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. WEATHE and cooler. ended at 10 p.m. last ni, 89; lowest, 68. Partly cloudy today, afternoon and tonight; tomorrow fair Temperature for twenty-: R. cooler this wo_ hours ght—Highest, Full report on Page 11. No. 860.— No. 28,266. DE VALERA ACCEPT OFFER OF PREMIER ONBRITISH TERM Quick Reply to Lloyd George Note Assures Rer{g)mfl of Negotiatjofis. INDEPENDENT STATE ISSUE NOT #MENTIONED “Self-Recognition” Mentioned in Telegram Expressing Anxiety for New Peace Parley. By tie Associated Press. 2 LONDON, September 17.—A confer- ence between the British cabinet and representatives of the Sinn Fein now seems assured. Eamonn De Valera, the Irish republican leader, dis- patched a telegram to Premier Lloyd George late tonight, which, appar- ently, cannot fail to achieve this re- sult. His mesage was in reply to one from the prime minister, which de- clared firmly the inability of the British government to meet the Sinn Fein plenipotentiaries on the basis that they were representatives of an independent state and pointing out the consequences of such recognition. Sinn Feimers Rush Reply. There were hurried consultations among the Sinn Fein leaders at Dub- lin, from which emerged this latest, apparnetly conclusive message de- Entered as sécord-clasy matter post office w-!hfinfl::? D. C. ILLOYD GE ORGE UNLIKELY TOBE AT ARMS MEETING By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 17.—It is virtually . eertain that Premier Lloyd George will be unable to at- tend the Washington conference on limifation of armaments, according (0 the News of the World, whose proprietor, Lord Riddell, is a close friend of the prime minister. It is declared doubtful whether Earl Curzon, the secertary for foreign affairs, will be a delegate. The newspaper says the British delegation probably will include A. J. Balfour, Sir Gordon Hewart, the attorvey general; Lord Lee of Fareham, first Lord of the admiral- ty. and possibly Andrew Bonar Law. Object to Briand Coming. PARIS, September 17.—Objection to Premier Briand’s personal par- ticipation in the coming Washing- ton conference _on armament limitation was made today by La Liberte in its leading editorial article. Echoing the view express- ed by the Journal Des Debats in its editorial of yesterday. “We cannot but regret greatly M. Briand's decision to go to Wash- ington,” the newspaper says. “Many members of parliament in- tend asking the premier-to abandon the project and if they do not JURY INDICTS 325 IN MINE SLAYINGS West Virginia Union Leaders claring their earnest wish to meet the British government's spokesmen. Mr. De Valera passed over the ques- tion of recognition as an Independent state, and madé reference to “self- determination,” which is considered 50 far’ outside the terms of interna- [ 7 {3 Asaclated P tional definitions that is is hardly 2 5 > expected’ to raise an obstacle to the | Three hundred and ‘twenty-five names conference. were included in a blanket indict- There has been a strong demand ‘ment, charging murder, returned by a for a meeting between the British|yogan county special grand jury to- and Irish representatives by the Irish | ggy The _indictments followed an newspapers, which, heretofore, have|j,yestigation of recent. disturbances kept silence on the negotiations, and on the Logan-Boone county border. it is believed that they represent Among the names are those of C. F. Irish public opinion, tending to & re- | Keeney and Fred Mooney, president sumption of the negotiations. and secretary, respectively, of Dis- Conference Now Certain. trict No. 17, ,U!I'lled Mine Workers of In the London newspaper. offices|America, and H. W. Blizsard, alzo 3 tonight a conference is considered | United Mine Workers' official, certain. two hundred indict- insurrection and Included—Insyrrection Charge for 200. September 17.— George sent a telegram to Mr. De Va- lera, which followed with unexpecté Service of Papers. Quickness on the heels of the. Sifin| mpe capiases in most instances will Fein response to his cancellatioh of|;o gent to the sheriffs of Kanawha the Inverness arrangements. This tel-| .3 Bogne counties for service, where egram was forwarded to'the republi-|, ,,a505ity of the indicted men re- can leader at Black Rock immediately, | 5;qc. and. without delay, he dispatched his|* 1% | ::::iy" ::c"e;':::",‘,:“:"l':vI:;;,:‘;’: 21| those named with being principals and exact words’' which you requote from your letter of thefseventh.” indictment charging Gore, deputy sheriff of Logan coun- based on an alleged violation The prime minister, in replying to| 'Y %38 the Irish.leader’s previous Insistence |0 the Redman act. That act classi- that the meeting be held “without|f€8 Such deaths as murder in the first prejudice and untrammeled by any |3e8Tee- conditions” declared: “It would be| GOre was killed August 29 in an ex- idle to say that a conference in which | Change of shots between armed men we had already met your delegates|and deputy sheriffs in the eastern as representatives of an independent | Part of Logan county during the at- and sovereign state would be a con-|tempted march across that county ference ‘without prejudice’ of a number of men who had an- Allegian nounced their intention to proceed ce to King Demanded. | |\ "yingo county, and there protest Such acceptance of the delegates, state martial law invoked several Mr. Lloyd George poinfed out, would months ago. set an example to other powers to The special grand jury further held treat Ireland as a sovereign and inde- | in the indictment that a “conspiracy Pendent state, and he emphasized that to inflict bodily harm and punish- there could be no abandonment, how- = 3 s and that as “the ever informal, of the peopie of ap. |MeRt. had existed. . e d legiance to the king. result of such conspiracy. Gore ha come to his death.” o oy Gairloch In-| Tne remainder of the Indictments tion. He was able 40 be but ar . | tion and insurrection” and “the carrying ’ on the | ;¢ weapons in violation, of the Johnson porch of Hhis residence, and it is|yp o thought that he will be able to return & to London by-Tuesday, if necessary,| JLeaders Sought Three Weeks. An early meeting of the cabinet is re-| Keeney and Mooney have been sought &arded as likely. for the last three weeks, following_ their indictment at Williamson on charges “Fext of Lioyd George Note. out of a fatal shooting affray The text of Mr. Lloyd Georges|S "8 & communieation follows: “Sir: I have received the commu- nication which you telegraphed me last night. It would be idle to say that a conference in which we had already met your delegates as rep- resentatives of an independent and| sovereign state would be a confer- ence ‘without prejudice.’” To receive ally that the cases will be taken up at them as such would constitute formal | yne October_térm of circuit court. and official recognition of Ireland’s| Apart ffom the union officials the severance from the king's damlln&.mmeg,éi those indicted were not made y. E After making its return to Circuit Judge Robert Bland, the jury wis dis- charged and the capiases weré immedi- ately issued. S While no announcement has been made of the date on whick the men will be brought to trial, it"was believed gener- at that county during disorders last, It would, indeed, entitle you, if you thought fit, to make a treaty of amity with the king, but it would equally entitle you to make no treaty at aH, to break off the conference with’ us at any point, and by the right-which we ourselves had already recognized to negotiate a union of Ifeland with & forelgn power. “It would also entitle you. if you insisted upon another appeal, to force the claim from foreign powers, by our implicit admission, the rights of public. —_— ONE KILLED AS TRAIN KNOCKS BRIDGE IN RIVER Fireman and Three Mail Clerks Se- riously Hurt, Engineer Loses Life. EDINBURG, Ird., September 17.— lawful belligerents against the king,| Engineer M. S. Bennett of Louisville, for if we dealt with you as a sov-| Ky. was killed, four persons were ereign and independent state we! geverely injured and several others sbould have no right to complain of | were less seriously injured when other powers following our example. | pennsylvania passenger train No. ‘What British Will Discuss. 327 en route to Indianapolis, from “These would be. the consequences| Louisville went through a bridge of receiving your delegates as the| Into Blue river, one-half mile north representatives of an independent| of here tonight. state. We are prepared. in the words| The train left the tracks at the ap- cf my letter of September 7, to dis-| Proach of the bridge and struck an cuss with you ‘how the association|abutment, knocking the bridge into of Ireland with the community of|the river. The engine and baggage nations known as the British empire, | car plunged into the stream, while a 1can best be reconciled with Irish na-| 98y coach and three Pullman cars tional aspirations.” remained on the tracks. ¥We cannot consent to any abandon- accessories to the killing of Johniemnhalhed the fact that it is to be Those more seriously l:um‘-re1 obtain satisfaction .to bring the question up before parliament im- mediately upon its reconvening. Many of the ministers of M. Briand’s own cabinet doubt th . 'op- portuneness of the journey and disapprove the decision of their chief.” Japans Party to Send Leader. TOKIO, September 16.—The Ko- kuminto, or nationalist party, has decided to send one of its leaders, - Representative Etsujiro Uehara, to the United States during the Washington conference on limita- tion: of armaments and Pacific problems with the purpose of ad- vocating friendly relations be- tween America and Japan. The Selyu-Kai, or government party, will dispatch several of its mem- bers privately to act as advisers to the official delegation. Various bodies here, including the Japanese section of the Inter- national Christian Assoclation, are planning to hold explanatory lec- tures on the Washington confer- ence with the object of keeping up interest in the gathering. Yukio Ozaki, who has lectured extensive- . 3y in advocacy of éisarmament, will continue to deliver lectures, dealing with the conference and arguing especially in suppert of limitation of armuments. PLAN I CARNYAL AT END OF PARLEY Citizens’ Committee Tenta- tively Arranges Celebration for Arms Conference. A grand carnival probably will be staged in Washington at the close of the conference on the limitation of armaments as a farewell celebration for the many foreigners who' will be here during the sessions. This was Indicated last night- by an official of the citizens’ committee, appointed by the Commissioners to provide for the comfort and enter- tainment of the visitors. M The executive group of the citizens' committee will meet at 3 o'clock Tuesday _af the_office .ot Sl ‘chalrman, to map out: detalls for the parade which is to he Washingfton’s welcome to the arriving delegates. . Commissioner Rudoiph expressed the ‘belief yesterday that the demen- stration probably will be called a peace parade symbolic of the fact that the United States is at peace with the world. While it is likely that there will be military units and allegorical floats in the parade, Commissioner Rudolph primarily a municipal welcome for the foreigners. . Thus far the plans of the citizens’ committee are all tentative. And after they have been whipped into shape they will be presented to the State Department for approval. The committee opened headquarters yesterday in room 503, District build- ing. Following Tuesday's meeting of the executive group, arrangements for the peace parade will go forwatd rapidly. At the meeting Tuesday it is prob- able that a committee will be appoint- ed to look after the reéception and en- tertainment of the women who will come to Washington during the arms gatherings. Commissioner Rudolph™ announced that Mrs. John A: Logan has offered the committee the usgof her residence for a reception or similar gathering that might be held there. e REICHTRATH RATIFIES . S-GERMAN TREATY Component States Represented h; Upper Chamber Which Takes Action on Document. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 17.—The treaty of peace between Germany and the United States has been formally rati- fled by the German reichsrath, or up- per chamber. The reichsrath, or imperial coun- cil, which has just ratifizd the peace treaty with the United States, was organized under the new constitution of Germany for the representation of the component states. It consists of sixty-three members. The reichstag, the legislature of the empire, superseded the temporary na- tional assembly. SOVIETS BAR FOOD IDEA. Say American Draft Plan Would Favor Friends of Bich Exiles. By the Associated Press. RIGA, Letvia, September -17.—The Russian soviet government thus far has refusedto.sanctfon the.scheme of the.Ameilnn relief; administration, under which persons abroad could buy dratts to be paid in food to persons in Russia. The soviet ernment contends ment, however informal, of the principle | George ‘Bir, mail clerk, Scottsburg, {that adoption 'of th¢ gcheme would of allegiance to the king, upon which the | Ind.; John Ward, mail clerk; W. E. P..I\flté in the fireman, Jeffersgnville, Ind., | wealthy'exiles sole fabric of the empire and every con- on Page 2, ) - Prinz, and John Hartle; SENaTORIAL DENTAL PaRLoRS [ RAIL BOARD ORDERS WORKERS REINSTATED Ruling Admitted to be Contrary to Many Decisions by U. S. Supreme Court. By the Associated. Press. % States Railroad Labor Board today established a precedent that rail- roads do not have the right to dis- |charge employes without just cause, in a decision ruling that the Butler County. Railroad,. a' forty-one mile line in Southern Missouri, must rein- state two' men ‘released because they belonged to the same union as the men working under them. The de- cision said that the board was fully aware its ruling was contrary to ¢ille everyagiiestion justly and'reason- ably regardiess of the legal rights of her side, 3"The ‘bosrd is fully aware of the préme court decisions (that a cor- poration has the right to discharge ith men as it sees fit) and has no dis- position in any way to question the sgundness or justness of these decis- ions,” sald the board ruling. The ruling then pointed out that |the transportation act, creating the {board, gave it no power to enforce its decree, and that one might take the view that the board was to decide its cases according to the legal angles and that a court would uphold and enforce them, or that it was to decide in a just "and reasonable manner, which would be as fair as possible for all concerned. The railroad, which runs from Pop- lar Bluft, Mo., to Tipperary, Mo., dis- charged Jesse Hieks and Frank Mosley, two subordinate officials, when they joined the United Brother- hood of Maintenance of Way Em- ployees and raflway shop Ihborers. The board orders them reinstated and paid in full for the time since their discharge, less what they may have earned in that time through other work. The decision held that while a rail- road could pick its officials as it saw fit, joining a union was not just cause for discharge. COUNT OF RAIL STRIKE VOTES T0 BEGIN TODAY Four Hundred Delegates to Meet As Representatives of 500,000 Workers East of Chicago. By the Associated Press. HOBOKEN, N. J.,, September 17.— Four hundred delegates representing five railroad brotherhoods, at a meet- ing tomorrow, will begin counting the votes of half a million railroad workers ' east of Chicago, termine the question of a strike in protest against-wage reductions .of 12 per cent, recently ordered by the railway labor, board. Several dele- gates were. of ‘thé opinion that the . CHICAGO, September 17.—The United | New Masks to Get Trial By Firemen In Gas Filled House The mew gas | adopted for the Wa Fire Department wil be put to a practical test within a few weeks. Fire Chief George Watson is arranging with the buream of dards 1o relense vario temporary stractures built dur- ing the war om the bure: &rounds for chemical warfare experiments. U. S, TARIFF DOMINATES N GANADIAN POLITICS Womén Are Being Impressed to Fight Against Idle Factories. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Septsmber 17.—Wash- ington tariff legislation continues to predominate in the Dominion elec- tion campaign, to a greater extent even than during the bitter reciproc- ity campaign of 1911. The Meighen forces “have their eye” on the very large women's vote there mow is in Canada. It is being specially impressed on Canadian women at a time when work is scarce in Canada that there should be as few idle factories as possible, that women must rise, as they did in 1917, to protect this land from invasion, and now vote to keep Canada from a flood of United States goods. They are told that if the new farmers' party is elected it will practically mean free trade, and, at any ratc, much keener competition. Hence the argument to support a gov- ernment that favors, as the United States and France are doing, keeping up the tarift.” 2 Miss Constance Boulton, a promi- nent politician, points out “how Can- ada spent $25 in the United States last year for every dollar which the states spent in Canada. The result wis a trade deficit of $150,000,000, and that sum, she figured, would have been sufficient to ‘employ 200,000 Canadian workmen.” Premier Meighen early mext week is to announce important cabinet changes. While theré is no official announcement, around November 28 1s” mentioned as the probable time for the election. FIRE RAGES FOR HOURS. Creosoting Plant Near Portsmouth May Be Damaged $500,000. PORTSMOUTH, Va., September 17.— Fire raged for hours under a pall of heavy black smoke at the Chesapeake Manufacturing and Creosoting Com- pany’s' plant at Money Point, near here. A definite estimate of the loss could not be made. It was variously esti- to de- | mated, however, by officials at from $200,000 to $500,000. The plant is engaged in .the manu- facture of telephone bullding ma- terials. % The fire was reported under 'con- shortly after 8 o'clock, :after 4t result of the balloting'would not be | paa\practically burned itself out, de- made public until just before the stroying the entire storage yards of proposed cut becomes effective Oc-|ipe plant. tober 12. lleg and friends of | he United States government -tug: The unions to be represented are|Hercules, from the navy* yard - Here, the Brotherhood 'of Locomotive En- faided in battling the blaze. = gincers, Brotherhood of Locombtive| - R. H. Proctor, ‘president of.the con- Firemen and Enginemen, Order of |cern, declared that the plant was in- Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of | sured. - - N 3 . Z Raflway Trainmen and the Switch- 3 MAN, 66, WEDS GIRL, men's Unlon of North America. Speakers . will _include . Timothy Shea, vice president of the Brother- hood ‘of Locomotive . Firemen:; John H.. McNamee, edjtor and owner of Match in ‘Florida.: the magazine,. “Brotherhood of Fire-| DEFONIAK SPRINGS, Fia. Sepiem- men and Enginemen; John McBride, [ per 17.—Adam Hardy, sixty-six years 13. e j chief ‘organizér of the brotherhoods,|old, and Miss Sallle Smith, thirteem, T I Parents Do Not Object to Unusual | and T. E. Ryan, chalrman of the|were married this week at Knox Hill,] New York stats leglslative board of | this_county, it:was.learned. here o- the brotherhood day. The'marriage. license was: is- thie girl did:not-ob. b IPRESIDENT HOMEWARD BOUND ON MAVFLONER Hour of Leaving Norfolk With- held Till Departure—Spends Day on Golf Links. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., September 17.—The presidential yacht Mayflower, with President and Mrs. Harding and mem- bers of the official families as guests aboard, sailed from ‘Norfolk at 7 o'ciock tonight.” Officials at the naval base shrouded the hour of departure with a cloak of secrecy until more than an hour after the yacht had gotten under way, after it had spent the entire day here while President Harding played golf ‘with seme members of his party and others fished. Although ths Mayfiower left the vicin- ity of the naval base at 7 o'clock, it did not leave Hampton roads until later in the night, ace ; to_the announce- ment of Admiral; “Rodman, com- mandant of tigp fitth naysi district, who was host to the.members of the presi- dentia} party during the day. Admiral Bodman said that the Mayflower prob- ably would ‘resch Washington at noon tomorrow. The President spent both the morning and the afternoon playing golf here, go- ing nine holes on the Norfolk Country Club in the morning apd sixteen holes on the Princess Anne Country Club course in the afternoon. President Harding, Admiral Rodman, Henry P. Fletcher, undersecretary of state, and Dr. J. E. Pollard, surgeon of the Maytiower, made up the foursome at golf on both ogcasions. A fishing party, made up of Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Attorney General Daugherty and Capt. Beard of the naval operating base, made a good catch a short distance from Where the Mayflower was anchored. \ SHIP RUEPORTED SINKING. Freighter Collides With Another Off Long Island. NEW YORK, Septembdr 17.—The trelght steamship Malden, bound for Boston from Norfolk, was in collision late tonight with the freighter Jo- nancy, ten miles off Montauk point, Long Island, and was leaking badly, according to a radio message inter- cepted’ here tonight: The message added that there was little hope of keeping the vessel afioat. The Malden carrles a crew of forty- six and registers 5,054 gross tons. She is operated by the Pocahontas Steamship Company and was built in Quincy, Mass., in 1907. The Jonancy was bound from Bos- ton for Norfolk. She has a crew of thirty-six and registérs 3,289 gross tons. She was built in Camden, N. J., in 1915. —_— REBELS BURN BUILDINGS. Houses and Bridge Destroyed in Nilambur, India. By the Associated Prens. MADRAS, British India, September 16.—All the government buildings in Nilambur, in the Malabar district, Wwere reported to have been burned by the Moplah. rebels, says an official statement issued here today. The bridge between Nambad and Nilambur. has .been destroyed, the statement 8eclarés, adding that the rebel bands are being pursued. FIVE CENTS. SCHOOLS T0 OPEN - WITH RECORD ROLL Overcrowded Classrooms Ex- pected as New Term Be- gins Tomorrow. Frivolous Students May Be Eliminated From Night Schools The “transient students,” so attends dubbed because he instead of knowledge, will be eliminated from the District c night sohools this yea it plans under comsideration by sehool authorities are adoj ed. Hertofore the. night schools have been infexted with t(hese “tramsient studemts” On eold winter nights they ecasually “drop in"’ at thelr class reom: write letters to their friemds, Under the plan being consider- ed by school officials they wil make all students enrolling in the might school pay a tuition ; to be decided upon, which be returned in full at the close of the achool year if the studen attends three-fourths of the clanses: To the student who attends half of his classen, h the tuition fee would be re- turned at the end of the year. Student attending less than half the classes we omatically- forfeit the emtire fee. GONVENING SENATE public reopen Treaty WIth Germany and morning for another term, confronted :: with overcrowded classrooms and Revised Tax Bill Probably |other undesirable conditions. Can- . servative estimates of school authori- Up First. ties last night place the prospective registration for the new school vear at 63,000, an increase of approximate- MAY HAVE 63,000 PUPILS Hundreds of Children Will Attend Under Part-Time System Because of Conditions. Hunt Experts to Take Two High School Posts If there are two exceptionally qualified high school teachers in Washington, who are out of work, Allan Davis, principal of Business High School., wHl add them to his faculty, he an- nounced last night. Mr. Davis says he has the sal- ary for the teachers, but has failed in trving te locate any up to the standard who have not already found positions in the scbool system. He wants one shorthand and typewriting teacher and one bookkeeping and accountancy teacher. ! when Washington's schools tomorrow When Congress reassembles Wed- nesday at noon, following a month's {vacation, it will be confronted with measures of great importance. The Senate will be requested by the President to ratify the newly ne- gotiated peace treaties with Germany and Austria. These treaties will be sent to the Senatealmost immediately after it meets, it is understood. The most pressing piece of legisla- tion, however, awaiting action of the Senate is the tax revision bill, which has been completed by the finance committee and will be reported to the Senate Wednesday. Undoubtedly, this measure will be given the right of way-in the Senate as far as possible. The demand throughout the country that the tax measure be put through without delay has become 80 insistent that the tarift bill was sidetracked by the reppublican leaders so that the tax measure could be acted upon. As soon as the tax bill has been disposed of, the Senate finance com- mittee will buckle down to work again on the tariff measure. There is little or no likelihood of the tarift revision becoming law until some time after the regular session of Congress opens in December. Borak Bill Up October 10. Under a unanimous consent agree- ment entered into by the Senate, the Borah bill to exempt from the pay- ment of tolls American coastwise ves- sels passing through the Panama canal will be voted on October 10. It seems probable this measure will pass the Senate, though it may not be called up in the House until after the limitation of arms conference has | had its day nere. The House pretty well cleared its legislative decks /before the. adjourn- ment was taken last month. It has, called maternity bill, passed by the Senate, and a number of other meas- ures, among them the administration bill for the funding of the foreign debt. The House put through the admin- istration bill for the funding of the debts of the railroads, and this meas- ure is awaiting action in the Senate. Considerable opposition to this meas- ure may be expected, though its ulti- mate passage is predicted. The anti-beer bill, which still re- mains before the Senate ‘for action, will be pressed by the “dry” forces as soon as Congress reconvenes. The conference report on the bill has been adopted by the House and it requires only the approval of the Senate to sepd the bill to the President for his signature. The finishing touches also must be placed upon good roads legislation. The good roads bill has reached the conference stage: E Important D. C. Bills. So far as the District of Columbia is|for the exce! concerned a considerable amount of | cipal Frank C. Daniel said that 1y 1,500 over the peak of last year. Between 700 and 800 of the mnew pupils are scheduled to enter the junior and senior high schools, while the remainder will be enrolled in the graded schools. About 300 non-resi- dent children are included in the 1,500. To accommodate the increase in the graded schools there will be only thirty-two additional classrooms ready for occupancy tomorrow. Twelve others are under construction and will be completed within a few weeks. - Staggered Mow The high schools, hewever, nave no extra accommodationy for the exvess student bodles and ®<ain will be forced to operate under ‘b staggered- hour or two-shift syktems. These conditions, in both elementary and high schools, mean that hundreds of children will be relegated ta abbrevi- ated courses and receive gnly 60 per cent of a normal education. ‘The new John Burroughs School, at 18th and Monroe streets northeast, will be opened tomorrow. This school has eight rooms and will relieve to a smail extent the congestion in the fitth division. The eight-room addition to Petworth School, which was recently complet- ed, also will be put into use for the first time tomorrow. Other recently completed additions which will be Tesuy for occupancy tomoOrrow are at the Takoma, Burrville and West schoois. Although the addi- tions to tne last two schools con- tan eignt rvoms, only the tour rooms on the upper moors of each of the vuildings are ready to be occupied. rhe remaining tour rooms in each of these additions will. be finished in several weeks. Workmen are now putting finish- ing touches on the four-rovm addi- howevgr, still to act upon the so-|uvn at the H. D. Covke School. This addition is expected to be ready for occupancy shorty atter the Thanks- giving holidays. Finishing of these addftions will complete the emergency building pro- gram. Work on the new schools pro- vided for in the current appropri tion bill will be started before De- cember. New High School Puplls. Eighth grade pupils, promoted to the high schools, are requested to re- port to the institutions tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, with the ex- ception of those who are to enter Esstern. Charles Hart, principal of Eastern, wants his néw students in the school at § o'clock! Tech High School probably will re- ceive the largest number of new stu- dents. It is estimated that the en- rollment there will be about 1,600, or 200 more than last year. This school has a normal capacity of about 1,100 students. - In order to provide accommodations students at Tech, Prin- very important legislation-has been|probably will have to introduce the reported favorably to one or the other |staggered hour system of operation of the two houses of Congress and|this year. Under this plan. the man- jawaits action. For instance, on the|ual training shops will be run two Senate calendar is the bill authorizing | hours after the regular closing time, the merger of the street railway lines|and the students who attend the late of the District, the Capper bill estab- | classes ‘will not have to report at lishing a more workable eompulsory | school until about 10:30° o’clock In the education system jn’ the District than | morning instead of -9 o'clock. Mr. now exists and the bill amending the | Daniel pointed out that he has not loan shark act so that pawnbrokers|definitely decided on this plan, but the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) arrangements for the operation of his OVER 30,000 A. E. F. DEAD TO REST FOREVER IN FRANCE, LEGION TOLD More, than 30,000 Americans will “ rest forever in the woil of France, near 4he battlefields, wheré, they fell, Secretary ot War Weeks has informed “the American Legion's " legisiative ‘committee here In re- sponss” to-am, inquiry. Bodies of ‘A. E. ¥.dead ta“be weturned to the United’ States toral 43,670,-the <40, forces who were kiiled in action or who died in France will be buried “in six French cemeteries and one in’ England, according to the War " Secretary. The cemeteries over ‘which- the Stars and Stripes will fly are the Meuse-Argonne at Ro- ‘ magné, the Aisne-Marne at Bel- leay, the Somme at Bony, the Ols Aifsne at Seringes-et-Nesles, the St. school will be completed early this week. g Central High Crowded. . .. Central High School, with a capacity of 2,500 students, will be-called tpon this. year to accommodate 3,100, an increase of. about 100 over last year. Freshmen at this institution will be forced to attend classes in the after- noon from 1 to 4:20 o'clock, in crder to meet. the congestion. The remainder of the student body will attend on regular hours. o two-shift system will be operat- od 2t Hesiern to provide sccommoda: tions for the excess students. The