Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1921, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921 SEADOL BUDGET NEARLY COVPLETE Commissioners Not Reveal- ing Amount Thought Desir- able for New Buildings. The special budget for school build- ings that are urgently needed to re- leve congestion in the school system is nearly completed and probably will £0 to Congress tomorrow or Saturday, it ‘was indicated at the District building today. Although the Commissioners are understood to be united in th> belief that the surplus revenues of the Dis- ict, now amounting approximately 500,000, should be drawn upon to cover the school building program. it is not known whether they will make written request to this effect in transmitting the budget to the District committees. Emphasis on Actual Tax Money. It is practically cértain, however, that when the Commissioners go be- fore the committees to explain the [ school building needs, they will en-; deavor to show the members of Con- gTess that the surplus does represént actual tax money paid into the Treas- ury in excess of appropriations charged against the District. The Comm! from disclos the total amount of the school budget. feeling that this information should not be divulged unti]_it is made known to the House and Senate. It is reported that the budget will amount to several millions, represent- ing the cost of new buildings and additions to existing structures that are needed immediately to relieve overcrowding. Present Conditions. The Commissioners and school offi- eials will point out to the committees of Congress, when the budget is con- sidered, that many children are com- pelled to attend school only half of the day in order to make room for others, that scores are quartered in temporary portable buildings, and that a considerable number of class- rooms contain more children than can properly be instructed in one group. Citizens' associations in all parts of the District have become wide-awake during the past week to the necessity for obtaining action from Congress at this session on the school-building program, and will back up the city heads and school officials when they &o to Congress. BENEFIT IS PLANNED. Tawn Fete and Dancé for St. Mary’s Industrial School. A lawn fete and dance for the benefit of St. Mary's Industrial School is to be held Friday afternoon at the Clifton School, 3100 W street, under auspices of the committee on public relief of the ‘Women's City Club. Mrs. William E. Chamberlain is chair- man of the public relief committee and Miss Ellen Tortorella chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements for the lawn fete and dance. A “coral island masque” is to be given under the direction of Maria Ewing. Students of Clifton are to present the masque. There are to be two perform- ances, one at 4:45 o'clock and the other at 8 o'clock. Tn the afternoon there is to be a horse show. The St. Mary's Band will furnish music for the dancing. Patronesses include Mme. Jusserand, Mrs. Hen Miss nagh, Mrs. C Swing. Miss Agnes Regan, Dr. Nicholson, Miss Mary O'Toole, Miss Elizabeth Stevens and Miss Helen Cronin. The committee on public relief fol- Jows: Mrs. William E. Chamberlain, Miss A. Henriques, Miss F. L. Bright, Mrs. A. L. Sinclair, Mrs. Laura A. Bradley., Miss Alne Solomons. Dr. F. Foye, Mrs. May W. Johnson, Miss Adela Hearen, Mrs. A, 1. Gardner, Miss Carlie Marsh, Mrs. R. A. Dorsey, Miss Sar Wooley. Miss Ellen Tortorella, Mrs. McCloskey, Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs. E. J. Brennan, Miss Jane Corby, Miss M. Cavanagh, Miss Maria Ewing. Miss Julia Bannagan, Miss Mary L. Sullivan. Miss Mary M. Barron, Miss Teresa Miss Ellen O'Connor, Miss nelish, Miss Bertha O’Toole. Mary G. Kelle Miss Mary Byrne, Mis Miss Jane Richards. Miss Cl O. R. McCarone, ra 2 Miss Mary E. Moran, hy. Miss Mary O'Brien, Misg Bessie Wool- < Ruth Marlen. Mrs. Edna J. Mrs. Prescott Gatley, Miss M A. Henrique, Mrs. Mc- . Mrs. Peter Drury and Miss I, J. Callahan, Goldsmith’s “Deserted Village” is sald to be the most widely-quoted poem in consideration of its length. SPECIAL NOTICES ANLOAD Kk city, May W, va WANT! from New: Yor ¥ WILL N debts contrac _JOHN woon finishe work. odn and personal ef- th greater security. C0.. 1140 15th st CLAFLIN FOR EYEGLASSES. ioners have refrained; Maude Cava- | Dr. Mussey, | IGERMAN FIRE ON PARIS HALTED AT COMING OF U. S. NAVAL GUNS nie Daniels Tells How Freak That Massacred Innocents Was Hastily Withdrawn Be- fore Railway Battery Arrived. a. BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Former Secretary of the ARTICLE 15. ‘ From the standpoint of spectacular ! sensationalism Germany gave the Jectiles more than twenty-five miles. If our guns had been built in Paris we could have had them at the front in three days. They were made to move by rail, and to be ready for al- | most immediate. action. But they had | to get to France first, and the diffi- | vy. Abe Martin Says: e medy and Longuyon and in_cutting the "German main artery between Metz and Sedan. They remained in action to the end, their last shot falling into the Ger- man lines at almost the very moment when the armistice ended hostilities. Their record was a triumph of Ameri- Investigating Open Door of Shop, Officer Hits Burglar Device. Sounding of a burglar alarm con- can genius and naval efficienc: nected with the millinery establish- (Coprright. 1921, by John F. Di Copy-|ment of Mrs. J. M. Ash, 1217 Con- right ional r Service. Copy- | necticut avenue, Where an estensive FIENG In Great Britain, Canada and thioughont | robbery was committed a few days nce. All rights rese including trans- soliceme; 3 lation into foreign languages, including the 289 summoned Polic 5 theze about § o'clock Tuesday night. Happening so soon after the rob- bery was committed. sounding of the (Another article by Former Secre-|alarm caused much excitement. It tary Dantels will be printed in The|developed that Policeman Arrington Star tomorrow.) S — GAS RATE ORDERED CUT. Takoma Park Benefits by Commis- sion’s Ruling. Seandinavian. Unauthorized reprinting for any purpeee forbidden. l POLICEMAN SENDS ALARM. | | was the individual who w ble for the excitement. H the rear door open and make an investigation. entered to th Just after entering o ment. It is stated. Arrington c contact with something that ¢ By Hot-Water, Steam or Vapor- the sounding of the alarm and Pressure Syatems summoning of the police. The reported that the door was not cle when the lock was turned. a was open enough to arouse suspicion — For sixteen centuries the littie re- | public of San Marino maintained its independence. although Italy tirely surrounds it. if you nced a new System. a new Heater, or other Repairs, take it*up with us now. Prices down. Good workmen are avail- able. Biggs Heating Co. W. H. Gottlied, Pres. en- H. F. Huntsberry. Vice Pres. 917 H St. NW. 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PEARLMA’N"‘S mo—y be possible when the German lines| “The last of the mante & | {effective May 1. The present rate| Ou . . Y S ok eviiy vl L= HOP wers.‘at_ their nearest approach, at|pleted May. 25 a e nts was com- | as recently established by the Mary-i r Service Not to protect yourselt at every 33 G St seventy miles from the French | quick construct ew record f iland commission is $1.43 net, while . : S AR S | least seventy a construction. e n et vt il Deistias meciber includes nerable point is to take ill-advised e world was at first mm-eauxoua‘[,,v’.?;“\.,f;",,';"g"; PRIpICo (akelithem thousand cubic feet. i i Fire i<k but as the shells continued to fall in | assigned was 80 badly battesed b Lot protests mag by Saver sames i | Life e Fropesties Fe L o protests filed by Mayvor James L. s 5. . e : :z':\i-ec;:iyBt':lstxntnfmi:b:mifmgr:r?‘:)l;?- ::'Aeh:gco;fld fy?in'm&ed;m for repairs; | ———, RCthT Sndl Cortar Ao Coanaa 1T, Health But insurance is a problem that XD G STS. \ 0 = ond ship—f exel—was sunk £ ig Smi g vn | % :: z o Bl e ktled e et Jrs apoacmeasiouricoast, fIt 5| It secms like folks that are| JPod Smithy, on PERIe of che town | Accident needs expert solving—and its sofution . TS feen 20, The long-range | heavily laden with matiret Moy fallus complainin’ o’ feelin’ poor-| | The public scrvice commission of | Burglary as applied to your business is where ml:::w\i;r ne who wit {pombardment resulted in a tragedy|for France. ly live forever. during the period the order remains Liability e e d lexpericnce can s ! which shocked nv:{’ua‘;mx;,nll f]o;xlc: “'{'rl:eazuns were received in France Copyright National Newspaper Service in effect the maximum price to be Plate Glass our knowledge and experer ~ Modern building. Scarcely have been by design, and yet | wi mazement. There was some oPs DR ch i shall be $1.38 net, when paid | ~—in stopping the ithe coincidence of the day and the|fear expressed lest the at — e N e foom Aot Ral] = help wonderfully—in stopping £ o= 7 R ective ' Gs extraordinarily signifi- | transport them to the fromt o ran Titnig ten days teol dage of cendl | Automobile P G ST. BUILDING cant for mere chance. I might result In their ‘erippiing irans. | NEWS that the day before the Germans | tion of bill. The order is to,pecome ! | Surety Bonding loopholes for loss. Rents T e 8 ati = : ans- | ), stily ithdraw i effective May 1 a effec e Bl Kill Seventy-Five in Church. nhoriation, because of their tremen- | et hal st ratiaeine | PorieMinarion| lflone gy ear aun) Zast A bargzin at $62.500. This day of sacred fast, the holiest . 3 e fear was need- | jhore shells fell iff Paris ; artier modified or changed by the Let Mr. Ruofi, Manager of our e { memorial of the Christian year. while! “Niws of their coming, doubtless, |, TNE Germans knew that the giant | commission, and thereafter, until the | e 5 5 0 S SO0 {a congregation of devout Worshipers ' reached the Germans. 2 .| freak could not stand up under the | further order of the c ssion. Insurance Department, talk with you Near 12th and F Sts {2 women and children and men t00! "The proof of that s found in tI - of the\4-inch, 1.400-pound shell Corporation Counsel J. Bond b;r:;:l ) 3-story building old to fizht—prayed in the Church of| extraordinary thing that h: ‘el which the United States navy s | is unable to say whether _”el gh Lot 21x100. Allew St. Gervaise, a shell crashed through ! next. appened | were pre paring 1o lllru])x in its'n iwl;uldt ncch;‘;'\tnum“ m‘r a still lower s 1 L he building, killing sev- | Dorhond. Tand. displayed ‘that discre- |rate to compare w o Distric OS. z‘r‘n‘:y‘-‘m{e cgerts:ns, of whom fifty-four Stop Shelling of Paris. tion which has been named the bet- | rate of $1.25 per thousand cubic feet. 5 Ilrh{_.\lv |wwere wemen. and five of these Amer-| The German mastodon of guns had | ter part of valor. o has fecommended, However. to 1406 H Street ‘Main 4340 Setween G and H icans. Ninety other persons were in- ,:;3,;;’5}‘,‘"!;"! on Paris with fair Tribute to American Genlus. B O pat e St hetaubiie]] 406 feet front, 95 deep jured. and a2 series of mnice cal-1 The story of the work accomplished | ecommission without delay. | de allev. large stbre culations and daring observations, its ) position had g)elen located inf the for- . Gobain, ofslhe Ao, on a plateau north outh of the Aisne was the forest of Compiegne, and to this place of con- cealment the American guns were headed. With their twenty-five-mile range they would be able to search out the cover of the German master- Pirhe: ey were barely under way before the shelling of Paris ceased, and when battery No. 2 reached its posi- tion in the forest of Compiegne about August 21 it was greeted with the In all Christian lands people were {aghast at this slaughter of the de- fenseless. The thing that stirred men’s indig- nation was that this phenomenal gun was apparently of no practical value for tary purposes. Its use lay wholly in terrorizing the civilian pop- ulation of Paris by slaying the help- less. It was an attempt to weaken the heart of France, to break her spirit_and resolution. It was hoped. doubtless, that when news of what was happening to the women and children at home reached the men at the front it would shake the wonder- ful morale which had held at Verdun and on many another desperate fleld of encounter. For five months Paris endured the horror of this menace. No one knew when the shells would fall, of where, but the city went about its business and kept its courage. Nemesis From America. Meantime, over here in America the Nemesis of the great German rifie was in preparation. The United States Navy was at that very time building long-range guns, with this difference of purpose and viewpoint from the enemy: that our objective was a weapon which would be effective from a military standpoint; that which could accom- plish definite destruction within the combatant lines of the foe. The German gun was a freak. It may be questioned whether it has significant value for future warfare. It was interesting as a demonstra- tion of what can be done in hurling projectiles through space; it was ter- rible as a further evidence of the heartless cruelty of Teutonic mili- tarism; but whether it contributed anything of greater usefulness to the practical science of artillery than Jules Verne's story of the gun Which dropped a projectile on the moon is open to debate. The development of guns and shells for use in the event of possible future wars is more likely to follow along_the lines on which American experiment and achievement have | moved. | Threw 1,400-Pound Shells. The new United States Navy guns were being built on plans which would make them the biggest ever placed on railway or other mobile mounts—and far more powerful than any artillery then in use for military purposes on the western front. |~ Although their range was consid- | erably less than that of the German monster, they were made to fire a shell very much bigger and more destructive. . The German gun threw a nine-inch shell, weighing about 200 pounds. The American guns were built to throw a fourteen-inch shell, | weighing 1,400 pounds—and, When | thev got into action, they did. The first mount, complete with its huge fourteen-inch naval gun, rolled out of the shops April 25, 1918, less than a month from the time of the Good Friday slaughter in the French church. Tested at Sandy Hook, N. J., five days later, it proved a compiete ! ‘Washington—the most “livable” City in America List Your Property With Us to Sell! SIMPLE “For Sale” sign on a house is but little argument for a sale. 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