Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1921, Page 2

¥ | { the sale. ! . 20 SEENDS BRTGH " HPAGREEHEN P. A. S. Franklin Denies Pact Hampered Ships Operated ““Under ‘American Flag. By the Associated Press. ‘NEW YORK, October. §.—Operating sgreements between the International Mercantile Marine Company, an Amer- ican corporation, and the British gov- ernment did not affect the company’s American flag ships even before the drafting of a supplementary agree- ment requested by thie Shipping Board, P. A. S. Franklin, president of the Tnterpational Mercantile Marine, told members of the board at a speclal Nearing here today. *The hearing was cailed to obtain from Mr. Franklin a recital of details of the British agreement which was attacked by Senator Jones of Wash-! . ington, before its amendment, as| { Being inimical to the foreign com- erce of the United States. Senator fones “charged it bound the company “to pursue no policy injurious to the interestf of the British merchant ma- rine or of British trade. . s Originally Draftéd in 1003, The agreement, originally drafted in 1903, was sought by the company, Mr. Pranklin told the board, to offset ad- ~vantages gained by the Cunard line when_the British government began 3p build up that line by loans and ta- ‘orable mail .contracts. following ac- isition of British tonndge by the ternational Mercantile Marine. The . &greement _gave the International { Mercantile Marine the benefit of Brit- fih mail and other valuable contracts. e denied that it had been kept se- et. as charged by Senator Jones. 2 “During nineteen years of operat- g under these agreéments.” he con- nued, “we have never been inter- fered with by the British govern- , #hent in the management of our { #hips, and na restraint of any kind Es ever been placed upon us. We ! ve always been entirely free to t in every direction and in what- soever manner we thought best for e ships that we owned, and we Bave pursued a policy accordingly. § Had Ships in Competition. & “During this entire period we ha Bad American flag ships in competi &on with British ships and British = ships which we won in strong #md continuous competition with th nard and other British companies. Mr. Franklin emphasized that the &ompany was an American corpora- on. 931% per cent of its stock being vmed by American citizens. Only e-half of 1 per cent of the stock held by English investors, he said, milar amount by Canadians. & He asserted that, recognizing the velopment. of national aspirations an Américan’ merchant marine, e company began negotiations in 918 to dispose of its British flag ips_to a British syndicate, but that #@7e sate was stopped at the request of-President Wilson. Reads Letters From Mr. Wilson 1 He'read three letters from Mr. Wil- son in support of his assertion and | 180 TeHQ excerpts from the Congres- | onal Record to show that Senator | ones was one of those who opposed | He added that the United | States government then bought the ships, but later withdrew from the transaction. . Continuing. Mr. Franklin reviewed efforts of the company to buy thirty- | four German ships from the United | States for a total of $28,500.000, and | said the company had offered to | agree to keep the ships forever under Ihe American flag. This, together with the fact that it was prepared t0 spend more than the amount bid in reconditioning the ships, he declared, furnished conclusive evidence that | the company’s agreement that its! British ships would not be used to | the detriment of British trade did not prevent the company in any way from expanding_ fts “huaness under the American fldg. ‘1 - = acted without consultation with-or interferemee from the British | government in this matter,” he de- clared. i Lasker Promises Decision. During the presentation of Mr. Franklin's statement Chairman Las- ker interrupted hind to say that the Shipping Board praposed to make a Quick decision reggrding the status of the Internationai Mercantile Ma- rine. “We will definitely say,” sald Mr. Lasker, “whether we' can deal through the International Mercantile Marine to build up the American merchant marine. We-will ot leave you in doubt and we will'adt expeditiously in making known our decision.” ‘ACCIDENTAL’ IS VERDICT OF THE ZR-2 DISASTER Coroner’s Jury at; Hull, England, Fails to Determine Cause of Dirigible ‘Collapse. By the Associated Press. HULL, October 4.—The catastrophe to the glant airship ZR-2, over the Humbher river, on August 24, in which more than forty persons, including six- teen Americans, lost their lives, was due to accident, according to the ver- dict reached by the coroner's jury at the resumed inquest here today. There is no evidence as to the actual cause of the disaster, the verdict says. This_verdict was rendered in the case of Lieut. Commander Charles G. Littla .0f ‘the. Amgrican Navy, which was the first to be eonsidered by the ceroner’s jury. The coroner announced that he had dealt fully at the previous hearing with all the formal evidence, identi- fications and other matters of the sort: and said it Was now the duty of the ‘jury to flad whether in its opinign the circumstances of the ap- palling Jisaster indicated any degree of criminal neglizence or criminal culpability, and, if so, to what de- gree. If the jurors, added the coroner, de- termined that the disaster was acci- dental and there was an entire absence of amy- .such . negligence they must inqiire-as to what precautions should be taken to prevent a recurrence of such a catastrophe. ARYGEN‘TINE MOTION j“ BLOCKED IN LEAGUE 3 ¥ 7 (Continued from First Page.) blockade untf: w date had been fixed by _the council, was lost. Several amendments proposed by e_conpmittee were adopted without modfi¢ation. - The principal changes made _were in_the provision for an adjouenmentof a blockade by par- ticulaf states, which, in the judgment of tRe council, run too great a risk from a neighbor which has violated the covenant.: An additional clause stipulated the council would give an opinion . whether a breach of the covenant had taken place, and if a delegate from an accused state should on such an occasion be a member of the council, he would be debarred irom VOting. The ¢onstitutional Fommittee, upon advice from the,couhcil, has decided to drop the question of increasing the members of the council. The perma- nent manddtes cognmission convened this morning for the Hirst time at the secretariat of the Teague. T. §, STOLEN. -Discovery tkat thieves had cleaned out the Army’s supply of butter in Manila, . forcing Uncle Sam into the open mar- ket to purchase a new stock, has l.'rl\‘;fl 8the lxocal butte; m;l;lkel up- ward 8§ cants ound. e price. 570 conte = - > B MANILA, Octobed 2. “DUB” GOLFERS WOULD NAME NEW COURSE FOR COL. SHERRILL The dub golfers who have been practicing _on _the three-hole golf course now have nine holes to play on, with pins and holes 'n everything just like a regular place. So great is the joy of the be- ginners that they have decided to do a little dubbing themselves, and they have dubbed the golf course in Potomac Park across from the polo fleld “Sherrill Park.” They are out to honor Col. C. O. Sherrill, who has charge of . the public buildings and grounds in the District. . The grounds wére laid out last week and the dubs are just start- ing to get around .in “50” now and then. Murphy, the “pro.” is . giving 'the fine points of the game and showing them how to hole out despite the fact that there are no greens such as on the big course below the railroad tracks. Col. ,Sherrill and: the enginecrs had to do some plain and_fancy figuring to get 4in the mine Hholes, The regulars are now talking of getting up a tournament that will be played according to the book, and with Col. Sherrill to do the scoring. PAY FOR PRINTING - BUDGET AN ISSUE Mr. Dawes’ Figures May Have to Go to Congress in Typewritten Form. Finding out who is to pay for the printing of the first budget which is/ to go to Congress in December is a problem that the bureau of budget is wrestling with, so far without result. The matter was put up to the con- troller general of the United States, who laid down certain laws, and left it to the budget director to take his choice. Whether the budget will be sent to Congress in typewritten form, and then wait for weeks while It is printed, or be printed in advance so that every one interested may study it without delay is a question that the budget bureau is trying to have some one settle. View of Controller General. The controller general, following the suggestion of the budget bureau, says that if the budget is to be sub- mitted as a message of the President of the United States, then Congress must pay for printing it. However, the controller says that as the budget bureau is a branch of the Treasury Department, it can be done under the printing allotment for that branch of the government if the Secretary of the Treasury will certify in writing that the work is necessary for the “ordi- nary and necessary conduct” of the business of the department. The law of January 12, 1895, pro- vides that a President's message be printed immediately upon receipt by Congress. This would seem to be the law in the case, unless the Sec- retary of the Treasury makes the certification pointed out by the con- troller general. Problem Is Presented. As the budget law says the budget shall go as a message of the Presi- dent, the charge for printing will be against Congress, and, therefore, there is no one in the administrative branch with authority to direct the print-| ing. It is probable, it was sald, that ef- forts will be made to have the con- gressional printing committee author- ize the printing in advance of the convening of Congress, as it was pointed out that unless this was done it will be weeks before copies can be | distributed. L If this course Is decided upon, copy will begin to go to the public printer immediately. MILK WAGON DRIVER HELD UP IN BROAD DAYLIGHT Tells Police He Was Robbed of $29 at 3:30 0’Clock Yestir- terday Afternoon. James T. Mallory, 919 9tk street northeast, emploved as driver of a team for the Walker Hill Dairy Com- pany, was held up at the point of a pistol yesterday afternoon and rob- bed of $29. Mallory told the police that he was in front of 7 15th street southeast about 3:30 o'clock when an unidentified young white man held him up and took his money. He de- scribed the robber as being about twenty-five years old, having light| complexion and hair and sharp fea- tures. Dr. James L. Garcia, Walter Reed Hospital, reported that his room in No. 2 barracks on the hospital res- ervation was robbed Sunday night. The robbers took jewelry and other personal effects of the physician val- ued at $411.50. E. G. Breeding, apartment 32, 1915 Calvert street, and Mrs. H. B. Jones, apartment 29, 2122 Decatur street, were victims of a “Jimmy” thief yes- terday, robbers using such an instru- ment in effecting entrances to their apartments. Jewelry valued at $165 was stolen from the former apart- ment, while Mrs. Jones lost a ring and $2.60. Mrs. Fannie Shapiro, street, reported the theft of wearing apparel and two bags valued ~t $140. Mrs. J. C. Carver, apartment 46, Ven- tosa apartments, 1st and B streets, told the police an unlocked door made it easy for an intruder to gain access to her apartment yesterday. The in- truder, - she sald, stole $7 and two rings. Theft of a handbag containing $30 in cash was reported by Allen Mc- Lane, 1723 Connecticut avenue. Lillian Hampton, 1404 Swann street, reported the loss of $80. She sald the money disappeared from her home Sunday. McCHORD NEW CHAIRMAN. Succeeds Clark as Head of Inter- state Commerce Commission. Commissioner Charles C. McChord of the Intérstate Commerce Com- mission has been elected chairman of the railroad regulatory body. it was announced at the commission today. He succeeds Edgar E. Clark, who re- signed as chairman anc commissioner offective August 30, 1921. Commissioner McChord will serve as chairman until the expiration of his present appointment December 31, 1922. He took up his duties as chairman today, having acted as tem- porary chairman since Mr. Clark’s resignation. HOUSE QUITS WORK. Adjourns Until Friday, But May Then Halt Again. ‘With less than 100 members in at- tendance, the House today adjourned until Friday with the understanding that it would meet that day and im- ‘mediately adjourn until Monday. In advocating this program, Repre- sentative Mondell, Wyoming, the re- publican leader, announced there was nothing pressing for consideration at this time and that he was hopeful of having a quorum here Monday, at which time actual work would begin. ‘The reapportionment bill and the measure to extend the emergency tariff beyond November .27 will be };en up mext week, Mr. Mondell said. 4] 537 Irving | THE EVENING. 1097 D.C. DOGS. 0 GO UNMASKED Their “Day” Begins October of City for All Winter. There is an old saying that every dog has his day, and for the canine residents of Washington that day will be Sunday, October 9. In accordance with an order passed by the Commissioners early in the summer, dogs may go unmuzsled on the streets from October 9 to July 9. During the balance of the year they must be muzzled or attached to a leash. 10,947 Dogs Registered. According to the records of the col- lector of taxes there are 10,947 licensed dogs in Washington this year, ana it is more than likely that every last one of them will be turned out by his master Sunday morning to enjoy the first day of freedom from a muzzle. For a number of years past dogs have been required to be muszled throughout the twelve months. The new board of Commissioners has tak- en the view that muzzles are not nec- essary during the winter months. 102 Persons Bitten. Records obtained from the health department today show that since July 1, 102 persons have been bitten by dogs, and for the same period of last year practically the same num- | ber, 103, dog bite cases were reported. From July to September of last |year not a single dog which bit & pe- estrian was found to be rabid. This ear, however, flve out of six dogs | that’ were examined for rables were found to be suffering from the malady. i Health Officer Fowler, it is known, | was opposed to removing muszles {from dogs even during the winter ! months, fearing that the animals | would bite as quickly in December as | in August. | fBOTH' PARTIES FACE AN INTERNAL CRISIS (Continued from First Page.) vocacy of a sales tax at the very time when the republican leadership of the House is sticking to the older methods of taxation is just becoming clear. Sales Tax Encouraged. Senator Smoot is a stanch friend of Mr. Harding. He is not the kind to throw monkey wrenches into the machinery of republican progress. - He would not be campaigning a sales tax if he did not have encouragement from the White House. He has lined up behind it also about twenty-one republican senators, most of whom are well known as members of the | Postmaster General Will Hayes in a irecent speech at Cleveland sald kind words for the sales tax, though he doubted whether it could be applied at once. Broadly speaking, there is more sympathy for the Smoot pro- gram than is admitted at the White House. One explanation for the reluctance of Mr. Harding to commit himself on the subject is that from the first he felt he ought to keep an open mind and permit the situation to develop without executive suggestion. The | sales tax has been variously pro- nounced as politically dangerous and { economically unsound. The prejudice jon the latter ground is slowly being overcome, but republican leaders in the House still insist that no sales {tax can be devised which will not pass the burden on to the ultimate consumer, in which case the Ameri- can peopie might show their resent- ment at the polls a year hence: Demand Repeal of Freight Tax. { The afnity for a sales tax among administration ‘republicans procéeds, however, from another set of circum- stances. The farmer-labor group is determined to see that the taxes on transportation, especially freights, are repealed at once. That knocks out about $131,000,000, which will have to be made up somewhere else. Those who want to see the excess profits taxes and the higher surtaxes repealed are fearful lest the farmer- i labor group insist that the deficit be made up out of those two items. The sudden turn to a sales tax is really based upon the theory that if the farmer-labor group will agree to it they can gracefully withdraw their opposition to the repeal of the excess profits tax because the sales tax idea is designed to. do away with all sorts of taxation and reduce the whole formula to collections [from only four or five sources of revenue. But the agricultural and labor bloc is not ready to agree. Republican Leader Mondell, who knows the sen- timent of the House, is urging that the House bill be passed by the Sen- ate because he fears the House will never approve a sales tax. The fight may be settled in the Senate, but there is good chance that in the endl a conference committee of both houses may have to write the tax bill. Senator Smoot is making a real fight for the sales tax. He says the House bill merely relieves the all taxpayer whose income is $5,000 or under and benefits the man with an income above $65,000 a year, and places the real burden on that large | class of progressive business -men whose incomes are between $5,000 and $65,000 a year, and on whom the coun- try depends for the maintenance of business conditions, the men whose initigtive has given employment to an army of workers and who .are prevented today from expanding .be cause of the excess profits and other strangling taxes. .The agricultural and labor republicans are arresting the efforts of the conservative repub-~ licans, who believe the tax progsam must be written from the viewpgint of stimulating business as a whole rather than by trying to sal groups and classes. < (Copyright, 1921.) | NEW DRY RULES LIKELY FOR REMOVING Mellon, Blair and Haynes Confer ‘With Director McConnell of Pennsylvania. = - A new prohibition regulation, in- tended to surround withdrawals of liquor from bonded warehouses with further restrictions, may result from conferences here between W. C. Mc- Connell, state prohibition director for Pennsylvania, and_Secretary Mellon, Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair and Prohibition Commissioner Haynes. While no officlal expression was forthcoming, it is understood that Mr. McConnell laid before the officials some of the difficulties attendant upon prohibition enforcement in -his state, due, it was said, to the wide privileges given with a permit to withdraw liquor. It was explained that any state director may issye a permit and the holder of the permit then may enter any other state and with- draw liquor for which he holds a ware- house receipt. Officials sgid they were studying procedure with the view of providing “cross checks” on all withdrawals so that every director would be inform- ed as to the amounts taken out of storage. 3 & ' —_—— 5 ‘The United States averages one fire every minute. The next minute may find a blaze in your home if you 1g- nore the call of Fire Prevention week and fail to remove cauges of firy from your dwelling. - = 53 9, When They Get Freedom i inner circle of the administration. | Urban Ledoux and part of his band of unemployed while they were “yodeling” an assortment of wongs otographed on the med to help their steps us ENTERTAINMENT FUND NOW §23.4%6 D. J. Callahan Believes Sum Desired May Be Raised by Saturday. Daniel J. Callahan, who as vice chairman of the finance committee is directing the work of the collect- ing of funds,for the District’s share in the entertainment of the interna- tional visitors to the conference for the significance of Senator Smoot's ad-| limitation of armament, in the absence | of Chairman Milton E. Afles, an- nounced today that a total of $23,426 has been subscribed. He feels cer- tain_ that the remainder of the sum fixed by the citizens’ central com- mittee, which is arranging for the District participation in the welcom- ing and entertaining of the foreign visitors, will have been collected by the end of the week. Letter to Subchairmen. Mr. Callahan yesterday sent a let- ter to the various subcommittee chairmen and their assistants, who have been engaged in obtaining sub- scriptions, in which he urged them to make every effort to complete their work by Saturday. Mr. Callahan said he was positive his appoal would bring the desired results, and called attention to the fact that this morn- ing, by return mail, he received an answer from James Johnson, who is chairman of the hardware section of the committee, which contained five subscriptions, totaling $135. This was very pleasing to Mr. Callahan. Subsecriptjons Reported. The subscriptions received by the finance committee since yesterday at noon follow: F. P. May & Co., $50; J. B. Lambie & Co., $25: Rudolph & LIQUOR |- West, $25; Kramer & Duehring, $25; unknown, $10; Ralph W. Lee & Co., $25; Union Transfer Company, $100; War Department Cafeteria, $15; Hotel Grafton, $125; Powhatan Hotel, $200; Hotel Metropolitan, $100; Samuel J. Prescott & Co., $100; ' Washington Rapid Transit Company, $50; Mrs. John W. Thompson, Gray Line Sightseeing Tours, $50; Angle Arrow Transportation Service, Inc., $25. Total to date, $23,426. FULL AMERICAN CREWS. Ships Sailing From Baltimore So Equipped, Says Capt. Haines. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 4.—*By the end of the next two weeks, every United States Shipping ‘Board ship sailing from this port will have a 100 per cent American crew aboard her,” is the statement of Capt. F. H. Haines of the sea service bureau. Every Shipping Board vessel ar- riving here with forelgn sailors on her crew list will be sent away with American seamen in their places. Capt. Haines says he has plenty of American seamen applicants for work. Capt. Haines said that his bureau had been gradually giving employ- ment to American seamen until there are now but a few men of that call- ing in Baltimore without berths. Hundreds of American seamen were without work here after the marine strike last May, but these men have been gradually.employed, until now the great majority are foreign sea- men, and, according to Capt. raines, it is up to the consuls of their native countries to look after them. | | | i { | | PRESIDENT TO BE MADE FEDERATION OFFICIAL | Will Become Vice President of Big Brothers and Big Sisters. President Harding will be inducted into the office of honorary vice presi- dent of the Big Brother and Big Sis- ter Federation tomorrow, when he re- celves a delegation of officers and prominent members of this organiza- tion at the executive offices of the White House. Mrs. Harding already is an honorary vice president. The President has expressed deep interest! in the work of the federation, which was founded in 1904 upon lines drawn up by Ernest C. Coulter. Rt Rev. Mgr. C. F. Thomas, pastor of St. Pat- rick’s Church, is president of the local federation. ‘Word has been received at the White House that the President s to be pre- sented shortly with a morocco-bound iBible to be used at the conference for the discussion of the limitation of armament. It will be the gift of the New York Bible Society. It will be dedicated to the promotion of good |among the nations of the world. James C. Davis, director general of railroads, was closeted with the Pres- ident for twenty minutes today, dur- ing which time he discussed a num- ber of important railroad matters. Senator Herreld of Olilahoma saw the President today in the interest of two gentlemen from his state whom he has recommended for appointment to the diplomatic service. He said they are Arthur H. Gelissler of Ok- lahoma City and Willlam H. Fuller of McAllister. The senator stated after seeing the President that while he received no positive assurances he was given to understand that one of the two will be successful. “HELP THE BABIES,” PLEA OF THE CRITTENTON HOME “Help the babies.” This familiar cry rang out today at the opening of the baby exhibit by the Florence Crittenton Home at 1223 F street, and the appeal of the pretty babies in the window was answered by many pasgersby. The annual baby exhibit to secure funds for the maintenance of the home, located at 218 3d street north- west, will extend through Thursday. The babies will be on exhibition from 11_am. to 6 pm. Ten bables at a time are placed in the exhibit. Those in charge of the home believe that the little ones this year are “prettier than ever,” and feel sure that all will agree with them. The home has children from a few weeks old to six years of age. THe exhibit is in charge of the Dahlgren Terrace Thursday Club. OATH IS TAKEN TODAY. Frank A. Horne of New York city, president of the Merchants' Refriger- ating Company; John M. Walker of Hockessin, Del,, mine owner and state senator, and Louis A. Dent, lawyer and former register of wills and audi- tor of the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia, today took the oath of office as commissioners to appraise the value of the Center market build- ings. The oath was administered by Chiet Justice McCoy in Criminal Di- vision 1. The commission was_recently ap- pointed by President Harding. Mr. Horne is chairman of the commis- sion and will shortly announce the date selected for the hearing of evi- dence concerning the value of the property. YOUNGSTERS ATTRACTING ATTENTION ON F STREET. PRESIDENT IN PLEA FOR STATE J0BAID Urges Governors and Mayors to Make Greatest Possibie Efforts to Supply Work. President Harding has issued an appeal to the governors and mayors throughout the nation to lend every possible assistance in relieving the unemployment situation. This appeal to the heads of the states and the municipalities was suggested by the pronouncement of the unemployment conference that the solution of the unemployment problem depends to a large extent upon local communities. The statement in full, as sent to the governors and maors and as made public at the White House, follows: President’s Plea. “The conference which I recently summoned to Washington to advise as to the unemployment situdtion has demonstrated that an unusual volume of unemployment exists and that pending the recuperation of trade the situation cannot be met, in due re- gard to our obligations and necessi- ties, without a much- more than usual organization throughout those states and municipalities where unemploy- ment has reached considerable wpro- portions. “The conference has recommended a plan of organization which has the support of commercial, manufactur- ing, professional and labor represen- tatives of the country. It is highly necessary that more accurate knowl- edge should be had, through such or- ganization, of the volume and neces- sities of the unemployed. It is es- sential that the co-operation of all sections of each community should be brought into action behind such organization to provide work and as- sistance that we may pass through the coming winter without great suf- fering and distress. Communities Hold Key. “It is of national importance that ev- ery community should at once undertake such organization in order that the na- tion might be protected as a whole. Moreover the thorough commitment to such a task is sure to start a thousand activities which will add to our common welfare. “I, therefore, appeal to the governors and maors of the nation that they should take the steps recommended by the conference. “In order that there may be a unity of action by all the forces which may be brought to bear, whether governmental or private, the unemployment conference is establishing an agency in Washing- ton through which appropriate co-opera- tion can be promoted, and through which reports on progress and sugges- tions may be given general circulation and co-operation. I trust this agency will be supported in this endeavor.” ARMY RETIRING BOARD. An Army retiring board has been appointed to meet in this city for the examination of such officers as may be ordered before it. The detail for the board is: Brig. Gen. Walter D. Mc- Caw, medical department; Col. Lutz Wahl, adjutant general's department; Col. George Vidmer, cavalry; Col. Frank W. Rowell, infantry; Lieut. Col. Frank W. Weed, Medical Corps, and Capt, Walter L. Phares, Medical Ad- ministrative Corps, recorder. % ) \ : ' jcompared with last in other schools, HUGE SCHOOL ROLL IRISH PEACE HINGES NOHBERS 6507 ON OOH EGE Unprecedented Figure. ists Must Be Curbed in Year’s Comparison. . ! Order to Attain Success. By the Assoclated Press. INVERNESS, Scotland, October 4.— Prime Minister Lloyd George, speak- ing here concerning unemployment, itoday touched on the Irish question, declaring the London conference, be- ginning October 11, between repre- sentatives of the British government and the Sinn Fein, “can only sutceed if those who enter it make up their minds definitely and resolutely to trust to the common sense of their own people and do not try to recon- cile the extremists.” T. J. W. ROBERTSON DIES IN CHEVY CHASE HOME Enrollment in the District public schools reached the unprecedented total of 63,047 during the past week, according to the figures given out vesterday by school officials. In spite of congested classrooms and an insufficient number of teach- ers, students continued to enter the various high schools. At McKinley, where a committee of faculty mem- bers and alumni is waging a cam- paign for a new building, the number of students registered to date is 1,476. Last year at this time the en- roliment was 1,054. The building was designed to accommodate 1,100. At Central there are 3,013 enrolled, 213 more students than in the third week last year. Business has 1,258, as compared with 1,191 a year ago. Eastern's enrollment totals 880, which is 220 more than last year's figure. Western has a student personnel 867 strong, as compared with 755 last year. Coumbia Junior High School ghows an increase over last year from 442 to 626. ° Enrollment Figures. Enrollment figures for this year, Famous Inventor, Pioneer in De- vising Sewing Machine, Sue- cumbs at 88: are as follow: Armstrong, 835 and 618; Dunbar, 1,483 and 1,319; Shaw Junior High School, 384 and 246. Total enrollment ifor all high schools now stands at 10,822. At this time last year it was 9,086, an increase of 1,736 student The normal schools now have 334 stu- dents, while last year there were 245. Figures for present and last year's enrollment in the elementary schools follow, the 1921 enrollment ,being given first: ’ Students in School Divisio: First division, 5,251 and 5,112 division, 7,665 and 7,299; Wilson mal Practice, 328 and 318; Franklin- Thomson, 678 and 654; specials, 423 and 340; fifth division, 6,338 and 6.27 sixth division, 3,612 and 3,590; seventh division, 3,666 and 3.746; eighth divi- sion, 3,670’ and 3,611: ninth division, 3.806 and 3,818. Colored schools—Tenth division, 3,848 and 4.490:; eleventh di- vision, 4,719 and 4,730; Miner Normal Practice, 217 and 176; twelfth divi- sion, 1,377 and 1,349; thirteenth divi- sion, 5,156 and 4,986; Cordozo, 44 and 16; O Street Vocational, 93 and 71 The total for the grades this yearis 16,464. It was 15,818 this time last year. WILL SEEK EARLY MURDER HEARING (Continued from First Page.) of this city, died yesterday morning at his residence at 6 Melrose street Chevy Chase. Mr. Robertson was on of the pioneer sewing machine in- ventors and made notable contribu- tions in other lines of inventions. His first patent was granted in 1853, and from then until his retirement as a patent attorney and expert in 1899 he was active as an inventor and at- torney and was known throughout the country as one of the most promi- nent attorneys and experts. He has resided in Washington and some evidence which indicates that there is more between them than peonle suspect.” What light the Baltimore authori- ties are likely to throw on this new development in the murder case, the officer would mot say. He intimated, {Chevy. Chase for gver half a century Rowever, that the desired information |and has rejoiced in seeing Washing- probably could be obtained from the |ton grow from its early condition in Rouse where Miss Knox lived while [the 50s to the beautiful capital ii she was In the Maryland city, taking |now is. Though born in England, he a course in nursing at Johns Hopkins |was an enthusiastic American. University. Six children, fourteen grandchildren Blood-Stained Overalls Fodad. |and eleven great-grandchildren sur- vive him. His surviving children are Dredging of the beach along the Sister Cora Margaret, connected with river front here by the authorities |g¢ Margaret's Episcopal Sisterhood resulted in the finding late yesterday |yt METSI" R0 FPNIPT B Birdec of a pair of blood-stained overalls | 1ira . M. Hond, Wrs. T B Curdert identificd as belonging to Eastlake. | Thomas Iy TolCreson anc Jieg . Under the boardwalk at the north end (ROFeD. 80 of ThS CO¥, of the beach, about 500 yards from the Eastlake cottage, also was found KENILWORTH CITIZENS WANT MORE POLICEMEN a man's undershirt, bearing blood- stains. The overalls are made of khaki ma- terial and are precisely similar to those worn by airplane mechanics. Eastlake was employed as an_ gir- plane mechanic at Dahlgren. E: The search for the overalls was in- |Adopt Resolution Requesting Sub- stituted by Detective Boulware, when he was unable to find in the East-| station Between Benning Bridge and District Line. lake home two pairs of the garments which he, as a neighbor of Eastlake, knew the man possessed. One pair of the overalls was found in the East- | Following action recently taken by the Benning Citizens' Association, resolutions protesting against the in- adequacy of police protection in the lake house. Complete Plans for Hearing. Stories which they will tell to a|extreme eastern section of the city jury of Westmoreland county resi-[were unanimously adopted at a meet- dents in an effort to prevent their|ing of the Kenilworth Citizens' As- conviction on charges of murderingsociation in the Kenilworth School Mrs. Eastlake were decided at a con- {1ast night. ference in the jail here today between | In presenting the protest, which Miss Knox and Eastlake and their |was voted forwarded to the Commis- attorneys, Thomas Hunter of King George county and Willlam W. Butz- ner of Fredericksburg. The lawyers and thelr clients were locked in one of the two cells in the town prison for about an hour and left in absolute privacy during the entire time. Much of the evidence which the de- fense will use in the trial already has geen gathered, it is said. Mr. Hunter, who will represent Eastlake, and Mr. Butzner, who has been en- gaged as Miss Knox's counsel, have been busy interviewing the persons who in any way have given informa- tion to the Colonial Beach authori- ties. Thus far the defense has se- cured no materidl witnesses and prob. ably wil not, in view of the fact that no person at Colonial Beach has indicated that he saw the crime com- mitte ‘Will Call Naval Officer. It is the intention of the lawyers, it is said, to find as many character witnesses as possible. The chief one of these is likely to be Lieut. W. H. Green, commandant of the naval proving grounds at Dahlgreen, Va. where Eastlake was employed. Since Eastlake’s arrest Lieut. Green has indicated that he is trying to help the accused man in any possi- ble way. Eastlake has repeatedly referred inquirers to him for refer- ence about himself, and last night the naval officer sent a telegram to the man in jail here, stating that he would come to Fredericksburg some time this week to see him. At- torney Butzner last night communi- cated with the relatives of Eastlake in Philadelphia by telephone. The nature of his conversation was not disclosed. ‘According to the present plans of the lawyers, they will demand that separate trials be granted each of the defendants. The trial will he' held, it is believed, immediately after the grand jury makes known its| decision in the case. The grand jury meets Monday, October 24. Eastlake Expects Freedom. Despite the chain of circumstantial evidence around him, Eastlake is con- fident he will be freed. In a state- ment to newspaper men who inter- viewed him in the Fredericksburg jail he said: “] know I can free myself from this charge.” - Eastlake also declared, that he would give “every ounce of life left in me! toward running down the murderer, whether it be man or woman. I have promised that Margaret will be avenged, and I know that promise will be fulfilled. As sure as there is| a God in heaven the murderer of my | dear wife will suffer for this crime.” The accuseA man was asked how deeply Miss Knox was implicated in the crime. He replied: “I can make no statement at this time.” FEastlake says he loved his wife and had lived in happiness with her for twelve years. He said he and his wife had planned some day to move to California, and there build a “love nest* Kastlake was apparently nervous and admitted it. His clean-shaven face Saturday when interviewed at the Montross jail now is covered with a heavy beard. His dapper appear- ance has changed. ‘Woman Again Deales Gullt. The reporters found Miss Knox as willing to talk as ever about things other than the crime. All that e said in reference to that was to re- jterate her previous statement den{- ing her gullt in connection with the e Knox created & scene n the sioners, John T. Barber stressed the fact that at present there are only three policemen—one mounted and two foot—to patrol an area of ap- proximately ten square miles, includ- ing a population of 10,000 people, and that at some points the nearest sta- tion is five miles, and when the police are relieved from one shift to an- {other said territory is left entirely without police protection. y Embodied in the resolution wis a request that a substation be installed at the intersection of territory be- tween Benning bridge and the Dis- trict line, preferably in Sherift road. As a protection to pedestrians, the association also voted that proper lighting facilities be installed on Kenilworth avenue between Ord and Polk streets, it.being pointed out that the place designated at night is dan- gerous to those using the streets. J. S. Driggers was unanimously elected to succeed R. S. Field, resign- ed, as delegate to the Federation of Citizens' Associations. PLOT TO BLOW UP HOME. Letter Threatening Secretary Wal- lace’s House Causes Arrests. DES MOINES, Towa. October 4—An alleged plot to blow up the home here of Secretary of Agriculture H. C. Wal lace unless $200 was paid for immu nity collapsed and persons making the threat narrowly escaped arrest on the night of September 23, when they came to collect the money, according to information given out today by State Agent William Griffin. A threatening note sent to the Wal- lace home is believed by authorities to have been written by & crank or insane person. Similar letters are knewn to have been sent to other residents of Des Moines recently. —_——— STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. The “fiying squads” of the Vet- erans’ Bureau have received several claims for compensation growing out of acts of nature, The latest came from Aloysius Thorne, fifty-eight-year-old _veteran of the war, who produced affidavits to show he was struck by lightning while cooking for his company in camp. Thorne came before the clean- up squad in Clarksburg, W. Va., on Friday last, and told of the light- ning entering his outfit’s cook tent and knocking a pan out of his hand. He said it had afected his arm and he wondered if the government ‘would compensate him for the injury. His application has already started. When Thorne was asked his age he responded: “Which age? My real age or my service age? I am fifty- eight by rights and forty-four by the government books. - I have fought in S the wars we have had since I es big enough, and if 1 can stay fourty-four with the government I'll fight in all the rest.” ] yesterday when she screamed for ’&ndo’clor. declaring. that she was af- fected with another heart attack. Dr. J. N. Barny, city physician, was summoned and Miss: Ruth Tapper, city purse, was instructed to visit her at least once a day and care for her. ‘Because of the limited facilities of the jail here, the prisoners may he transferred to the Henrico county }Ill at R‘c‘é:‘xgd in tg‘e(ynur Xutur; . Conway ester; 0 in charge of the prisofiers. "fl k,