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ended at 2 p.m. today: 3 toda; Full report on page 21. New York Stock Market Closed Today WEATHER. Fair and somewhat colder tonight; probably lignt frost; tomorrow fair. Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 78, at m. yesterday; lowest, 48, at 6 a.m. 28,290, o, Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. (¢, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921—-THIRTY PAGES. DL, SCHOOLINQUIRY IPLAYERS AT HIGH PITCH 10 PROBE DELAY ERECTING HOUSES Senate District Committee Ordered to Investigate ' School Situation. GALLINGER HOSPITAL AROUSES CRITICISM Subcommittee Named to Find Ount Why City Edifices Remain Unbuilt. After widening the scope of the in- quiry so as to include delays in build- ing hospitals, particularly the Gal- linger Municipal Hospital, the Senate District committee today authorized a subcommittee to investigate the charges laid before it by Senator King of Utah in connection with public schools of the District. Senator King told the committee that the principal complaint made to him, from many quarters, was the de- lay in providing buildings and other cquipment for which appropriations had been made by Congress. Senator Bali, chairman ot the commit- tee, alSo criticized the de.ay in the erec- tion of school buiidings, and Senator Dillingham of Vermont wanted to know what had been done about the ling of the Gaitinger Municipal Hos- tor which Congress appropriated two or three- years ago. that it was a shame had been allowed to elapse with- t this hospital having been erected as provided > suggestion of Senator Ball, the tee agreed to inciude an inquiry i hospitai situation in the pro- pused invesugation. Subcommittee Named. 1tor Ball appointed a special sub- mmittee to make this investigation, i of Senators Capper of Kan- airman, and Senators Cameron Arizona and King of Utah. The first 1aeeting of the €ubcommittee, Nenator Capper announced, will be Teld at 10:30 am. Monday in the Senate District committee offices. It was provided that the investiga- tion should be cunducted, at least at first, in executi®e session without ad- ting the public or the press. The UTiNSS Liay e opened daier, it was id, if the committee deemed it wise. Senator King called attention to the fact that in tne Distriet of Columbia the care of public parks and gardens is now divided among the War Depart- ment, the District Commissioners and the Department of Agviculture. He suggesied that the care of these parks £hould be consolidated under one agency, «nd said that it would result-in a con- siderable saving. At his reguest, Sen- stor Ball will confer with the authori- ties regarding this matter, and, if nece: sary, legislation Wil be planned provide for such a consolidation. The committee decided not to take up any bills on its dalendar at this iime, owing to the congested state of legislation fn the Senate today. A hearing on vice repression measures now before the committee will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Will Answer Charges. Charges of their critics that they are responsible for the expenditure of $10,000 for revising the plans of the new Eastern High School and consequently delaying the completion of the building, will be answered by school authorities when they appear | | | | o before the Senate committee. Officials today are busy preparing testimony they will give to the Senate committee. When school officials appear before the committee, it was said today, they will strongly defend the action of Dr. Ballou in ordering a revision in the plans of the new Eastern. It was pointed out that Snowden Ashford, former-municipal architect, when he resigned left only sketches of plans for the new school. Mr. Ashford’s plans, it was contend- ed, were not satisfactory (o the super- intendent and other officials, due te the fact that a sutficient number of exits had not been planned for the new school. In addition to the small humber of goors provided in the former munici- pal architect's plans,-this official said that there were €everal other fea- tures proposed for the new school which did not meet the satisfaction of the authorities. Among these were the arrafigement for the heating plant and the lunchroom. PACKING HOUSE MEN IN FAVOR OF STRIKE Eighty-Five Per Cent Want Union Leaders to Declare Walkout if Deemed Necessary. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 12.—With 15,000 votes tabulated, 85 per cent of the packing house workers who voted last Saturday on the question of au- thorizing the executive committee of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America 1o call a strike if they deem it neces- sary, are in favor of a walkout. Cornelius J. Hays, international president of the union, who made this announcement, said approximate- ly 55,000 votes were cast in the ref- erendum last Saturday. Forty thou- sand ballots from unions in Omaha, Kansas City, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and other western packing cen- ters have not yet reached Chicago. FIND BODY IN MOUNTAINS. Lumbermen May- Have Disclosed Fate of Naturalist. SALTVILLE. Va. October 12.—A hody found in the mountains near here today by lumbermen is believed to be that of Blaize L. Hartsell, a ‘wealthy young clubman and natural- ist of Bedford, N. Y., who disappeared last February, according to a detec- tive sergeant employed to search for the missing naturalist. The condition of tre body is said to indicate that it had lain in the mountains for nronths. e Hartsell is reported to havé last been heard from at Roanoke, Va., where he started in February on a “hike" through the mountains. The P was to have taken him to Macon ~ounty. Ga.. it was said, and it was 1y for a trip in South America. Various theowies are being advanced #8 to the cause of death., one being that the naturalist was mistakén for :hr:\'enue officer by moonshiners and ot, A S GIANTS AND YANKEES MEET IN SEVENTH GAME KLAN OFFICIALS &0 INHOUSE HEARING With Count Three-All, They Begin Struggle for|attorney Tells Committee of Upper Hand in Series. Record Attend- - ance Is Promised. SCORE BY Yankees......... 0 Giants........... 0 2Il\zN‘INSGS. Plsen S Dl o By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 12.—Clear, cold weather ruled for the seventh world series game today. Heavy rain for a time threat- ened to cause a postponement, but it had ceased before mapy of the fans were on the way to the ever, were in order. The bleachers began to fill in earnest after the downpour. Two of the early comers wero- young women. The holi- day was expected to result in a new at- | tendance record. Four in Line ANl Night. Four ardent fans who took no chances of missing today's contest lined up at the box office at midnight and remained unshaken through the thunderstorm and showe: The Giants and Yankees were keyed up a semi-tone or so above normal as they renewed their warfare in the ef- fort to gain the upper hand at the most crucial stage of the series. Each had grabbed three victories before today. They seemed to' think that tricky something called the break in the game wouid make its appearance and point out the ultimate victor in the champion- ship struggle. The winner today is only one victory away from the throne, while the losers must take the next two games in succession to become base ball champions of the globe. Mays and Douglas Choices. Carl Mays went against the awakened Glants. He will be followed tomorrow by Waite Hoyt, who permitted the Na- tional Leaguers only one run in enghteen innings: Shufflin’ Phil Douglas was McGraw’'s choice, despite the fact that he is suf- fering from a cold. The veteran, Slim Sallee, and Pat Shea, a recruit, were the alternates. Prior to today's game Mays and IAPANESE ENVOIS ARRVE I HAW Army and Navy Delegates to Arms Conference Are in Honolulu. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, October 11.—The Japa- nese army and naval delegation to the Washington conference on limitation of armament and far eastern questions November 11, headed by Maj. Gen. Hirotara . Tanaka and Vice Admiral Kanji Kato, arrived in Honolulu to- day aboard the liner Korea Maru. Both Gen. Tanaka and Admiral Kato expressed confidencé that the Wash- ington meeting would be a success, and Admiral Kato made the following statement: “The entire Japanese nation looks to the conferencé with earnest hopes and expectations. The world has been ex- periencing terrible suffering, and to undo what was caused by the war, to get upon a pre-war prosperity basis, will require years and years of strug- gle,- sacrifice and tedious constructioi. | “We fre going to tke conference) with the single désire to co-operate with the other nations in accomplish- ing disarmament, and we must not forget that real success will depend upon sincerity and earnestness of purpose of all the nations participat- ing. Should a single nation be lack- ing in sincerity and weak in its de- sire for limitation we cannot expect to repeat anything but the failure that has attended previous confer- ences on reduction of armaments. “The Japanese firmly believe repre- sentatives of all other nations are coming to the conference witk the same spirit of earnestness as ourselves, aand something definite and practicable will be accomplished. “I believe it will rest with the na~ tions possessing the strongest arma- ments to take the lead in the present plan, and, by limitation of their own armaments, serve as an example to other nations. “There “should be unreserved ex- change of opinion, with the sole aim of devising measures that can be car-, ried actually into effect. Agreements, even though phrased in faultless lan- guage, are of no avall unless they are practicable and will truly serve to limit with justice and fairness. I am convinced this is the real aim of the conference, which will be at- tained.” Today’s News in Brief Instructive Visiting Nurse Society gains as result of drive. Page 2 Suggegtions to relieve unemployment sent to President. Page 2 Delegates of Natlonal Council of Cath- olic Women from every state meet here in convention. Page 2 5,000 postal delegates to be received ‘by President late today. Page 2 Col. Keller says water front needs housecleaning. Page New York bankers outline ways to revive foreign trade. _ . Page 5 4,000 of Ireland's sympathigers cheer Frank P. Walsh's address at C. U. gymnasium. Page 16 Lincoln Park citizens ask high school completion next fall. Page 17 Paris new: ers all say arms parley i purely to divert U. S.-Japan war. Page 17 Delegatés in London seek to check violations of truce in Ireland. Page 17 South China leader says twenty.one demands will block agreement here. Page 17 Pershing accepts British invitation. Page 17 Park View Citizens’ Association urges increase of school facilities. Page 17 Canadians stand firm for représenta- tion at arms conference. Page 18 y to poid Humphreys' teams fight wa: -finals, 7 Friseh to Kelly. Peck-goin 8! . Page 30 ihuir plans. - Polo Grounds. Overcoats, how= HOW TEAMS BATTLED IN SEVENTH CONTESY YANKEES. GIANTS. Fewster, Buras, cf Peckinp'gh, s Bancroft, ss Miller, ef Frisch, 3b R. Megsel, rf Young;, rf Pipp, 1b Kelly, 1b ‘Ward, 3p E. Meusel, If McNally, 3b Rawlings, 2b Schang, ¢ Sayder, ¢ Mays, p Douglas, p Umpires—Quigley (N. L.) at the piate, Chill (A. L.) at first base, Rigler (N. L.) at second =-e. Moriarty (A. L.) at third e, Douglas had faced twice in the series. Mays won - the opener, 3 to 0, and Douglas "scored Sunday, 4 to 2. Both hurled fine ball in each contes Has Edge, Says McGraw. “As a result of yesterday's game 1 think we have the edge,” Manager Mc- Graw said this morning. *I think I can summon more ug:ble pitching than can Huggins. I ve sald from the outset, however, that we will win series and 1 still -%‘ 80."" Metropolitan fandom ° believeg rumpus will go the full nine games. Detalls of the game follow: FIRST INNING. Yankees — Fewster - flied out to Young, who made a nice running g tpird, eroft got a double to Teft. to Miller and Barcroft went to third on. the catch. Mays robbed Young of & hit and threw him out, No rgns. SECOND INNING. p Yankees—PIpp doubled’ np againbt the left fleld fence. Ward sacrificed, Frisch to Kelly. Pipp scored on Mc- Nally's single to right. Schang forced McNally, Bancroft to Rawlings. Mays fiied to Rawlings. One Run. Giants—Kelly fanned on~ three itched balls, Bion Watly” maing o o) handed catch of Mac's wide throw. out same way. No run:y Eavligs NEW DIVISON LINE IN UPPER SILESIA By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 12.—Division of the- plebiscite district of Upper Si- lesia along a line representing a com- promise between the two lines laid down by Count Sforza, former Italian minister of forelgn affairs, has been decided upon by the council of -the league of nations, says a Geneva dis- patch to thé Central Newa. It is said that the districts of Glei- witz, Hindenberg and part of district of Beuthen would go to Germany un- der the council's solution of the Silesian question. The districts of Koenlig- shuette, Kattowitz and the remainder of Beuthen would be assigned to Poland. The line reported to have been drawn by the council would be far north of the boundary /proposed by England and Italy at the time of the critical gonferende in Paris last sum- mer. e eastern end of the line is not given in the Geneva dispatch. TAKE UP SILESIA ISSUE. Chancellor Wirth Holds Special Meeting With Cabinet. By the Associated Press. d BERLIN, October 12.—Chancellor ‘Wirth met his cabinet this mgrning to discuss the lne of action it would adopt In view of a possible adverse decision relative to Silesia by the league of nations. The éabinet met last evening for an informal discus- sion of the subject, but there was lack of definite information that made it necessary for an ad, ftBect journment to be GREAT BRITAIN HAS PLAN FOR THE UNEMPLOYED By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 12.—Plans for meeting the unemployment situation in Great Britain were considered by the British cabinet’s unemployment Committee and government officlals here today. that a comprehensive program had been worked out by the committee g&;r ;;lrbel:ltilayflo'n !ohoflclll! ‘wha would n charge' of contemplated. R e ol Prime Minister Lloyd George the unemployment committee recel a labor _deputation last nigh! discussed sored by the labor leaders, The gov- ernment was asked to finance public works instead of relying ferent communities to look after this detail, while a.comprehensive hou g policy was' urged. Af 2y’ eoting it oyd it With ived and rge would make an engage- the" Iaborites to “discuss It had been understood|X% and’ proposals which were spon- |’ n dif-; th was believed that. Mr. | damoc Orders—Simmons to Testify Later. |WRIGHT ADMITS HE GOT $2,000 FOR HIS EXPOSURES $75,000 Palace Dwindles to $10,- 000 in Testimeny of Post Office Inspector. After hearing a score of witnesses urging a congressional investigation of the Ku Klux Klan, the House rules committee called today for testimony by officers of the order, but was re- quested to defer until this afternoon the examination of Willlam J. Sim- mons, imperial wizard, because of “a temporary indisposition.’ Paul J. Etheredge of Atlanta, who described himself as supreme attor- ney, stated that Col. Simmons, who was present, was suffering with nausea, but hoped to tesitfy later in the day. Mr. Etheredge declared that Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler of Atlanta had no relation with the imperial body, and, according to his information, was with the propagating department. No Kiansmem on Board. . “If Mrs. Tyler. has had any control over the organization it has been out- side of my knowledge,” the witness said. Referring to published reports that several teachers in Atlanta were de- feated for re-clection by the ol board “because they were Catholics, Mr. Etheredge declared there was no truth in it i - “There was not a klansman on the board,” he testified. He also asserted that the “Lakewood murder” In Atlanta was not the work of klansmen, and that certain alleged par- ticipants had been prosecuted by John in, district attorney, whom he de- scribed as “an acknowledged klansman.” Charges Coercion by Threats. William Monroe Trotter of Boston, speaking for the National Equal Rights League, declared the klan was “a private, unofficial organization which interferes with personal liber- ties of peaple, most of whom are out- side its membership.” Such inter- ference, be charged, was an attempt he proger exzercise of ; ;:L»’é_‘}‘s;%}‘iffl-“c* of_coercion.” Trotter *The, n.ulwd e - letters to § certain thing: d if"°§i’ 1 a real’ wetérized ‘the Klan as - 10" the sehse of personal setul milllons of citisens: Durlng the investl, fer ‘sal mtb.““;ndrened e sul ."I"Wm“?ur President is attempting to léad the world through disarma- ment,” he said. “this country cannot frord to have this notorious order n its domain, when it is based on the suppression of one religion or one f people.” ey 5. E. J. Watson, a negro preache; of Chicago, told the committee the Ku Kiux was proving a hindrance to the ess of the negro by breaking down Riamoraie through fear and terror. ‘Many negroes have been driven from humble homes held since slav- ery,” Mr. Watson declared. “The claim by the klan that the negro Is seeking social equality is unwarranted. Describing himself as a southerner, d Stmpson Klugh of Boston, 2 negro, declared the klan should be in- Vestigated to agcertain whether whole- sale charges against it were true. tion M. Trot- ‘&e klan illegal 15t 1a “physically impossible for the to attempt to dominate the coun- ¥It §s our pur- n v, Mr. Klugh said. :;),le to live in peace with the white: Necessary to Show Gulilt. Mr. Klugh declared the negroes be- lieved that the Rev. Philip 8. Erwin of Florida had been tarred and feathered near Miami “only because he gave negroes good informatign as a preacher.” Citing the case of the alleged forehead branding of a negro bell boy in Texas, Mr. Kll‘l‘h said it was necessary to show by an investigation whether the klan was gullty of the act. M. A. N. Shaw of Boston, president of the National Equal Rights League declared that H. A. Taden, grand goblin in charge of New England ter- ritory, has stated that if Jews and Catholics understand the real purport of the klan they would not oppose it, Dbecause the negro problem was the greatest of the age. . ‘Pgden declared that umion of-all whites, Catholics and Jews, was nec- essary to maintain white supremacy,” Mr. Shaw testifled. s “We are sure that all negroes are not klansmen, but weé don't know what white men are” he ad “The $75,000 palace” of Mrs. Elisa- beth Tyler at Atlanta, described yes- | terday by C. Anderson Wright, for- merly a kiansman, dwindled to a $10,- 000 structure today on_testimony of 0. B. Willlamson, a Post office in- spector. - Mr. Williamson said investi- gation showed the house was pur- chased by Mrs. Tyler prior to her con- nection with the klan and that no part of the Ku Klux money was used in the deal. ‘Wright reiterated that the. “palace” was a fine structure and that Edward Young Clarke, imperial kleagle, who lives there, kept a fleet of seven motor ‘cars. Pald $2.000 for Articles. Wright, who wrote a series of ar- ticles for the Hearst newspapers pur- porting to expose the Ku Klux, told the committee that already he had received $2,000 from the Hearst or- ganization, and tbat he expected his total receipts from the series to reach about $5,000. Replying to guestions from Representative Pou, mocrat, North Carolina, the witness again explained that' he had violated ‘the o taken in joining the klan b publishing -articies about its secrets. :° Digs Into Activities. Digging’ into the activities of the ux Klan, the House rules com- mittee developed by testimohy yes- terday" that the' organization had ken in $1,488,710 since its founda- tion, that the Department. of Justice was still conducting’ an investigation of its own and that, dccording to the klan's confidential infomration . to fleld agents, the chief of police of Norfolk, Va., was a member. rough news ters said to have been sent from klan headquarters and pot_intended for general ‘sublk:auon e statement also, was made that lhez Norfolk chief had promised 260 rifl to the local order “in time of trouble,” and that Representative aw, rat, of Georgia, in whose home district” the klan was borfi, " been “put to it-to deny membership in ithe WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ONWITNESSSTAND | ni Fity of | LEA’ 12, —Joel ~(Continued on Page 2, Columu €3~ i < : € « S QfricraLs ‘“M D amow e Member of the Associated Press The Associsted Press is excitsively entitled to the use for republication of all Bews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise eredited in this paper and also the local news published herein. SEVEE’:L. SHoTS Firen INDBW OF "“ffs“ AL oFs Socre CRE T X T /¥ Soupe POTENT PUBLICITY POSSIBILITIES. DAWES INNEW STEP TOSAVEU. 3. FUNDS Board to Check™Leakage in Money Paid Railroads by Classification Errors. : Leakage of thousands of dollars of gqvernment funds into the railroad|the courtroom a free girl immediately coffers through wrong classification |after the jury reported. The jury of of shipments and wrong routing is tonine men and three women had the be checked through the appointment | €ase under delibeiation since late yes- of a Federal Traffic Board provided for by Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, director of the bureau of the budget, today. Every department and burdan’ of thé' gevernment it~ 1o xpe ember, of the trafic board, e _under govérnment’s representatives regard- ing. the changes, which will involve a complete relisting and reclassifica- tion of government shipments. Under the present system, &ccord- Ing to Gen. Dawes, the classification committees of the rallroads in spéci~ fying rates applicable to thousan of articles listed in the classificatiol have given the government little or no copsideration &s to thé volume or naturé of its business. s In dition to the expected saving of government funds through these practices, the work ¢f the board is expected to bring about greater effi- ciency in handling government ship- ments and prevent much duplication now found to prevail. #The report of R. C. Caples, the ex- pert who has been examining the sit- uation for the budget bureau, esti- mated that the government transpor- tation bill annually $200,000,000. In the present situation, sald Gen. Dawes, no attention is given to the proper classification of articles ship- ped by the United States and gov- ernment“classification is out of line with commercial business. ‘The board will relist government ppop- erty under commercial names. W materials now shipped by the gov- ernment-are many times billed as finished products. ‘he_gene; id that the saving to bE effected ‘ough proper handling of the government's traffic, including reclassification, the correct gouting of its business and a reduction in number of the various rate groups and departmental traffic departments, ;n difficult to compute, but should be arge. The board not only will have juris- diction over freight shipments, but ‘will have general supervision han- dling express, parcel post a pas- senger c. 4 “It shall be the duty of the Féderal Trafc Board to make-a complete study of: the traffic_problems con- fronting the various departments and independent establishménts" of government,” the order says. “In co- operation with represerntatives ‘of the Interstate Commeree Commission and the carriers, it will establish uniform classifications for mll commodities, including raw materials, as well as finished products, shipped by the gov- ernment, so that shipments may be made at the lowest tariff rates. The board will draw up plans for im- proving and standardizing methods of making shipmeénts, ment of accounts. These plans will be submitted to the. chief co-ordinator, general supply, who will take the necessary action in-each case. Other Rules in Order. 3 wThe classification.of commodities and the instructions governing ship- ments and methods of settling trans- portation accounts that are adopted: by the board and approved by the co- ordinator for traffic shall, ‘as far as applicable-afd .in conformity .. with law, be binding upon and govern ali departments, bureaus, offices of the government ments made by them. P “All questions pertaining to “the classification of materials or termj switching, freight rates, etc, Wil uire th lrnegu“"‘ will be submitted to the.co> ordinator for traffic, either ustment with the classifi catio gnltun represénting the M’Ofl; for the presentation of -a-complaint gencies -azi in all ship’ with the Interstate Cnml‘lhfle( mission. A W, Bt “In the event of di £ classifications, instructions:go shipments and methods, 'of 7iss trgnsportation atcounts or. dm,, ods of procedure, the cse. v submitted 'to the chief ‘co-of for general supply, whose shall be final as to the action taken, subject only to an appeal to’the head the department concerned.” TWINS, 90, CELEBRA' VENWORTH, Kans., October ‘-gd - M{m&- l clg&wo twin ‘celebra eir - n iethday at the home of thet near ‘Fairmont, yamrd?h’ reared large families. gg&h active, doing farm independent | and for the settle- | | -jcare of the problem of unemploy- i i | e application of remedis}ibne who needs and wants to work ' ad? Figoans, of livellnood. Al that Is needed {MARIAN McARDLE FREED ) sswerted, fi%m ‘been robbed of virtually his o | entirs stock of jewel SAYS ICECOMPANY HELD UP BUILDING Mrs. Chipman Tells House Committee of Delay on Tu- berculosis School. Charges that work on the new Tuberculosis School to replace the Hamilton School, for which Congress made an appropriation months ago, has been delayed by opposition from the American Ice Company and from the Piney Branch citizens were made before the House District committee today by Mrs. C. M. Chipman, 1420 Rhode Island avenue, chairman of the partment of the 's Clubs, who orker for erec- IN KABER MURDER CASE Three Women on Jury Stand Solidly for Aquittal Throughout Ballots at Cleveland. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, October 12.—Marian McArdle, twenty-year-old daughter of Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber, was found not gullty of complicity in the mur- der plot of Daniel Kaber, her step- father, by a jury today. Miss McArdle was permitted to leave terday afternoon. The jury reported am agreement shortly before noon, after being dut nmeteen hours. When they failed to agree on a verdict late last night they late a hotel and resumed t s s " OLDTME ENERCY {try Has “Come To,” Follow- " ing Industrial Depression. By the Associated Press. ELWOOD, Ind, October 12.—Secre- tary of Labor Davis said in a speech hére today that the country “had come to” after industrial depression and would so6n be filled again “with the old electric energy.” Mr. Davis made. the speech at a home-coming week gathering, where he was for- merly a tin-mill laborer and later was elected city clerk. “Before long, I believe we are going to look back on the past twelve has been the prime wi 13th l!;li'l Unll:'(;ll‘ .llreet(l{ ideicie ‘he House District Commi al i‘:-rnnm‘ : that before 0 contrant ¢ m atructéire of the new Eastern High School has been let extensive changes are be- ing made in the basement, by tearing out the proposed swimming pool. in order that an up-to-date theater and large dining hall for social service actlvities can be subStituted. The committee had before it today Maj. Carey H. Brown, assistant Dis- tylct Engineer Commissioner, and unicipal Architect Harris. Chair- man Focht had been instructed at a previous meeting to ascertain why the school building program for which Congress had appropriated, was not being carried out, and with a special reference to the new Tuberculosis School. Briefly the reasons given by the assistant engineer Commissioner and architect were that plans for the superstructure of the Eastern High School, which has taken practically all the facilities of the municipal ar- chitect’s office, are being disposed of first, and that the District Commis- sioners and the school authorities had not understood that it was the opinion of Congress that the new Tuberculosis School was to have prior consideration. They told the committee that the office is now about readv to go ahead with work on the plans for the two junior high schools and the new Tu- berculosis School, which they con- sider néw problems for the District. months with wonde Secretary W = In. the meantime, the municipal ar- school authorities and with expert: on tuberculosis so that the most mod- ern and practical building for the were really accomplishing a marvel- ous work. Getting American busi- ness back from war boom to a sound basis was one of the most compli- eated and dangerous situations our |erected. leading men in business and indus- | Maj. Brown was closely questioned, try have ever had to face. Now the |especially regarding _construciton work at the Eastern High School, by Representative Sproul of Iilinois, who is himself president of & big contracting concerh and -who has supervised personally the erection of scores of .large school buildings. Maj. Brown said he thought that in two and a half or three months mdre plans will be ready for the new tuberculosis school. Regarding the claim made by Rep- job is being accomplished. “Buyérs’ Strike” a Detriment. “The ‘buyers’ strike’ was running on beyond the stopping place. Now the statisticlans in the -Department f Labor - can point to solid figures which show increase in buying and decrease in unemployment. Buying has begun again. “This much_business. has done of its own accord, out of its own ln«]re!enullve Sproul that it was not herited strength. But there are!economical or practical ‘to let the things to: come that will ‘stimulate : Eastern High School job on several this improvement. When the gov- icontracts, Maj. Brown said that about ernment's wholly proper funding of [fifty sets of blue prints and speci- $500,000.000 to the railroads is pro- |fications have been sent out to all vided for a strong fillip' will be !parts of the country and that within given to:the rpilroads themselves. a tebw d:y‘;dhe :x?’ecll-" u;l have a Unemployment_Serious Clond. number o s which will show what «Unemployment 'remains one seri-|the Treal facts are. ous cloud on the dawn. In time re-| o viving ‘business would itgelf tak: 'G. o. P; cAucus ToulGHT. ment, but we want business to re- vive.slowly and soundly, and we do not nt men to remain fdle. Some- thing practicable and” immediate tnust be done to see that no great numbes- of American laboring men shall feel the pinch of want and di tre#s this winter. While we have had unemployment in the past, the- prob- lem has never been tackled so vig- orously and with so scientific an or- ganization as it is being tackled now. Will Take Up Bill' to Increase House to 460. House republicans will hold a caucus tonight on the Siegel bill to increase the size of the House from 435 to 460 members. At the last session the House, de- foating a bill to increase membership to 483, voted to retajn the present | size, but no action wastaken on the measure by the Senate. The six members of the census com- mittee who opposed favorable report’ of Siegel's bill for a House of 460 members are expected to lead the fight against the measure at tonight's caucus. 8,443 STUDENTS AT YALE. NEW HAVEN, Conn., October 12,— Enrollment figures for Yale Univer- sity, announcegd ,{'“"df tal of 3.443 students who are dates for degrees. This is an crease of 200 over a year ago. The entering freshman cl numberln, §.1f is the largest in the history o ale, —_— PLAN DRIVE ON PEKING. YORK, October 12.—Several divisions of southern Chinese troops, led by President Sun Yat-Sen, will leave Canton this week to join forces ‘with the army in Kwangsi for a drive on Peking, according to information. received from _the Canton govern= ment today by Ma Soo, its represent- ative in the United States. “Everybody has aroused to -the langer. Now-the prospect is that no ust go through the winter without ) new is courage ‘and the confidence that springs from it. We are unmi. takably on the move back to pro ity:, Within a year or two I be- e.are_going to be “the most been In m‘ rous. psople We have E [ sur Wonderful histor: 3 “\h—‘—-.—'fi_—t '$60,000 GEM. ROBBERY. Jewel Merchant Gagged and Rob- * §T..LOUIS, October 12—Sol Kauf- Tgan, a‘treveling jewelry merchant of New York, sfter being found bound 5 in ‘his room at & local ho- ing:to police. ‘that ry, valued at $€0,- Jewelry was insured for 2 M tiom-of.4 new. tuberculosis school at | care of tubercular children will be| Al rights of publieation ef special @ispatches herein are alse reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 87,469 TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT WARNS AGAINST EXPECTING NATIONS TO DISARM Letter to Inquirer Says It Is Necessary to Deal With Actualities. AMERICAN DELEGATION OPENS SESSIONS HERE Conferences Later to Include Pres- ident—Definite Course of ‘Action to Be Laid Out. Two developments in connection with the coming arms conference marked today. From the highest official source, the President of the United States, came announcement of the expected scope of accomplishment by the conference for the limitation of armaments, and 2 varning to/ propagandists who are ting expe stimulating expectations of a millennial The American delegates to the con- ference met in formal session at the State Department, commencing a series of conferences which later will include President Harding, to lay out & definite policy and course of action for the great international event. At today’s meeting Basil Miles was chosen secretary of the American delegation Upon him will devolve from now on many of the details of arranging for the conference which is to November 11. SURmese 4 Exposition in Letter. resident Harding’s exposition of the limitations confronting the con. ference was contained in a letter to Miss Ella L. Freed of Brooklyn, N. Y., who sometime ago wrote him about disarmament. The President replied to the letter, correcting her misap- prehension as to what could be effect- ed, and she came back for further elucidation, which the President now tll_rnlshes, His letter follows: My dear Miss Freed: Your letters, among others that come t0 me sug- gest a widespread misapprehension as to the aims of the conference on limitation of armaments. In my let- ter of October 5 I said to you: “I think I ought to correct your Impression about the expectation of universal disarmament. 1t i8 very erronecus even to suggest that we contemplate going so far as that. If we can get a reason- able limitation we shall think that great things have been accom- plished! “You replied that my letter ‘seemc:i to bring a message of hopelessne gflwosedue:u;z universal disarm:.- and asked me to explain ‘rci- songble limitatien.’ gl Wants Something Practicable. By ‘reasonable lmitation’ I mean something pgacticable that there is a chance to agBemplish, rather than an ideal that there would be no chane: to realize. It is necessary to deal lwith actualities; to do the best pos- |sible. Universal disarmament would {be beyond hope of realization: eveu its desirability at this time might well be questioned. Thousands of years of higtory recordiug wars and controversies of mankind suggest that human, nature would require jrevolutionary reorganization to make universal disarmament possible. A consideration of the present state of the world must, I think, enforce the conclusion that this is not a hopeful time to undertake that kind of revo- lul!oon. “On the other hand, a world with the horrors of recent experiences Seared into its mind, and staggering funder the load of debt and arma- ,ments, hasg generously justified our | hope for a favorable attitude toward | the practical effort, the sincere begin- |ning, that we are attempting. The {fine spirit in which leading nations have received the invitation to meet and consider these things is alto- | gether enl‘nuragin}. To undertake {the impossible and fail might leave |our last state worse than our first. | The attifude of the nations warrants | confidence that we will not fail, but rather that substantial results will be accomplished, calculated to lessen {the armament burden and to reduce | the danger of armed confiict. I feel that in such an effort we are enti- tled to the support of all people who would be glad—as I can assure you I would—to see still more accomplish- ed if possible. Most sincerely yours, “WARREN G. HARDING." Deluged With Communications. The President has recently been deluged with communications along the line of Mi Freed’s letter and his answer to her constitutes the last word to those who look for more than the President thinks can be reason- ably expected from the conference. | Basil Miles, secretary of the Ameri- | can delegation to the arms limitation | conterence, has been one of the spe- cial assistants in the Department of tate since August, working upon de- of the meeting. . Miles was in the American dip- lomatic service for seeral years, was special assistant to the ambassador at Petrograd with the rank of minis- ter plenipotentiary early in 1917, sec- retary of the special (Root) mission to Russia in the summer of 1913, and in the autumn of that year was ap- pointed chief of the division of Rus- sian affairs in the Department of State, where he served in that ca- pacity unti] December, 1919. + Delegates Arrive Here. Responding. to a call issued yester- ' day by gecrptary of State Hughes, designating the President as the head of the American delegation, the dele- gates arrived at the department at 10 o'clock. Senator Underwood was the first to arrive, and Elihu Root the last of the quartet. The former, on passing through a group of news- paper correspondents gathered to re- port the first formal phase of Ameri- can participation in the conference, remark 'Well, 1 see you are all on_ deck.” The delegates, after gathering in one of the larger rooms at the depart- ment, went outside the building for what is often the initial act in the convening of official bodies in the United States—the taking of a group photograph. Teday's meeting was designed to do no more than scratch the surface of the problem ahead of the American representatives. It was called to per- mit of a preliminary survey of the sit- uation and of & general outline of the things to be done. President Harding has communicated his ideas through Mr. Hughes, and memorarda were available covering various points of technical information, but personal in- terviews with the President and with military and naval experts were part of the delegation’s plans during g period of preparation. NOTED ITALIANS COMING. Washington Armament Delegation Practically Settled. By-the Asociated Press. : ROME, October 11.—Although “offi- 1 announcement of the persommel =