Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair temperature. tonight and tomorrow, mild Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 79, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 53, at 5 l am. today. . Closing New York Stocks, Page 25 e £ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Member of 3 The Assoclated | | | 1< paper ard also | All rights the use for republication of all mews dispat: credited to it or not >therwise eredited in 1 @ispatches hereln are also ressrved the Associated ' Press Press 1s exclusively entitied to the local news publisasd herein. of publication of speclal Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,350 No. 28,144. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. ENGLAND PROPOSE " NEETNG OF ALLED NG serves Reply Until French Deputies Can Act. REPRESENTATIVE OF U. S. WOULD GET AN INVITATION Korfanty Asks People to Lay Down Arms—German Attacks Report- ed—Peril Seen in Danzig. By the Assoclated Press. PARYS, May 19.—Great Britain, ghrough her charge d'affaires here, formally proposed to the French gov- ernment yesterday an early meeting ot the allied supreme council, to which Bn American representative would be Snvited, it was announced today. Premier Briand, in response, said e favored such a meeting, but would reserve a definite reply until the con- clusion of the chamber of deputies’ discussion of the foreign situation. U. S. Infiuence Felt Chicago Daily News. By Cable to The Star and Chicago LONDON, May 19.—Competent opinion #s that the Silesian question will be molved satisfactorily to all reasonable people by agreement among the allies ®&nd the United States. Prime Minis- ter Lloyd George has the unanimous support of Britons in his adhesion to the treaty of Versailles, whether it is for or against Germany. It is inted out by the foreign office that memler Briand also supports the treaty and that therefore the only question involved is that of inter- pretation. It is assumed here that all parties, even Adalbert Korfanty and the Poles, ultimately will yield (to the authority of the supreme council, particularly since the American point of view henceforth promises real vitality in that body. Public opinion in Britain heartily indorses the cause of com- tinued allied solidarity, but agrees with Lioyd George that irresponsible raids upon the treaty of Versailles must be prevented. Observers of every shade of opinion note with pleasure the growing evi- gence of the steadying influence of the United States upon European affairs. Kerfanty Proclaims Demobilizsing. BY the Associated Press. LONDON, 'May 18.—Information re- ceived in official circles regarding Up- per Silesia that the Polish con- sul general at Beuthen has informed the interallied plebiscite commission that Adalbert Korfanty has issued a proclamation to the people of Upper Silesia to surrender their arms, resume ‘work and avoid military contact with the Germans. He declared also that 10,000 men have been demobfiized: May" 19.—According to the Berlin Kreus Zeitung, there has been a large movement of Polish troops in the direction of Dansig in « the last few days. The newspaper adds that a number of bridges over the Vistula river have been blown up and that the Germans believe a Polish raid on Danzig is intended. German Attacks Reported. Cable to The Star and Daily News. By Cable T '.flxa- ily News. KATTOWITZ. Upper Silesia, May 19. ~—German attacks are reported along the north front, with the Poles with- drawing to the line claimed to include the districts showing a Polish ma- jority in the plebiscite area. The Germans claim that there is no organi- zation for undertaking a counter of- fensive and that the insurgents are warring against the interaliled com- mission upon which rests the re- sponsibility of restoring order. The Germans also claim that the defense elements along the Oder and in Kreuzburg are under allied control. It is claimed by the Poles that the Germans have committed atrocities such as cutting off ears and noses. The Germans make similar charges against the Poles. The insurgents’ movement seems to be losing vigor. The highways no Jonger present a bristling appearance with boys armed with rifles every few yards to halt travelers, ask for their passports, search automobiles Page 2 for weapons and haul suspects into Witnesses 3t D, C. hearin oppose mo- The Italians have evacuated Pless.| 2°P° StAteRinsurance. e Rybnik and Nicolal, leaving small|Secretary Davis given full power to French garrisons from Rybnik. The| Settle marine strike. Page 2 Italians took along several hundred Germans. The Poles cut the cars from the Italan trains and searched the Germans, finding. it is stated, rifles and machine guns. The Poles claim- ed that the Germans were “stosstrup- pen.” or shock troops. However. the Germans were allowed to proceed with the Italians. ‘The British have orders not to treat with the insurgents and are gradually leaving. They feel deeply humiliated over thelr false position. French Press Irritated. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 19.—Declarations made yegarding Poland and Silesia by Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain yesterday caused considerable irritation to French newspapers. There was little comment on the prime ministers words this morning, but what there was gecmed severe. “Pertinax,” the political editor of the Echo de Paris, said regarding the statement of Mr. Lioyd George: “Please give us even less, if pos- sible than you did in the last speech before the house of commons. The affair is too grave henceforth to be treated as politics. There is no get- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) AMERICAN LEGION ASKS CONGRESS FOR NEW U.S. BUILDINGS IN JAPAN BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dafly News. Copyright. 1921. ‘TOKI10, Japan, May 19.—The sug- gestion that the United States re- place its antiquated embassy in Tokio and the consulate in Yoko- hama with buildings appropriate to the dignity, power and prestige of the nation is contained in reso- lutions adopted by the Tokio-Yoko- hama post of the American Legion and sent to the proper committees of the Senate and House in Wash- ington. The dilapidated frame rookery housing the embassy was erected by the Hawalian legation when the islands had an independent gov- ernment. The ambassador's resi- dence is on the second floor and the offices are on the first floor. Wings have been added to house the chancellery and commercial departments, while the offices of the military and naval attaches are in other parts of the city. LTOFRANCE | i | POUNDMASTER’S DOG FALLS VICTIM TO NET OF CANINE CATCHERS ‘Walter R. Smith, poundmaster for the District health department, was riding on the pound wagon yesterday when he and his trusty men spied a dog a short distance away without the muzzle required by law. The chaser quickly reached the dog and slapped the net on the animal. Then Mr. Smith discovered his own dog had fallen into the hands of the law. The dog was placed in the wagon and taken to the pound with the other “prison- ers,” where Mr. Smith deposited the $2 required for the dog's release. ALLIES FEAR FALL OF TURK CAPITAL Serious Bandit Operations Cause Alarm for Safety of Constantinople. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 19.—Alarm over the safety of Constantinople ap- parently is felt by allied officials here. Operations by bandits are as- suming serious \proportions, particu- larly in Thrace; large numbers of bolsheviki are arriving and the Amer- ican embassy is under guard of armed sailors. Brig. Gen. Harrington, commander of allied forces here, has gone to London to lay the military situation before British authorities. Turkish nationalists declar> that banditry is being encouragei by the Greeks, who, they allege, are seeking an excuse for seizing Constantinople. The Greeks, on the other hand, state that uprisings are being stimulated by Bulgarian chiefs. At any rate, life and property are not considered safe in the region about this city. Famine Threatens. The country is threatened with famine, as the flelds are untilled, the people’ being terrorized and afraid to” leave thelr villages. It is said that thousands of Russians who for- merly were soldiers under command HARD 70 SOLVE OUR STREET RAILWAY PROBLEM JUSTLY How Shall We Distribute Equitably the Cost of Car- rying Long-Haul Traffic at a Loss? THEODORE W. NOYES. Editorial Correspondence of The Star. I In tackling the street railway prob- lem we all seem to be potently de- efficiently constructive. knows how not to do it; nobody makes clear how to do it. One of us denounces as iniquitous an increase of flat rate of fare in which the Capital Traction partici- pates; another exposes the vicious and futile folly of any discrimination be- tween rates of fare for the two roads. One of us demonstrates that the urban short-haul street car rider should not pay increased fare, since he has always been the burden-bearer, carrying the cost of the unprofitable transportation of the long-haul suburban passenger. Another denounces the suggestion that the long-haul passenger should, under a~zone or transfer system, pay more than the short-haul passenger. He condemns it as viciously discrimina- tory, as unjust to the suburbanite and as hurtful to the public or community welfare, checking wholesome city de- velopment and tending to cause urban congestion and develop slums. The electric light user is urged to refuse to pay in high electric light rates to relieve either the long-haul or short- haul passenger, or the stockholders from the menace of a receivership. The local taxpayer is encouraged to say that it is none of his business and Tncle Sam is invited to wash his hands of all responsibility. Without munici- pal ownership the railway, we are told, will go into an inevitable receivership, and municipal ownership, especially in of Gen. Wrangel have turned out- laws. Deserters from the Greek and Turkish armies are included in the bands operating outside the city. Greek troopt. having their bases at Rodosto and Adrianople are in con- stant skirmishes. with the bandits, and the sultan’s government has sent 400 gendarmes to patrol highways. Two armored trains have been sent out by the French to prevent out- laws from cutting telegraph wires and to protect the “orient express,” the through Paris - Constantinople train. British troops are guarding highway crossings along the rail- road ltldln: ‘westward from the city. FOCHT WOULD CHANGE ASSESSMENT METHOD Chairman Focht of the House Dis- trict committee introduced a bill late yesterday which proposes to change the method of assessing real and per- sonal property in the District. He proposes that the permanent board of .assistant assessors should | consist of six instead of five, three of whom would be designated by the as- sessor for assessment of real estate and the other three for assessment of personal property. The six assistant assessors, with the assessor, would constitute a board of equalization and review of real estate assessments and also a board of personal tax ap- peals. ‘The Focht bill provides that any person living®n the District on July 1 of any year, who had previ- | ously lived in the District for s months, automatically becomes a resi dent of the District and would be tax- able on tangible personal property. Today’s News in Paragraphs Mme. Curie to arrive trom | York early tomarrow. bl Artist tells federation of lower standard in magazine art. Page 2 Horse show closes this afternoon. here Postmaster General Hays' calls atten- tion of service to success of local “mail-early” campaign. Page 2| Retired government employes plead for | higher annuities. Page 3| lu S. Chief Justice White dles. Page 4 Body of Franklin K. Lane is cremated | at Chicago. Page 7 { Cavalry at Fort Myer was revi y the President as feature of the-cel. bration of the seventy-fifth birthday _ of the 3d Cavalry. Page 9 351244 already raised in Chevy Chase church drive. Page 11 ‘Woman's National Foundation is i - porated and $300,000 Dean estate taken over by mew organization. Page 13 Reclassification hearings Interrupted for day. Page 13 South Washington Citizens’ Associat opposes “bake-your-own-breads sam: paign. Page 13 Convention for amity between races will open tonight. Page 14 German restored as elective subject i schools of Washington. Page 11 Guesses on U. S. ambassador to Japan amaze Japanese. Page 16 American foils smuggling of kaiser" crown.jewels to Holand. * Page'zs| Recently the legion po to hoid a smoker In the gesired ment-owned railroad hotel onf ge- count of polict suspicions that fts members were American reservists Maj. Wataro, head of the English section of the Japanese army gen- eral stafl, was the speaker of the evening. ' He has been decorated by the American government with the distinguished service medal because of his good work while assistant military attache at the Japanese embassy during the war. In the course of his speech Maj. Wataro sal “Personally, I thoroughly admire and appreciate the spirit of the American Legion in keeping alive the patriotism which won the war. My attempts to interpret the real sentiments and feelings of the Americans are, unfortunately, mis. understood by many Japanese who have not had an opportunity to |long-haul suburban passenger is at a the non-self-governing National Capi- structive; none of us sufficiently and Everybody | WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1921 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. BRUGE S RELIEVED FRON SCHOOL POST Superintendent of Colored Buildings Granted Indefinite tal, is worse, we are warned, a receivership. Co-Operate in Upbuilding. Instead of universal knocking, should we not all of us co-operate vigorously in upbuilding? This co- operation Is essential, because the question is not really .one of helping the Washington Railway and Electric Company out of financial difficultie: for which the company is itself in some measure responsible, and in re- spect to which the company’s manage- ment on occasion in the past has alienated somewhat public sympathy. ‘The real problem to be solved is that of reconstructing after the war the street railway rapid-transit system of the District of Columbia so that it shall function effectively for the de- velopment of the Greater Washington, rendering good service at reasomable rates over the whole District. To render adequate service the rail- way equipment, deteriorated from the neglect and overuse of war time, must be restored; to accomplish this resto- ration the railway ust be able to borrow money on favorable terms; to make good the railway’'s credit It must be doing a paying (even if only slightly paying) business. No one will lend it money on endurable terms if it is compelled to do business at a loss. In this respect the community welfare and the railway interest merge and become identical. That the city may expand whole. somely into a healthler, more attrac- tive and more prosperous capital, it is necessary that a rapid-transit system of transportation shall extend in every direction into the suburbs, relleving urban congestion and eliminating or minimizing slums. Long-Haul Trafiic Carried at a Loss. In the beginning and sometimes for many years these suburban rapid- transit extensions, so beneficial to the whole community, are not in them- selves profitable. The carrying of the loss, to be met by somebody, as for example, by the urban street railways, to which the suburban roads serve as feeders; by the city short-haul pas- sengers, by the community as a whole as taxpayers or by some combination of these contributing factors. In the case of Washington this loss has in the past been borne mainly and primarily by the Washington Railway and Electric Company, which com- bined into one system two urban pay- ing lines, and a dozen or more un- profitable lines, mainly suburban. The cempany has been strengthened to en- dure this drain in the public interest by the use and enjoyment of large, possibly excessive, electric light prof- its, and by the savings which resulted from the payment of inadequate wages to employes. Thus, the company, in ef- fect, shifted its burden to the electric light users and underpaid employes. But the workmen's wages have, since the early days of the company, been increased several hundred per cent, over 100 per cent in the last few years, and the electric light rates and profits have been cut down. The rail- road stockholders are no longer able un- der existing conditions to bear alone this community burden. In the com- pulsory attempt they have ceased to earn dividends, so far as the common stock is concerned, and are even men- aced with indirect confiscation of the principal of their investment. The problem is not solved if, through receivership or compulsory merger on inequitable and confiscatory terms, ruin comes to the several thousand men and women, ly_Washing- }ola"l,l.nl' wh::’ tfillll‘s‘lh the Washington 'way an lectric Compan; - holders. pe ey stock No One Wishes a Losing Business. Nobody will rush to assume the i service burden which has proved l,oudbl'l? astrous to these stockholders, nelther the Capital Traction Company nor the municipality through the taxpayers, nar the local or national governments lhr;)llllxh municipal or government own- ers < In 1918, in opposing the purchase and ownership of the local m?nz !:-l':'l" by the municipality, I called attention to the difficulty of fixing a_ price for lh}fi l?’mmld rby‘ mm};mbog‘ railways which woul r to xpa; ..nd_n‘!h)ckholl’e!rl. 1 said: ot ““The present owners of the Wash- ington street rallways are the men, ‘women d_children” who own street railway stock. They are largely Wash- ingtonians. Of the 2,002 Capital Trac- tion stockholders, 1,661 rewfiln in the District, and 1,775 of the 2,350 Washing- ton Railway and Electric stockholders are residents of Washington. Some are large owners; many are small own- ers. They have paid all sorts of. prices for their stock. A few still remain who bought as a gamble at low prices in the period of no dividends, experiment, failure 'and pessimism. Most of present owners have bought after the losses and anxiety of the pioneer and experimental been endured and some returns in dividends were in | evidence or immediate prospect. Many, fafluenced by & confidence, berhaps foul’ ish, in the future prospects of the property, have paid excessive prices for (xchange-manipulated and inflated Jive In the United States us I have ad.” n_is planning e ban- The leglo! quet for the Wood-Fo party on its return from the P! Dines. o stock. Confiscation of Franchise Values. “If the Washington taxpayers will buy the street rallways from- the| Washington stockholders who now Leave on Request. Decision to grant Roscoe C. Bruce, assistant superintendent in charge of colored schools, an indefinite leave of absence without pay, beginning Sep- tembBer 1, instead of removing him from office, as demanded by his critics, was reached today by the board of education at an adjourned meeting at the Franklin School. Garnet C. Wil- kinson, principal of Dunbar High School, was appointed by the board, upon recommendation of Supt. Ballou, as successor to Mr. Bruce. The board took this action at the request of Mr. Bruce. In a commu- nication to the school governing body members today Mr. Bruce said: “I have the honor to request leave of absence from my position as as- sistant superintendent in charge of colored schools for an indefinite period, beginning September 1, 1921. During the term of such leave, if I should desire to engage in any other gainful occupation, I request permission of the board of education o do so. In any case, let me say, it i3 my purpose to enter upon certain inquiries within the field of educational administra- tion.” Conditions. of Leave. The leave of absence was granted to Mr. Bruce on the following condi- tions: ‘That it be without pay. That Mr. Bruce be permitted to en- gage in gainful occupation while on leave of absence. v That Mr. Bruce’s reappointment to service following this leave of ab- sence shall be in accordance with rule one of the board of education, an section two of the organic act, i.c. “upon the recommendation of the si perintendent of schools,” at the dis- cretion of the superintendent. ‘The only opposition to this plan for disposing of the Bruce case came from Fountain Peyton, who has, on several occasions, publicly advocated the ousting of Mr. Bruge. Those who voted to grant Mr. Bruce an indefinite leave of absence were: Dr. Abram Simon, president of the board; Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, Dan- iel A. Edwards, Edwin C. Graham, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, Dr. J. Hay- den Johnson, Mrs Coralie F. Cook and Dr. Henry B. Learned. By giving Mr Bruce an unlimited vacation, it is said that Dr. Ballou and the majority of the board mem- bers believe present agitation of mem- bers of the Parents’ League for his dismissal from office will subside within six months or a year and he will be able to resume his duties. It is the opinion of some school author- ities that the proposition of the supe intefident will give Mr. Bruce an op- portunity to obtain a position else- where. Removing him, it is pointed out, would lessen his chances of find- ing another position. —_— own them. how much will they fairly pay? Will they give back to the many who have pald Inflated prices for inflated stock the money which they have invested? Or will they dis- regard entirely the money paid in by the present owners and confiscate the future franchise values (which the stockholders thought they owned) by payfng only the amount necessary to replace the existing equipment and t? ‘Why should Washingtonians as taxpayers either cheat Washington- fans as stock owners or cheat them- solves? “If the taxpayers reimburse the stockholders. including _those who have paid artificially inflated prices. they will be foolish. If they do mot relinburser the stockholders and con- fiscate the future franchise value that entered into the stockholder’s invest- ment when he bought, the transaction will be in easence diskomest. If in Duying one must be either a fool or a knave, one should not buy.” he same difficulty that arises in eonnection with the compulsory sale of both roads to the municipality - is met when the purchase, compulsory sale or confiscation by involuntary merger of one road for the benefit of the community, another road, or any- body else whatever is proposed. Distribute Burden Equitably. Our problem today s to distribute equitably the burden of bearing this municipal obligatien among all upon whom any share of it in fairness falls. Under these circumstances what the [ ought each of the several groups of ‘Washingtonians -concerned do in the public interest? Those who have profited by the wise policy of earrying long-haul passengers at a loss rder that the eapital might expand over the whole District and become the greater Washington are (1) some of the Washington Rallway and Electric Cempany -Mmaa‘n(.':a‘)‘fl: long- Raul passengers, an e taxpay- ing community as & whole—the gen- 1 publie. Sz (To g» Continued.) TWO CENTS. KING OF ITALY SENDS LETTER FELICITATING PRESIDENT HARDING ROME, May 19.—When Tomaso Tittoni, president of’ the Italian senate, sails for New York July aboard the Dante Alighieri, he will be the bearer of an autograph letter from King Victor Em- manuel to President Harding, con- gratulating Mr. Harding on his election. ¥ Signor Tittoni is going to the United States to deliver a course of lectures at Williams College this summer. OUTLOOK BRIGHTER, VIEW OF CONGRESS “Things Looking Up,” Sub- stantial Belief Among Mem- ‘bers of Both Bodies. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Among senators and representatives, including those who have done their share of cheerful graveyard whistling in the past few months and have in- duced to optimism by exhortation to keep a stiff upper lip, there is sub- stantial belief that rteally “things are looking up” and the country is on the upgrade now. These public men are In position to keep a registering finger on the pulse of the times, as they are in touch with their constitu- ents and watchful of events as refiecl-fl ed in the governmental reports and through its agencies. This hopeful feeling entertained by the national legislators and states- ment.is not, they say, just something “in ths air,” but is born of conditions that are apparent. For one thing, the congressmen think that the farmers will goon begin to feel the effects of the emergency tariff about to be- come law, and the beneficient work- ings of the legislation heretofore au- thorized for the War Finance Cor- poration, Finance Corporation Afding. The War Finance Corporation is do- ing splerdid work, according to re- ports that come to Congress, creat- ing and extending credits to enable foreign countries to purchase more American products of farm and maau- factory. Its efforts are in advance of the anticipated early stabilization of affairs overseas, following the ac- ceptance of the allies’ demands by Germany for reparations. Goods are being shipped abroad and placed in storage, ready for instant delivery when the terms of purchase can be adequately met. _Another powerful impetus will be given foreign trade as soon as technical peace s established with Germany, which looms up as approaching at an carly date. After the recent confer- ences between House leaders and the President, the impression got abroad that the administration regards affairs between Germany and the allies to be in a state satisfactory enough to hold up the peace declaration no longer, and now it will be just a question of com- posing the _differences between the House and Senate as to the form the resolution shall take. Do Not Expect Miracles. However, cautious men on Capitol Hill do not expect miracles in merchandising to be wrought by the mere declaration that a state of peace exists between the two nations—a fact which the country discovered before Congress did. It is the psychological effect which is valued, along with the removal of some vexa- tious red type impeding free commer- cial relations. To tell the truth, the average con- gressman 1is just now giving more thought to domestic problems and plac- ing more dependence in their- settle- ment for home benefit than in prospects of. forelgn trade. They feel they did all they could in stemming an inflow of foreign products by the emergency tarift and to stimulate trade through the War Finance Corporation, and now they are looking to their home fences. Faith in Tax Issue. And this prospect is beginning to look better, this outlook for improv- ing _conditions. There is downright faith in Congress in the possibllity of reducing _expenditures and relieving the people of some of the burdens of taxation, or shifting them so that they will not feel so onerous. The will and spirit with which the committees are going 4t the subject cause general favorable comment, and inspire con- fidence in the possibility of “getting somewhere.” Secretary Mellon’s statement on con- ditions and outlook served to cheer the congressmen quite a lot, coming as it did way of backing up their own heartening feelings. He is not regarded by congressmen as being un- duly opalmistic, his nature and train- ing compelling him to look facts in the face. But they realize that he knows what is gding on and antici- pates the outcome of events. The whole thought and attitude in Congress toward the world and do- mestic situations is that the “sun spots aere receding” and olearer weather is In prospect, | HOPING T0 REMEDY SCHOOL CROWDING Board of Education Will Draft Plans to Be Sent to Congress by October. Another building program designated | to remedy congested conditions in~the high schools will be drafted by the board of education for presentation to 1 Congress by October, it was learned to- day from school authorities. This pro- posed project also will include the necessary provisions for relief in the elementary schools, which were stricken from the $2,500,000 emergency construc- tion program now before Congress. No building program for the high schools has been framed by school offi- cials, although these institutions are as seriously overcrowded as some of the graded schools, and hundreds of students are receiving only a half day’s instruc- tion due to this condltion. The pro- posed_establishment of two junior high schools, provisions for which are con- tained in the less than $2,000,000 proj- ect, and the opening of the new East- ern High School in September, 1922, school officials believe will relieve some- ‘what the present high school conges- tion. However, they are convinced that additional accommodations will have to be provided, and therefore contemplate to recommend them in the new con- struction program to be drafted during the summer. Larger Buflding for Business. Adaditions to Tech and Western high schools probably will be decided on by school officials as measures of relief at these institutions. It is likely that 2 new and larger building will be asked to replace Business High School, as this institution covers an entire triangular block and there is no room for its extension. Business High School was erected in 1905, and has a normal capacity of 900. The May enrollment was 1,195 stu- dents, 295 in excess of those for whom provision was made. This excess is taken care of by an afternoon: session and by the unusual use of laboratories and typewriting rooms as section rooms and classrooms. The capacity of Central High School is theoretically 2,500, and is com- fortably filled with 2,300 pupils. The whole enroliment at the beginning of this month was 2,929. Unsuitable rooms in the building are used for both sec- tion and recitation rooms. The present i registration, school officials say, is overtaxing the facilities. Eastern Much Too Small Eastern High School was built to meet the school needs of East Wash- ington twenty-nine years ago. This present building has only ten regular o ms, which will accommodate 350 pupils. The May enrollment of this school was 756. The school has been organized on a two-shift basis, with over two-thirds of the students reporting from 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and one-third from 12:45 to 5 p.m. As in other senior institutions, the physics and chemical laboratories and drawing rcoms are used as recitation rooms. The normal capacity of Tech High School is about 1,100. The_enroll- ment taken May 3 was 1,316. This school also is operated on a two- shift system. ‘Western High School, according to school officials, is not compelled to use any rooms unsuited to classroom work. The capacity is 650, and the May enrollment was 775 students. The exocess is taken care of by providing instruction for a group of about 200 students from 1 p.m. to 4:15 p. another group from 10 am. t pm. 1 Five Portables Required. Armstrong Manual Training School was erected in 1802 to accommodate 300 students. In addition to the main building, flve portables are being | tests from a group of his own party Government Backing of Billion Dollars Assured Exporters MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 19— Bankers and cotton and lum- ber exporters here were as- sured that the governmen! back of them with a rev iog fund of a billion dollars, to Eive them every anwm; ce pos- sible in making exports and ex- | tending long-time credits on shipments to Europe, by Dwight F. Davis, director of the War Finance Ce ath who is completing a trip through the southern states. After a number of confer- ences with exporters, bankers and business men, at which the »! of the finance corporation for alding cottom and lumber exports by making loans either to the banks or to the exporters directly were fully explained, Mr. Davis left for St. Louis. TAFT MENTIONED AS CHIEF JUSTICE Death of Mr. White Starts Speculation as to His Successor. By the Associated Press. The cholce of a successor to Edward Douglass White as Chief Justice of the United States was one of the most widely discussed subjects today in of- ficial circles of the capital. Although the speculation centered chiefly about the name of former President Willlam Howard Taft, there were many indica- tions that President Harding was far from a decision and might find the selection a difficult one. & One of the first suggestions to come to the surface in private discussions of the subject among members of the Scnate, which must confirm the nomi- ration, was that Mr. Taft had disquali- fied himself by insisting when he was chief executive that nc man over sixty years old ever should be appointed to the highest court. All indications pointec to consider- able delay in making the appointment. The general impression was that noth- | ing would be done prior to the recon- vening of the court after its summer recess, which begins June 6. Mr. Taft is known to have been long under consideration by President Harding as a possible Chief Justice. The former President several times: has publicly declared that one of his great regrets was that fortune had cast his service in the executive and not the judicial branch of the gov- ernment, and many of his friends al- ready have started to bring influence to bear to have him appointed to the vacant Chief Justiceship. Mr. Hughes Mentioned. Another whose name has been linked repeatedly with the highest judicial post is Secretary Hughes. of the State Departnient, a member of the court until he retired in 1916 to accept the republican nomination for the presi- dency. Since Mr. Hughes' selection for the State portfollo a story has persisted that he might become head of the court in case of a vacancy, but there never has been any tangible evidence that President Harding in- tended to appoint him. One circumstance which now gen- erally is suggested as a barrier to such” a transfer is the prominence already assumed by Mr. Hughes as Secrctary of State in view of the im- portant phases through which the na- tion’s foreign affairs are passing. It is known that some of the President's closest advisers will ask him not to change Secretaries of State just as the new administration is finding its way in the development of a foreign policy. In respect to Mr. Taft, some re- publican senators were recalling to- day the bitter controversy they had with him as President at the time he promulgated his rule against ap- pointment of justices who had passed the sixty-year mark. It was described as an entirely arbitrary ruling, hav- ing no foundation in legal regula- tions, but President Taft insisted on it determinedly despite vigorous pro- in the Senate. Mr. Taft himself wiil be sixty-four in September. May Promote Justice. In some quarters there have been suggestions that a temporary solution of the problem might be reached by the promotion of one of the present justices. That would leave a vacancy to which the President could appoint some man whose experience he does not consider qualifies him now to be Chief Justice. The names most fre- quently mentioned in connection with such a possible promotion are those of Justice Day of Ohio and Justice Holmes of Massachusetts. Should a promotion be .made, the vacancy thus created would be gen- erally expected to g0 to George Sutherland, a former United States senator from Utah and former presi- dent of the American Bar Association. During the last campaign Mr. Suther- land served in Mr. Harding’s head- quarters at Marion and has continued since the election close friendship of :innnx;y years’ standing with the Presi- ent. By selecting a present member of the court as Chief Justice Mr. Hard- ing would follow a precedent set by Mr. Taft in the appointment of Jus- tice White to head the court. Former Presidents usually had selected a Chief Justice from without the court’s membership, having held that the sys- ;ee':e:afl ;lorl!:motloln.hl!l lv.:lllowed as a cy, might lead ti Politics among justlces, - o Dereonal _— SEIZING PRIVATE LIQUOR. Alleged Plan to Make Prohibition used to help take care of its enroll- ment of 709 students. Dunbdr High School was erected in October, 1916, and was originally intended to accommodate 1,200 stu- dents. The May enrollment was 1,410. In order to provide for the students sub-basement rooms and science lec- ture rooms are used as classrooms. Thé O Street Junior High School building was erected in 1883. This bullding also houses ap Americaniza-- tion school. Many improvements are needed to refit .it for satisfactory {schéol use. The May enrollment of this school was-505. The M Street Jumior High School was formerly the M Street High School, and was erected in 1890. Its enroliment is 384 students. Many im- | provements are needed to put this building in modern condition. JAMES M. BECK NAMED. New Yorker Chosen by Daugherty for Solicitor General. Appointment: of James M. Beck of New York as solicitor general was an- nounceds today by ~Attorney General Daughy g - L 4 Effective in Ontario. PORONTO, May 18.—A bill authoriz- ing the government to confiscate all private liquor stocks and to compen- sate the owners for the quantities taken is to be introduced in the next legislature, the Toronto Globe sald today it had been informed. The purpose of the measure, it is said, is to give the fullest possible ef- fect'to the new prohibition laws. CAPITAL UNITES INPAYING TRIBUTE 10 CHIEF JUSTICE Senate and All the Couris Adjourn on Learning of Mr. White’s Death. SENATORS ARE NAMED TO-ATTEND FUNERAL House Not in Session—Hughes, Lodge, McCoy and Taft Praise Beloved Jurist. General mourning and sorrow pre- vailed throughout the city today over the death of Chief Justice White of the United States Supreme Court, who dicd early today. Official recognition of his death was taken by the Dis- trict courts, which adjourned out of respect. The Senate adjourned irame- diately after convening, while the House did not meet today. having adjourned yesterday. Flags on many of the local buildings were haif- masted. In the Senate announcement was made by Senator Cummins, president pro tem., of Mr. White's death, anda brief eculogy by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader. Senator Cummins read a letter from Associate Justice McKenna officially announcing the Chief Justice's death. Senators to Attend Funeral The Senate adopted a resolution pro- viding for a committee to represent it at the funeral. The committee in- cluded Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts, who served with the Chief Justice in the Senate; Senator Under- wood of Alabama, the democratic leader; Senators Ransdell and Brous- !sard of Louisiana, Mr. White's native state, and Senators Nelson, republi can, Minnesota, and Overman, demo- crat, North Carolina, chairman and ranking democratic member, respe tively, of the Senate judiciary com- mittee. Senator Lodge said a “loss had be- fallen the country” in the death of the Chief Justice. ‘He filled one of the greatest offices which it is_permitted to a_man hold.” said Senator Lodge. “The late Chief Justice honored this place much as the office honored him. He ‘was devoted to his work, learned in the law, high-minded, impartial, always fearless in every scene of life, and a lover of his country in every fibre of his being. Medesty Equal to Greatness. “His modesty was equal to the great- ness of his place, and no one who knew him, I believe, ever spoke of him without some accompanying word of affection. He was a great lawyer, a fine character and always human and pathetic. We do not forget that o went from this body to the court whick he was so long to lead and adorn. It is our privilege to number him among those who have greatly added to the renown of the Senate of the Unitkd States. “But he did his life work in the great court of which he was the head, withdrawn of necessity from the dusty ways of men, but he never forgot that he was one of them. He administered justice and declared the law. No higher task can be imposed upon any man. No larger praise can be be- stowed than to say that Chlef Justice White met his great task in full measure and, as we can now say by the closing grave, with a victorious spirit to be always hereafter admired i by his fellow countrymen. Senator Ransdell of Louisiana aiso spoke, eulogizing the e Chiet Justice. The Louisiana delegation in Con- gress later met and adopted resolu- tions on the death of the Chief Justice. District Justices Pay Respects. The justices of the District Supreme Court held a public session in gcnerai term today and adjourned the various branches of the court until Monday out of respect to the memory of Chief Justice White of the United States Supreme Court. Chief Justice McCoy presided and Justices Stafford. Siadons, Hitz and Bailey were pres- ent. Justice Gould is i}l and was un- able to attend. The Chief Justice announced the sad event which had caused the assem- bling of the court. He praised the life and character of Chief Justice White and dwelt specially on his atriotism. P The court is convened,” said Chief Justice McCoy, “so that there may be publicly entered upon its minutes a record of an event which has filied us with sorrow and regret—the pass- ing away of the Chief Justice of the United States. It is mot a time and not for me to undertake to praise his merits and his good qualities, or to indulge in any lengthy eulogy. He was the chief of that court which has heen called the living voice of the Constitution. L “I do not know what higher praise can be given to any man than to say that he was keenly sensitive to guard the rcputation of that court for the highest integrity, and he was solicit- ous only that its decisions might, so far as the decisions of courts can, see to it that this should always remain a government of laws and not of men. In other words, he was solicit- ous for the administration of justice according to Jaw. “On_his personal side there is little that I can say. I have a picture of him in my mind now which calls to our attention, 2s we remember it, the fact of his intense patriotism, and that is a picture of a scene in the House of Representatives on the memorable 24 day of April, 1917, when the Presi- dent of the United States read his war message. There was a notable assembly gathered on that day, and none in it more notable than the Chief Justice of the United States, and I remember well, as the point was reached in the President'’s m . where we were assured that at last we were to take part in that great struggle, that the Chief Justice was literally the first up on his feet, lead- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) DYNAMITERS FIRE ON FARMERS IN BATTLE OVER DIPPING VATS By the Associated Press. MONROE, La., May 19.—A num- ber of farmers who favor cattle dipping and 2 wandering band of dipping vat dynamiiters engaged In a battle in the fifth ward of Cald- ‘well parish shortly after midnight. Fifty or seventy-five shots were fired, but no one was wounded so far as known, althdugh it is b lieved the dynamiters may have suffered some minor casualties. The battle zame as the result of an cffort to blow up a dipping vat around which a guard of farmers had been placed. The dynamiters had destroyed three vats in the ward before midnight and had come to the vat which the farme ers were guarding. A stick of dynamite was thrown into the vat, but a member of the guard extinguished the fuse. The dynamiters are said to thea have opened fire and the farmers re- taliated. Eloochounds have been placed on e trall of the Ermamitets.