 8.— The towns of Covina, Glendora and Azuza, in the San Gabriel valley, twenty and twenty-five miles east of here, were rocked tonight by what was deolared by inhabitants to be a series of ex- plosions. According to reports received here, every house in the towns was shaken and windows were broken in some, it was declared. The first shock was felt about 9:30, it was stated, and was followed by two more within half an hour. Each was accompanied by a loud report. Other- wise the tremblings resembled earth- quakes, it was stated. At nearby oil fields, it was said, no explosion had occurred. Efforts were made to communicate with camps in the mountains north of the towns where large quantities of dynamite were known to have been stored for quarrying purposes. FLOOD OF LETTERS DEMANDING AGTION HITS CONGRESSMEN Folks “Back Home” Request Immediate Belief From ‘Business Depression. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Congressmen ‘continue to wrinkle their brows over the industrial, agri- cultural, financial and unemployment situations and to ponder o’ nights and plan by days ways and means to fur- nish relief from conditions dinned into their ears constantly by their constituents. From the tenor of the mass of letters received by senators and representatives from “back home,” oné might conclude that the prevailing impression is that all wor- riments of the people will yield to legislation and that it is only neces- sary, to “pass & bill’ and thereby legis- late prosperity and’ happiness, gbod joba and high Wages, easy sales and top notch prices after the President has signed it “Like the fellow who said, “Heaven knows I asked for fish,” the congress- men have tried and are still essaying to produce legislation the people seem to think is to be so effective, though most of them regard it largely as an effort to raise oneself by the boot- straps. Yet they gave them the war finance bill and are now endeavoring to grind out some kind of tariff legis- lation for the emergency. These propositions are received with frank skepticlsm as to their pro- epective effectiveness by big business generally, and by economists and One of the largest banking institutions in the country, which keeps tab on home conditions and has branches in other countries and correspondents in all countries, has just issued a review of the world-wide and domestic situation, which some congressmen have re- ceived. Get Bank Publicity. “It s important to avoid both over- confidence and undue pessimism,” the report says: “The country is going to recover and go ahead as in the past, but it will recover far more rap- jdly if everybody understands the necessary conditions. Everybody must get away from the idea that wages are fixed by arbitrary decrees or by agreements between employers and employes. Most of our troubles are due to these superficial assumptions. “The truth is that there are great economic laws which hold society to- gether and fix the relations between classes and interests beyond the pow- er of agreement or legislation to change them. The power to create confusion and delay readjustment, of course, exists, but nobody is likely to gain anything by that policy.” This authority points out to_the The iy Stae. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1921 ALLIES AT 0DDS ON GERMAN ARNS, MAY COMPROMISE Public Opinion in France Im- pels Government to Press for Sure Curbs. BRITAIN NOW DREADS INVASION OF THE RUHR |Believes Former Enemy Has Reached Limit of Disarmament, Either Possible or Desirable. | BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. 3 €opyright, 1921. PARIS, January 8.—Concerning the forthcoming interallied conference on the disarmament of Germany, an emi- nent French diplomat has given me the following inside account of the French and British points of view: “The British in postponing the con- ference from January 7 to January 19 were moved principally by the exigencies of the present unemploy- ment crisis in Britain, which seems grave, and also by a desire to await the effect of the French senatorial elections tomorrow on the Leygues ministry. But, while the British are ready to accept the idea of a confer- ence, it is, nevertheless, certain that Paris and London view the German disarmament question in wholly dif- ferent ways. The French government is obliged to take into account French public opinion, which, as a whole, be- lieves in the reality and even immi- nence of the German military peril. “Most French observers foresee a bolshevist attack on FPoland next spring, and, being convinced that*close relations exist between the bolsheviki and the Germans, they apprehend col- laboration between the Rygsian and German forces to break down the eastern barrier which the treaty of Versailles erected between Berlin and Moscow. That is why the disarma- ment of Germany seems urgent to them. No French government would dare to neglect the force of public sentiment in this regard. Danger Believed ia Future. “However, it i3 not certain that the Erench. general - stafl or the French government shares fully the fears of the French nation. Official -circles seem to believe that from a military standpoint the German danger i3 x| the future and not so much in the present, yet both the staff and the government consider it necessary to dissolve all the German militia so as to break the German military tradi- tion. The bourgeois guards seem to them a sort of microcosm of the old army; they perpetuate its spirit and | they keep up the sacred fire for a bet- i ter day. The complete demilitariza- tion: of Germany, however, would break the chain and create a mnew spirit. “Moreover, the French government wants to preserve the efficacy of the threats made at the Spa conference. If the allies do not apply the solemnly formulated penalties they will los prestige. British Spirit Different. “Quite different seems to be the spirit with which the British govern- ment is coming to Paris. In Britain's eyes, German disarmament has al- ready reached the limit of what is ei- ther possible or desirable. Preoccu- pied only with today, the British gov- ernment considers it sufficlent that Germany for the moment does not constitute any danger of aggression. The bolshevist peril, on the other hand, seems to it far more pressing and far more immediate. “The British ambassador in Berlin, who was delegated by Premier Lloyd George last August to go to Warsaw, has returned convinced that Poland was saved only by a pilece of pro- digous good luck; that the bolshevist attack will be renawed; that neither Poland nor Czechoslovakia is strong enough to triumph, and that eastern and northern Germany, Prussia and Saxony can easily be won over by the bolshevikl if order is not insured by a sufficient military force. “It is on Bavaria that this force ot ntinued on Page lumn Mrs. Vanderbilt Near Prison Spectal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, January 8.—Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, sr., central figure in New York society for many years, who has made her home for the last quarter of a century in the chateau-like man- sion at the northwest corner of S5th avenue and 52d street, plans to make her future New York resi- paratory to becoming mistress of the White House. Later she will join the vacation party in Florida. The President-elect and his wite dp not plan to return to Marion prior to the inauguration. BOYS TO BE WEEDED OUT FOR REAL “MAN” NAVY Boys are to be weeded out and the Navy put on @ “regular man” footing by reduction of the enlisted personnel from an average strength of 120,000 to dence on the banks of the East river, in Sutton Square, a home development which society has taken to in the last few months: She has taken the old house at the southwest corner of the square. Mrs. Stephen H. Olin, her sister, has acquired the property adjoin- ing on Sutton place. The half- century-ola dwellings will be re- moved and two residences of Eng- #lish architecture erected at a cost of about $750,000, according to the latest plans. Mrs. Vanderbilt is understood to have said that she 100,000 in framing the Navy appropria- tion bill for the fiscal year 1922. This program was explained by Chairman XKelley of the subcommittee in charge of drafting this supply bill. He said no attempt will be made to cut down the pomber of officers. pas tired of 5th avenue, that the famous o0ld street was no longer what it was. The expansion of trade had taken away its exclusive- ness and its residential character. Several weeks ago she sold her 5th * avenue home, one of the best \ " (Continued on Page 2, Column to Have Home and Tenements known residence on the avenue, for $3,000,000 to August Heckscher as a business site for the, Empire Trust Company. The decision to sell was not reached until “after the death of her husband in Paris several months ago. He had re- fused to part with the realty, al- though offered fancy prices for the property, because he was one of the sponsors of the movement taken twenty years ago, and sup- ported by property owners in the section, to bar the. advance of trade into 5th avenue above the fifties. The decision of today, which means that Mrs. Vanderbilt will erect a fine home on the East river front In the shadow of the Queensboro bridge, and opposite Blackwell's Island prison, sur- rounded by tenement houses, is the greatest sensation that has come to soclety in many a day. The opinion was expressed that the defection from 5th avenue may become important because of the influence which Mrs. Vanderbilt's move may have on society folks. Several have already taken prop- erty in the square, 4 WIFE, CHILDREN, MOTHER. PERISH AS HOME BURNS KNOXVILLE, Tenn., January 8. Near Surgoinsville, Tenn. early this morning fire destroyed the home of Bud Farmer, a farm hand, Farmer's wife, their two children end Mrs. Farmer's mother perish- ing in the flames. Mrs. Farmer was the first to be awakened. She carried two little tots to safety, while her husband carried out & crippled child.- Mra. Farmer then rushed back into the building to attempt the rescue of her two remaining children and her mother, but all feur perished. Mr. Farmer was himself prob- ably fatally burned in efforts to rescue his loved ones. Foé of Bolsheviki, But Wil Oppose Outside Intervention and Would End Blockade. By Cable to "?.Wlp';:l::: ?'é‘f‘. Daily News. PARIS, January 8.—The congress of antl-bolshevik Russians, which convened here today at the call of Alexander Kerensky, former premier, is expected to declare its program of action Monday. Despite their hatred of the reds, this program probably will thclude a demand for the lift- ing of the blockade of Russia and the re-establishment of freedom of com- merce with their country. Kerensky is here with his wife and children. For a long time, while they remained in Russia, Kerensky was forced to remain in the background of the political arena, but now it is un- derstood that he will emerge as the principal leader of all the anti-bolshevik elements of Russia. Many Assembly Members. So many members of the former Russian oonstituent assembly that was dissolved by the bolsheviki are here that the present congress pre- tends to speak for that representative body. . The assembly to which these men belonged, was organized In September, 1917. It comprised 15 cadets, 406 revolutionary socialists and 150 bolsheviki. It held one sitting, on January 6, 1918. When ‘bolsheviki were outvoted, they noisily left the assembly. Returning at 3 o'clock in the morning, they sum- moned President Tchernoff and de- manded that the assembly evacuate the hall. Tchernoft has been active in calling the present congress together. He has been supported by about twenty revolutionary socialists, among them Kerensky, Minor and Avksentiev. About thirty former members of the Russian duma are expected to take part in the congress. Among those who are already here are Miliukofr, Maklakoff, Konovalof, Rodiehof, Kher- nalof, Maksondorf, Vinaver, Sokolof, Dounakof and Gavronski. It is understood that Kerensky will declare in the name of the Russian constituent assembly that czarism must not return to Russia and that bolshevism cannot develop ‘into the democratic regime which Russia re- quires. Nevertheless, he will afirm that the Russian anti-bolsheviki' op- pose all military intervention or in- terference in the internal affairs of Russia. —_— LORD READING FEARFUL. Hesitates at India Vice Royalty Owing to Health. LONDON, January 8 (Special).—The reason behind Lord Reading’s hes tancy to accept the Indian wvice- ty is understood to be his phy- sician’s doubts as to the effect of cli- matic conditions there ‘on Lady Reading’s health and his own. N ! THOMPSON GUIL OF KILLING THREE VERDICT OF JURY Hanging Decree in Dynamite Case at Germantown Is Quickly Ordered. By & Staff Correspondent. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 8.—Guy Vernon Thompson was. convicted this afternoon of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged for dyna- ition the {armhauss-sf Jspes Dol . 4n Getmantown, M ..‘mmln)i Bolton and twe Harold and Hvelyn, the childrenglff Mrs. Hattie Shipley, who was livifig™hers at. the time. The verdict brought to a ¢lose one of the most sensational and largely attended trials ever held in the circuit court of Montgomery county, Rock- ville. - -~ Two hours and five minutes elapsed after the case had been placed in the hands of the jury before the twelve men returned to the courtroom and the foréman, Charles E. Benson, re- ported unanimous agreement had been reached that Guy Vernon Thompson was guilty of murder in the first de- gree. It is understood that the jury spent very little time agreeing on the guilt of the accused, but most of the two hours was taken up in deciding wheth- er they should affix the order that capital punishment be given, which is a prerogative of juries in Maryland. ‘While the foreman of the jury was reporting, and later when Justice Urner was handing down the sen- tence of the accused, Thompson stood in the crowded courtroom and heard the words that took away his life without showing the slightest sign of emotion, the least tremble or the movement of a single muscle in his face or body. When the judge asked him if he knew of any reason why death should not be his penalty, he answered “No” in a clear and steady voice. This impassive attitude of Thomp- son’s has been a feature of the en- tire‘trial. One witness after another took the stand and told circumstances that seemed enough in themselves to convict him, and he seemed entifely oblivious to them. His wife, Hester Thompson, testified, and while say- ing that she’loved her husband very much, as much now as she ever had told the story of the night of the explosion; how he had come home with the dynamite, and practically sald that he was going out to take revenge on Jim Balton. Thompson watched her the while disinterestedly, = and__occasionally lenod. as if bored with the whole = ‘Hattie Shipley, Bolton's housekeep- er, the only occupant of the farm, who Jived through the explosion, graphic- ally described the.scene of slaughter that met her gaze on regaining con- sclousness after the dynamiting, and Thompson’s face showed no signs of any emotion. X k Defendant as Witness. He himself took . the stand and pleaded in his own behalf, talking as if he were a disinterested witness, showing far less tension or ‘nervocs- ness than other witnesses. This stol- idness and indifference amagzed the spectators in the court, and there was much speculation as to whether it was the outcome of a hopeless surren- der to fate or a certain hardness and uncommaon amount of “nerve.” When the prisoner left the courtroom this eyes were clear and he walked stead- ily. ‘When Justice Urner,. speaking for himself and the two associate judges, Worthington and Peter, gave out the sentence of the court, which he de- scribed as the “solemn but clear and conscientious duty of the court,” he 'weferred to the murder as “one of the, —_—————————— (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) USE RIOT GUNS T0 ROUT REDS, ISMAYOR'SORDER By the Associated Press. DAVENPORT, La., January 8.— Mayor O. L. Barewold, who recent- 1y resgnedi from the socalist party, today issued an order to the police to rid the town of radicals and to ‘use riot guns if necessary. “Load up the riot guns for im- Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Preas is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all rews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this d also the local new: Ppaper nblished oerein. Al rights dispatches of publication of speeial herein are also reserved. NO WORD HEARD OF THREE NAVAL HEROES IN WILDS COCHRANE, Ontario, January 8.— No word of the progress made by the three American naval balloon- ists, dog-sledding to civilization from Moose Factory, the Hudson Bay Company’s post at James bay. had been received at a late hour tonight. Scouting parties sent out on the trails from this point and Mattice to meet the balloonists had not been heard from, consequently the aeronauts’ arrival is not expected until tomorrow. Newspapermen, officials and others who hai been walting here in the belief that the airmen’s In- dian guides would lead them over the shorter trail of the Abitibi river, moved tonight to Mattice, the end of the Missinabi river trail. This move was made as a resuit of reports that Lieuts. Kloor, Far- rell and Hinton had joined a party carrying a fur paek to Mattice. DENIAL OF BONUS STIRS POLICE AND Reorganization of Organiza- tions Is Discussed—Dis- content Is Result. A movement for the reorganization of the firemen's and policemen's unions here was started at a series of secret conferences held yesterday between officials of the American Federation of Labor, firemen and policemen. Following the meetings, it was said that widespread discontent evidenced among the fire department personnel mediate use and give them a re- cepton with hot lead” was the mayor’s order to the chief. “We don’t want any ‘reds’ here and we will go the limit to keep them out.” By the Asmciated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., January $.—The war record of Rohah A. Baity, who shot and killed Sheriff Zachary of on account of the elimination of the $120 bonus from the District appro- priation bill was crystailizing in the shape of a desire to test the act of Congress of January 24, 1920, for- bidding members of the police or fire departments from affiliating with any organized labor body which employed the strike as a weapon. Who attended the meetings and the place of meeting were kept secret. ‘was stated, however, that men in the fire department are seeking some measure of relief from present con- ditiops, and this was forming the basis for the proposed reorganizition. Sentiment to Test Law. A survey of a few typical fire com- panies last night indicated that if there is any possible manner to band with organized labor to obtain the $240 bonus which has been eliminated during the past two years the sentiment is strongly in favor of testing the law making it an act for dismissal from the depart- ment to join or affiliate with any or- ganized labor body. —_— Yadkin county when the officer at- tempted to arrest kim at a “blockade whisky still,” and the fact thdt Baity “had no time to indulge in that cold- blooded premeditation that is the e sence of a capital offense” were rea- sons given by Gov. Bickett today when he saved the youthful Baity from the electric chair, commuting his sentence to thirty years’ imprison- ment._— The governor's statement follows: “I hold in my hand as I write, a cer- tificate of honorable discharge from the United States Army for Robah A. Baity. This paper certifies that when Robah Baity was twenty years old he volunteered in the Army of the United States on the 27th day of November, 1917. He was in the heavy artillery. He was in the awful holocaust on the Verdun front; he was in the drum fire that rolled down on St. Mihiel; he was in the terrible drive through the Ar- gonne forest, and through it all main- tained a character that his superior officer, in his certificate of discharge, declares was ‘excellent.’ Learned Moonshining Early. “Upon receiving his honorable dis- charge he went to his home in Yadkin county and settled in a com- munity where the belief is more or less general that to make blockada whisky is one of the inalienable rights of an American citizen. The boy's father was a blockader before him, and he was brought up in an atmos- phere in sympathy with the liquor business. As natural as water flows down hill, he fell into the liquor business and one night, while he was P Once Offered Life to Country That Woulg Slay Him, N. C. Governor Says. | working at a still, a hand suddenly fell on his khoulder and a voice said: ‘I've got you.' “As quick 25 a snake strikes when it is stepped on, Baity wheeled and ! fired, killing the sheMff of Yadkin county. This is the testimony of the Rev. T. A. Caudle, given to me in my office, and it Was upon th's testi- money that Baity was convicted of murder in the first degree. The verdict was wrong; the prisoner was guilty |of murder in the second degree. Ho had no time to indulge in that cold- blooded premeditation that it the es- sence of a capital offense. Commuted to Thirty Years. “There is not a suggestion in the record that indicates that Baity has the wicked diabolical heart always as- sociated with the crime of murder in the first degree,” the governor con- tinued. “He volunteered to die for others; time and again he was ex- posed to almost certain death, fight- ing for.God and humanity, and with this record and upon the evidence in this case, it would be a frightful thing In the police circles, persons who were identified with the formation and organ- ization of the union a few years ago declared that there slight chance for such a movement’s success at the present time, since the majority were contented with the administration of a man from the ranks, and since many held the hope that the bonus might be restored through special legislation. New regulations recently put into ef- fect making it necessary for firemen to take up various tasks which were not the custom under the old regime; the uniform regulation prohibiting men in the department from being seen on the street out of uniform, even to sit in frontof the engine house, and the rule regarding the purchase of uniforms at an old contract price are pointed out as being other grievances in the minds of the men. Recruits Not Attracted. On account of existing conditions, it was stated, men are not coming into the fire department in the num- bers necessary. Signs that the Dis- trict needs firemen and policemen are up in front of police stations and fire houses, even though unemploy- ment through the United States is reaching toward the two and a half million figure and in spite of the fact that hundreds of unemployed in the District are being brought to the at- tention of charitable organizations. The first step in the campaign, it was hinted at the American Federa- tion of Labor building, would be a test of the -aet prohibiting ‘the’ fire- men and’ policemen from jolning or- ganized labor, ,hrough an application for an injunction against heads of the two departments from di: -ging men joining such an organization. The act also forbids, under-the pen- alty of a $300 fine, any conspiracy looking toward a strike in the ranks of the fire.department. - But firemen state that a strike would be the last thing considered. As a matter of fact, many declare, a condition precedent to Joining any or- ganization would be that the strike clause be absolutely prohibited, and an obligation: not to go on strike de- manded. BARS CHILDLESS TENANTS Florida Apartment House Owner Makes Ironclad Rule. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, January 8—An apartment house in which no childless couple will be allowed " a rental is St. Petersburg’ latest achievement. The owner is Cleve for the country for which he offered his life to electrocute him when he is twenty-three years old. Were I to permit it I would never sleep again. The death sentence is commuted to thirty years in the state prison.” b ; Leneave, and he is no advocate of race suicide. He says only couples with children will be allowed to rent apartments, and that the rule will be strictly adhered to. FIREMEN UNIONS FIVE CENTS. DENIAL OF FUNDS MEANS €0 PUPLS T0 A OOM CLAI Failure of Senate to Appro- priate Building Finances Alarms Leaders. EXTENSION OF TWO-SHIFT SYSTEM ALSO PREDICTED High Cost of Building Material Reason For Blocking Funds, Senators Explain. Virtually the entire public school system on a two-shift system of oper- ation, with fifty and perhaps sixty children literally packed into class- rooms intended to accommodate a maximum of forty, are prospective future conditions as pictured last night by school officials. This fore- cast was made foliowing the an- nouncement that the District appro- priation bill, as reported in the Sen- ate, carried not omne of the proposals for the erection of new school build- ngs. which have been indicated as immediately needed to alleviate pres- ent overcrowded conditions. The action of the Senate appropria- tions committee in reporting the Dis- trict appropriation bill without a single provision for the construction of additional schoolhouses came as a distinet shock to school authorities who have worked day and night for the last seyeral months to impress on Congress, and the public in general, what they consider the deplorable sit- uation of the school system. and the subsequent need of 133 more clas- rooms. School officials confidentially ex- pected the measure to grant at least about $3,000,000 in order that work might be started on the contemplated $5,000,000 building project, but the bill reported- in ‘the Senate carried only $429.500 of this amount for the sole purpose of acquiring sites for the necessary new schools. Think Prices too High. The ultimate result of running the schools under the present conditions, it was pointed out, will be disinte- gration of the system, which is now said to be on the verge of crumbling from excessive overload. “It means cheap education for the yguth of to- day who are the citizens of tomor- row,” said one official. 5 Despite the unfortunats setback, those interested have not given up all hope of getting appropriations for the urgently needed schools. “We will fight all the harder,” said Supt. Frank W. Ballou. The reason of the Senate subcom- mittee on appropriations for exclud- ing provisions for new schools in the money measure, it is explained, was on the ground that exorbitant prices were being charged for the erection of such buildings. It was pointed out that the committee received repodis from Denver showing that four-room schools were being erected there at a cost of $35,000, and the cost of the same size building in Washington is estimated at $100,000. Two Sides of Question. However, officials painted out thst all the material used in the, constrac- tion of a schoolhouse in Washington has to be hauled in many cases a great distance, while in Denver lum- ber and other building materials can be obtained in the immediate vicinity, thereby reducing the cost on these items. Of course,” said one authority, “we can build semi-fireproof schools here at less expense than estimated for the complete fireproof structures. “But the law provides that the school- houses of Washington shall be of fireproof construction.” On the other hand, this official de- clared, a substantial fireproof build- ing will last for approximately a half a century, or possibly longer, while; a semi-fireproof structure, built: cheaply, will only be in use for about: twenty years. Therefore he believes it will.pay in the end to erect sub- stantial fireproof schools, although they cost more. RUIN IS SEEN FOR BRITISH IN INDIA UNREST By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 8.—Sir Michael O’Dwyer, until recently governor of the important Punjab province of India, in an article in the Globe today concerning the serious un- rest in India, which has taken. the form of government boycotts, strikes and seditious utterances, declares: “This much at least tan be stated with certainty—that the present extremist movement is heading straight for the disorgani- zation of trade and commerce, for the ruin of every British interest, and for anarchy and rebellion” Sir Michael asserts that “the time for toying with sedition in this vast empire has long since passed.’ and that If England would retain . India the law must be rigorously and impartially enforced, irrespec- . tive of persons, caste or.class. 2 “All those who ard heading the revolutionary conspiracy — Gandhi, .. the Ali brothers and Sagpat Rai, and others equally notorious and equally hostile to British rule— . should be dealt with under the law before it is too late,” Sir Michasl - ey [S o