Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1921, Page 2

\ be one in every schooihouse, a lai - BOAR 2 BACKING OF SCHOOL D ADVOCATED Dr. Ballou Urges Congress to Place More Faith in Mem- bers’ Judgment. WANTS MORE ASSISTANTS Broadening of Scope of Educational System Requires Larger Force of Instructars. Hope that Conj and the Com- missioners will adopt a policy of ac- cepting the judgment of the board of education relative to the appro- priations mnecessary for carrying ol the work of the public school asys: tem “more nearly at its face value, is expressed by Supt. Frank W. Ballou in the fourth section of his annual report, which was made public last aight. “Estimates submitted by the Com- missioners to Congress, and the ap- propriations made by Congress.” sald Dr. Ballou, “clearly Indicate that the appropriations fall materially short of the original estimates of the board of education and also in many cases, considerably short of the estimates submitted by the Commissioners. The board has adopted and will continue to follow the policy of presenting to the Commissioners conservative estimates and hopes that the Commis- sioners and Congress will adopt the policy of accepting the judgment of the board of education more nearly at _its face value.” It was pointed out that.the school board fully understands the limit: tions under which the Commissioners must prepare the budget for the Dis- trict, and that school authorities ap- preciate the “v sympathetic and helpful attitude of the city heads in undertaking to assist the school governing body in securing funds for the operation and maintenance of the school system. “The school authori- ties,” the report said, “believe that the Commissioners are rendering every possible assistance under their present limitations.” Urges Needed Development. The fourth section of the report deals entirely with the subject of needed developments and extensiona of the school system. Among the needs outlined are: Readjustment of the administrative staff, a school cen- sus and compulsory attendance law, free text books and educational sup- blies for all puplls, creation of a corps of annual substitute teachers, en- largement of the boards of exami- ners and inoreased appropriations for educational extensions, upkeep. im- provements and permanent equip- ment. These proposed developments and extensions, Dr. Ballou said, should be provided for immediately. Advancement of the two assistant superintendents of schools in rank to “first assistant superintendents,” in order that they would bear with the superintendent “the large responsi- bilities placed by law upon the super- intendent's office” is one of the sall- ent recommendations of Dr. Ballou. A salary of $5,000 a year is asked for each of these proposed officers. Dr. Ballou aiso urged the immediate appointment of two additional assist- ant superintendents at a Illl.r; of $4.500 a year each. One would ve charge of the business affairs of the school system, while the other would act as an educational research officer, whose duties would be to carry on continuous scientific study of th school organization in the interests of efficiency. Asks More Assistants. As opportunities present themselves through vacancies in the supervising principals and other corresponding officers, Supt. Ballou recommended that two assistant syperintendents for elementary education.and educational extensions be appointed. .These offi- cers would work under the immediate and exclusive direction of their re- spective first assistant superintend- ents and the superintendent. Cost_of operating and maintaining the school system has Increased more than 300 per cent since 1906, Dr. Bal- lou pointed out in describing the growth of the school organization since that time. In 1906 the cost was $2,211.061, while the last scholastic year $7.214,683 was expended. There were 52,739 pupils enrolled in_ the 8chools in 1906 and 62,298 in 1920. While the school system has grown since 1906 through increase in num- ber of pupils, it was emphasized, it also has grown in the number of activities carried on. These new #chools. Americanization school: open-air schools, junior high school tubercular gchools, vocational school community centers, platoon schools, school garden department, adminis- tive principals, group principal high school banks, dental inspection, school nurses and the child labor office. Urges Compulsory Attendance. Passage by Congress of the com- pulsory school attepdance and school census bill, which was introduced in the Senate and House at the last ges- sion, as soon as possible was urged by the superintendent, In order that the resuits of a comprehensive census may be provided, and that such information shall be avallable for use in connection with the de- velopment of the school bullding pro gram. When Congress adjourned the measure was before a House com- mittee, Legislations designed to provide free text books and educational sup- plies for high school students, as well as pupils in the kindergarten and elemen!lr{‘ schools, is strongly advo- cated by the superintendent. Parents of many high school students, he said, find that the purch books is a “real burden.” "M he said, “the providing of free text- books and educational supplies to high school pupils wiil provide, in fact, free public education for the children of the District. In urging the appropriation of $30,- 000 in order to create a corps of twenty-five trained substitute teach- ers, the superintendent made it clear that when they are not needed for substitute work they should be em- ployed In special cou:hln, work “which may legitimately be found in any school building in the District.” ‘These substitute teachers, according to Dr. llou, should be appointed to wervice in the same manner that other teachers are appointed, and should receive compensation not to exceed $1.200 a year. Advocating enlargement of the the board of examiners, Dr. Ballou nplnted out, that the work of this dy has greatly increased In scope and_complexity since it was created in 1906. Under the reorganization proposed, tI boards of examiners ‘Wwould consist of the superintendent of schools as chairman, together with Bno less than four nor more than six other school employes. Would Extend Kindergartea. Increased appropristions for the va- eation and evening schools, extension of the kindergartens, 8o there will i medical Inspection force, playgrounds for every school, and the replacement of worn-out and obsolete furniture and equipment in the schools, are among additional recom- feendations made by Dr. Ballou. Discussing the need of playgrounds 5 &t every school, the superintendent #aid that “play is an essential rt if school life of every child.” o Adequate playgrounds should consti- tute an indispensable part of the equipment of every school.” “Appropriations should provide for the repair and upkeep of the school laygrounds which have been estab- ished,” the report continued, “for the fitting up of other yards which have not yet been put Into condition for playground purposes and for the supervision of the children at play -nu‘ school hours, while the schools are in on and during vacation In summarising his. repert, Dr. Ballou said: uip- ““The schoel bulldings and ment {n the District of Columbia resent an Investment of millions of L STINNES, MAN OF HOUR IN GERMANY, WIELDS POWER OF MIGHTY EMPEROR Regarded as “Savior” By Public Who Bow To His Commands. “Duke of Germany Title Proposed by Advocates Of “People’s Empire.” BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germaay's Feremost Publicist. By Cable to The 8 BERLIN, November 26.—OQutrank- fug in importance the proceedings of the Washington conference this Wweek, even Mr. Briand's diatribe against Germany as an excuse for keeping the French nation in arms; outranking interest in the presence of the reparations commission in Berlin, were the blazing headlines in big type in thg newspapers announc- ing that “Stinnes Has Gone to Lon- don—Lloyd George Wanted to Talk Things Over With Him. This subject during the past few days has been more discussed than any other. And not only by the Ger- mans. Rarely have I received a visit from an American, Britisher or Frenchman who not inquired about Stinnes, or desired to meet him. - H Stauds Out as “Messiah.” Stinnes & Never has such power, capital, boldness and en- terprise heen concentrats German. To the sociallsts, Sai emboided who desires to Stin- the whole nation. To the pan- Germans he is a Messiah sent to Germany. In reality he is quite different. He is neither a devil nor a savior. He is far from being a world benefac- tor. like Carnegie, nor has he Harri- man’s sceptic wisdom and majestic common sense. Stinnes has never given largely to charity, nor has he ever written an aphorism. He comes of a Rhine tradesman’s family, of Belgian-Dutch blood. Every traveler used to see the cargo boats on the Rhine bearing the name of Stinnes’ father, Matthlas. The father also owned some coal mines. Hugo, the son, had larger ideas than his father and left him, demanding independence. Therefore he began busineas with the almost ridiculous capital of 50,000 marks. He work- ed quietly. His apostle-like head, with dark, dreamy eyes, first struck of their fi Feondly Loves Mother. He gets only his eyes from his mother, an intellectual, artistic wom- an whom Hugo loves tenderly. Stinnes _purposely dresses shabblly. Albert Ballin, creator of the Ham- burg-American line, to whom 1 per- sonally Introduced Stinnes, only per- uaded him in the last year of the war to buy a dinner jacket. He de- spises luxury. drinks only light dinner wines, do: not smake, and it he occasionally goes to the theater it is only for his wife's sake. He does not care for music or art, and amilingly admits that he never reads books, adding; “My business h: enough claims upon my imagination. Stinnes resides at Mulheim, on the Ruhr, and leads a simple family life. He is at the breakfast table at 7 o'clock, fully dressed. His work- room is scarcely larger than a cell. As late 1917 he traveled four nights weekly, often carrying his own bags, taking a single room at the hotels and receiving visitors in the common parlors. Even. sum- mer at Carlsbad he -took only two rooms for himself and wife, whereas the Italian banker Castiglione re- quired twenty-eight. At the Berlin hotels he spreads himself more on account of his office staff, his moun- talnous correspondence, and the many requests for an audience. Craves Only Power. But Stinnes always disdains osten- dollars. The board of education is made responsible for the care of school property. Through its offi- clals the board exercises every effort to preserve and improve the physical plant of the school system. How- ever, the financial resources provid- ed the board of education for this Kurpou do not make it possible to eep the school buildings and equip- ment up to that degree of efficiency that good business practice would indicate to be essential. The condi- tion of buildings and all permanent has reached it did not call the attention of the Commissioners and of Congress to some of those conditions. Lists Six Items. “The superintendent lists below six items for which substantial appro- priations should be made at once. ‘Many of the public school build- ings in the Distriot of Columbia do not have artificial lighting. The buildings erected in recent years have been wired for electricity. In most cases fixtures have been provided for artificial light. It has long been a desire of the board of education to light with electricity all of the school buildings which require artificial lighting. There are many school buildings used for evening school purposes now insufficiently lighted with gas which should be lighted with electricity. Moreover, there are certain other elementary school buildings where artificlal light is necessary on dark days. . “Artificial lighting of school build- ings In Washington should be universally provided for under nor- mal_conditions. The necessity for artificial lighting is greater because of the part-time instruction now made necessary in our schools owing to lack of satisfactory school ac- commodations. Under _part - time instruction classes regularly are re. tained in the school building until 4:30 pm. or even later. In the lati- tude of Washington artificial light after 3 o'clock during a considerable portion of the school year is a necessity. “] recommend that the board of education adopt a systematic policy of requesting the Commissioners for & substantial item, say $25,000, each year for a period of years. for the purpose of improving the lighting of the public school bulldings, Equipment Is Antiquated. “Some of the elementary school buildings, in the Distriet of Colum- bia were erected thirty, forty or fifty years . They now have in them the same furniture with which they were equipped when they were erected. No general replacement of antiguated sedts and deaks has been possible with the appropriations with which the board of education has been provided. This furniture, of course, is entirely out of date. It is not adjustable. It does not conform to the present day standards of sea ing_pupils. “I recommend that the board of education make every effort to se- cure an appropriation of $15,000 an- nually for a which to replace most of the anti- quated furniture now found in our elementary school buildings. “There is being appropriated an- pually for repairs and improvement | $: to school buildings and grounds ap- proximately $200,000. The board of education has repeatedly asked the Commissioners for an Increase in the amount of this appropriation. “When one considers that the school buildings of the District of Colum- bia with their furniture, heating and tilating systems, represent an ex- penditure of milll of dollars, one realizes how inadequate this appro for keeping those build- rhll‘on . condition. L’;h-'tfm e : nd on this fund.is : Q l HUGO STINNES. tion and cares only for power. Summoned to London By Lioyd George For Conference. Result ‘of Their Meeting Outshines Arms Parley In General Interest. now leads the powerful nationalist party and is almost as popular as the conquered war Jeaders. Would Have Ended War Early. Had Stinnes’ advice prevailed, the war would not have lasted so long. but he would only have consented to a peace giving Germany control of materials necessary for her industries. This remains the ideal of the man who, though national pa- triot, mocks at every suggestion of human feeling or the humanizing of a state policy as mere childish phraseology. This man Stinnes' patridtism is identical with his personal advantage, just as jt is with many great person- ages. Since the defeat his power has grown enormously. He is the master of great banks whose directors trem- ble when Stinnes orders them to Helcome to see him at 8 o'clock in the was a great industrial power even|morning. before the war and was regarded as having the boldest head in Rhine- land. It was whispered. however, During the war Stinnes manufac- tured cannon and munttions. built foundations, new harbors. buiit up a that his boldness induced him to take|trade in ore and oil and foodstuffs. long chances, that his bank debts|bought landr and factdries, hotels were heavy and that a sudden change [and houses, bought forests and cre- in the discount rate might have ruin- |ated for Germany a new type of su- ed him, per-businessman. He now controls . He was at Gastein, an Austrian re- |our coal, iron and steel, the Siemens- Bort, when war was declared. He had |scuckert eleotric works, the Austrian never delved in_ politics, but had [Alpine Mountain Company, the Hugo shared with his Rhine colleagues a |chemical dye works, textile mills, distrust of the weak, moody and |newspapers, printing works, paper ostefftatious kaliser. tened back to t phoning for fourteen hours daily In his narrow study until industrial mobilization was ready. For four years thereafter he was diregtor of all commercial war institutions and |PaTtY. confidential adviser to von Tirpitz and Ludendorfl. It was he who provided the cruisers Goeben and Breslau with the coal which enabled them to reach Turkey. It was he also who Italy with coal in an endeavor to pre- vent her entering the war. The same was true of Holland and Scandinavia. Foatered War Inventions. So Stinnes has- |factories, etc. Yet he has mot reached ¢ Ruhr and aat tele- | the limits of his power. Mere Powerful Than Emperor. 1t Stinnes is elected to tbe reich tag and as a member of the people with great influence over the nationalists, obtains private operation of the railways and the post office. he will be more powerful than ever a Russian or German emperor was. His fanatical admirers seriously provided | giscugs crowning him as duke of the rmans and founding a bourgeois ‘people’s cmpire.”” Would he accept? Those who think of him as solely in- terested in making money do not Stinnes fostered all inventions that [know this man's extraordinary brain Were submitted to him and enabled [or his strange, calm mysticism. He Germany, though blockaded, to con- |is full of creative jmpetus and de- tinue the war by substituting iron for |sire for power and because he has copper, nitrogen for saltpeter, soaked |been successful in so much he has paper for munitions cotton, and even | forgotten eve a coal by-product for oil. He seldom spent a night at home, conducting all of the most im| personally, including those with the doubt about the lim- its of his brain. It is impossible that Stinnes went rtant negotlations |t0 England—whose coal he used to deal in before the war—merely to Japanese Motono and many Russians |talk to Lloyd George, but it is cer- in Stockholm. tain that he has been busy with poli- Stinnes was convinced that Ger- |tics in his own peculiar way. many’s unfavorable situation was due Is Stinnes a new Ceasar? A new to the deplorable inefoiency of Ber. | Napoleon of industry? The old men- lin's policy, but he was equally con- vinced that unrestricted and {nerci- ace of monarchs threatens him, too— the blind adoration of courtiers. Like lcss warfare by land, air and sea |the old Roman he needs after every vould msure victory. 8 treachery any hesitation to bom- bard London and Paris, to deport el | Masses. the simple words: ‘He considercd | Success to have shouted in his ears, drowning the exultation of the “Remem- glan workmen to German factories [P€F: YOU are human.” and mines, to the use of poison gas apd submarines. ‘ He never learned to think politically and believed in the threat of force to break all re- sistance. He was sure the Stock! tiations would succeed, because he did not know Motono's diplomatic rast. He was sure that Beatty's Skagerack losses would force Eng- land to sue for peace and he amiled incredibly at the danger of America entering the war. having no ldea of America’s youthful and aimost senti- mental idealism, nor even of her pro- ductive power. Stinnes thought Amer- fca would not diminish her war prof- its by mobilizing. He thought, also, that the entente would be forced. to make peace because of the aubma. (Copyright, 1921.) DISCUSSES LONDON VISIT. 'olm nego- |Stinnes Calls on Wirth Before Leaving for England. BERLIN, November 26.—Hugo Stinnes called on Chancellor Wirth this morning and discussed with him informally the visit to London from which the capital- ist has just returned. When the con- ference was ended Herr Stinnes again left Berlin. Negotiations between the cabjnet and industrialists relative to foreign credits will be resumed next week, when it is expected the government will make a rines before America could SEBA Rer | fOrmal statement of its plan for maet- men over the seas. This perhaps was pardonable in a bulinellpman l:l the time when the head e January reparations payment. Flscher has been named secretgry g, of the admiralty | Of State for the ministry of finance and fald in the reichstag, “The so-caled | chairman of the German war debt American danger does not exist,” and | commission. the Prussian Minister cll‘re'.l H wim nor fly over the ocean, not one will reach Europe.” This same Hergt, after such grotesque miscalculations, for the repair and upkeep of the heating and ventilating systems and for the repairs to roofs o bulldings. After such repairs have been made the other needs of the school system may be considered. These needs cover painting, olling and general repair work. “I recommend that the board of educatlon continue its efforts to se- cure an increase in the amount ap- propriated for this purpose.” R NINE ARE DROWNED IN LAKE DISASTER Storm Causes . Ontario Steamer to Sink—Four . Bodies Unrecovg.red. By the Associated Press. OSWEGO, N. Y., Nevember 26.—Nine persons lost their lives when the lake steamjer City of New York sank in ke Ontario off .Stony Point in a storm late yesterday. Five bodles, one woman and four men, were picked up by the steamer Isabella H .at a.m. today and brought here. The bodies were found in a yawl beonging to the City of New York. Nearby another {o-t bearing the steamer’s name was drift- 1d: ma fated steamer, his two boys and & member of the crew sought safety when the steamer want down. It is believed they were washed from the boa LCI. t. Harry Randall, ston, hand ‘Th The dead are: Randall their éwlo cl;illdu H Warram mate, Zeleys Bay, Ont.; Harr; ] decichand, " Zeleys Bay. ont: Benl Zeleys B Ont.; Joseph G. Gallagher, fireman, Kln{— Ont.; Frank Gallagher deck- Kingston, Ont. early Thursd: Trenton, On! hate. would have put in there Thursday night under ordinary conditions. A heavy storm, however descended upon Zeleys Bay, On! Esley Warren, Dorey, engineer, e City of New York left here om here by water and the steame: lake and .continued until late SOLDIER FACES CHARGE. Taken to Hamilton, Ontario, on Check Transaction. David Lefkovits, twenty-one years old, serving his second enlistment in the Army at Bolling Field, left hers last night in custody of Sergt. E. Ken- neth Goodman of the Hamilton, Ont., police force, to answer a charge of having passed a worthless check for 26 The check was made payable at Molsons Bank of Canada, in Hamil- ton, and given in favor of H. Minden in payment for a diamond ring. It is claimed that the ring was pawned in Hamilton shortly after its purchase the latter part of August, Lefkovits enlisted in the Aviation Corps about two months after he is alleged to have had the bad .check on, and ‘the Hamilton au- 0 ling lotters he transaoti thorities traced him Pleid, it is stated, through ‘wrote to a friend in his home dity. | e Y e e These posts were made vacant by the resignation a short Ince Americans can neither | time ago of Karl Bergmann. Germany's floating debt on November 20, it was announced today, amounted to 221,150,000,000 marks. CLAIM STRIKE BROKEN. Colorado Mine Owners lepo’rt 20 Per Cent of Men Back.on Job. By the Associated Press. _'I‘RL\'IDAD. Cot., November 26— Ninety per cent of the normal force was reported by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at work in the Trinidad adistrict today at the close of the second week of the strike of miners against a 30 per cent wage reduction. Coal production in Las Animas county yesterday reached its highest figure since the strike opened, the company reported, the tonnage taken out of five mines aggregating 4,266 tons. John McLennan, president of Dis- trict 15, United Mine Workers, said today he was satisfled with the prog- ress of the strike. Arrangements are being made for financial aid for the familles of the striking miners, he said. CONGRESS T0 PUSH ITS SCHOOL INQUIRY Building Situation Here Will Be Among First Matters at New Session. Investigation of the school building situation and the crowded condition in the Jocal public schools will be one of the first matters to receive col sideration after Congress convene week from tomorrow. yet been perfected by the joint co gressional committee, headed by Sen ator Capper. for pursuing the inquiry, but they will be taken up very soon after December 5. Nothing will be done on the investi- gation during the current week, Sena- tor Capper said last night. A meet- ing of the committee will be called soon after the regular seesion meets, when a program for pursuing the work of the investigation will be map- ped out. Hearings will not be held until after this meeting of the committee, Senator Capper said. Plans will be perfected at that time for conducting the hear- ings and determining who should be called before the joint body to give the information the committee needs on which to base a report. As yet, Senator Capper sald further, the com- mittee has not decided on any of the witnesses who would be called upon to testify. Generally, the committee will go into the charges presented by Senator King of Utah, in connection with the alleged delay in the construction of new buildings authorized by Congre and it alro will investigate the effici- ency of the platoon system now being effectively used at the Park View School. a Plans have not —_—— 'URGES DEBS’ PARDON. Private Soldiers and Sailors’ Le- -gion Appeals. to President. President Harding was urged in & communication sent to the White House last night by the Private Sol- diers and Satlors’ Legion to pardon Eugene V. Debs “and every political prisoner whose offense involved no moral turpitude.” The letter was signed by Marvin Gates Sperry, preaj- dent of the organization, and con- tained a scathing denunciation of the American Legion and Hanford Mac- Nider, its national commander, for protesting against the proposed par- doning of Mr. Debs. “In urging this action,” said the letter, ‘‘your excellency may rest as- sured that it voices the desire of a vast majority of the 4,000,000 former enlisted service men.’ ASKS POLICE TO FIND SON. Representative Larsen’s Boy Left Home Friday Night. Willlam Larsen, the sixteen-year- old son of Representative William W. Larsen of Georgia, ha3 disappeared from his home in Clarendon, Va., and the police have been asked to locate him. The boy failed to appear for supper Friday evening, and it was not until yesterday that his parents received a post card from him. The father told the police that the boy had talked of going away. He had stated no probable destination, however. A message sent out from police headquarters asked that search for the boy be instituted. He was de- scribed as having medium complexion, blue eyes and dark hair. It is believed he has gone to New York. I The Sale of CHRISTMAS SEALS Begins on December 1st The Proceeds of the Sale Are the Chief Support of Our Work for Reducing Tuberculosis Compared Wi 648 Lives th the Death Rate of 20 Years Ago, We Saved Last Year \ How Did We Do It? By Educational Pmman‘da in the public schools, by our Bulletins in Sunday newspapers, by Day Camps, Health 35,000 Children Health Buy Nurses, Nutrition Clinics Rules, Health Rhymes, and by our Crusade. Christmas Seals And Help Us Continue the Fight! This Bulletin is Paid for by the Assoclation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone Main 982 (Leval \ Notics) 923 H Strest NW. ell (“Fats”) and Richard Douglas (“C: ng department of the District of Columbin for the most eflicient wervice among its employes. L s e e e e e e Fresh Home-Grown Cherries Add Joy to Thanksgiving Feast By the Associated Press. SPARTANBURG, 8. C. No- vember 26 ~Fresh home-grown cherries formed the dessert at the Thanksgving dinner of J.T. Foster of White Stome, this county. A tree on the Foster farm has produced two full crops of fruit this yea: The fall crop has been ripen. ing several days fruit is as lusciouns Erown In the spring. WOULD NAME LORD CHIEF OF POLCE Anacostia Citizens and Trade Board Urge Present Cap- tain for Superintendent. Resolutions urging the District Commissioners to appoint Capt. C. P. M. Lord of the eleventh precinct as major and superintendent of police, to succeed Maj. Gessford, were adopted last night by the Anacostia Citizens' Association and Board of Trade at & meeting in the Masonic Hall, 14th and U streets southeast. * At the same time a motion was passed regretting the retirement of Maj. Gessford and commending him for his_ efficient handling of police affairs in the District of Columbia during his administration. Both measures were put forward by Dr. George C. Havenner. District Suffrage Urged. Charles § Baker, president of the Federatiofi ‘of Citizens' Associations, advocated the cause of representa- tion in Congress and in the electoral college for citizens of the District of Columbia in a brief address to the association. He declared that for tire District to have mere delegates. without the right of vote, in Con- gress would not meet popular ap- proval. Full representation in both houses of Congress and the right to vote for the President and Vice President of the United States should be extended, he pointed out. A committee will be designated to consider the various bills pending in- volving the vote for the District of Columbla with a view to making recommendations at a later meeting. William J. Latimer was elected president of the association for the sixth time last night. Mrs. Louis J. Smith was ‘elected vice president. Members of the board of directors were selected as follows: F. A. Dony, F. L. Earnshaw, Charles M. Putnam, J. C. Beveridge, Mrs. M. J. McGrath, G or%e A. Williams, Robert Thomp- son, Capt. C. P. M. Lord, S. R. Camp- bell, Dr. George C. Havenner, Maurice Otterback, J. Frank Campbell and Dr. C. H. Weiss. Col. Sherrill Thanked. A resolution expressing the thanks and appreciation of the organization to Col. Sherrill for improvements planned in connection with the de- velopment of Anacostia Park was adopted. Mr. Baker presented awards in the lawn. contest recently held in Ana- costia under the auspices of the as- ciation to the following boys and ris: _Willlam Benhoff, Elizabeth ing. Marian McGill, Beulah Farm- er, arvin ' Buckley, Walter Rhin- hardt, Edmund Hubacker and Emily Fraband. SHOP-EARLY APPEAL. ‘With Christmas less than & month away, the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association last night issued its annual appeal to the people of the District to do their shopping early. Charles J. Columbus, secretary of the association, said last night that the crowds in the stores during the past week indicated that many families already are taking advantage of the opportunity to avoid the last-minute such. He urged all who did not s last week to start out tomorrow. Housewives who can do so will add to their own comfort and to ithe con- venience of working men and women by shopping @uring the morning hours, Mr. Columbus pointed out. Early morning shoppers will find it easier to make selections. Half the joy of the Yuletide season is taken away, Mr. Columbus believes, by the annoyance of last-minute buy- ing.'. TRAFFIC WELL HANDLED. Commissioner Oyster last night ad- dressed letters to the police depart- ment and the Home Defense League volcing his appreciation of the orderly manner_in which traffic was handled at the Wednesday night reception in honor of the delegates to the arms conference. The Commissioner sald credit was due Acting Mai- Danlel Sullivan, Capt. A. J. Headley of the traffic bureau, Capt. Brown of the first precinct and the officers of the Home Defense Lesgue, all of whom co-operated in regulating the flow of ines to and from the recsption hall in the National Museum. WILL LECTURE ON HOMES. A national better home movement, organized to promote comfort, beauty, health, happiness and efficiency in the home, will be given here Tyesday. November 29, in & free lecture at the Playhouse, ‘1814 N street northwest, at 11 a.m., by Minnie Brunker Ross of New York city, director and founder of the National Better Homes Insti- tute. This movement is already oper- atinig in more than 100 American t] dl:‘?‘- Miss Ross' purpose to present to_those interested the iciples of art governing the sel on and ar- home’ furnfshings. "), enemlies of dirt. who captured the | PART OF TREASURY ROOF METAL TAKEN Copper Held in Storage by Government Is Removed. Three Men Arrested. Charge of theft of 700 pounds of copper that had formed part of the roof of the Treasury Department wus preferred aguinst Owen Stanley Barnes and Wiiliam Henry Contee, both colored, the former residing at 43 L wtreet and the latter at 36 Myr- tle street northeast, by Detectives Springmann and Darnall last night Bernard Louis Chisivoir, 219 L street, was arrested and charged with re- ceiving the stolen property. He also was charged with several violations of the police regulations. Two Thefts of Metal, The metal was removed from the roof of the Treasury Department during the course of changes to the building that are still in progress, and taken to the building of the general supply committee of the department in east Potomac Park. Five hundred pounds of the metal disappeared from the building in Potomac k early Friday morning. it was reported. and 00 pounds were taken yesterday morning. _Two colored men in & motor hicle were seen at the building v terday morning by W. H. Brow: watchman on duty. who resides a 995 Florida avenue. It is charged they were loading the vehicle with copper. Brown fired at them and frightened them off after they had taken about 200 pounds of the metal. Report of the affair was made to the police and Detectives Darnall and Springmann arrested the men. Accused as Purchaser. Following the arrests of the color- ed men, the detectives arrested Chis- ivoir and charged him with having purchased the alleged stolen metal from the colored men. The metal was recovered from a business house where it was baled for shipment out of the city. Both colored men ad- mitted thefts of the metal. the de- tectives stated, and declared the junk dealer told them to do it. Chisivoir denied having said fuch a thing to the men and said he had no idea the metal was stolen. Bond in the sum of $1.200 was furnished for the appearance of Chisivoir in Police Court tomorrow. DRY RAIDERS UNCOVER BIG STILL AND MUCH MASH Find No Finished Product on Ad- dison Estate, But Arrest Ander- son—7Visit Near-Beer Saloon. Revenue Agents Ecksten, Lipscomb and Evans and Sergts. Ready and Ryon and. Privates Osterman and ucas raided the home of Edward Lee Anderson, on the Addison estate, a short distance beyond Garfield, last night and reported the discovery of a thirty-rallon still in the stable loft beneath a quantity of hay, while seventy-five gallons of mash was in the dwelling. Most of the mash was destroyed, while the still and Ande son were taken to the eleventh pre cinct police station. Charges of hav- ing a still and mash in his possession were filed against Anderson, and he was locked up. ‘The near-beer saloon of Samuel Markovitz, 1327 7th street, last night was raided by Revenue Agents Eck- sten and Evans and Sergt. Gray and Detective Joe Waldron of the second precinct. It is stated that the pro- prietor brushed from the bar 2 num- ber of glasses from in fromt of patrons, the glasses, it is charged, containing cider and ginger extract. Mrs. Lena Markovitz, wife of the propreitor, is alleged to have attempt- ed to assault one of the revenue gents and was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. She was re- quired to deposit $25 collateral for her appearance. Charges of ling. fllegal possession and maintaining nuisance were preferred against her t | husband. Seizure of hard cider and various kinds of extracts were re- ported. Precinct Detectives Garrison and Murphy and Revenue Agent F. T. Rose last night arrested Samuel Friedlander, twenty-three years old, at his place of business, 654 19th street northeast, and charged him with selling peach extract. He fur- nished a bond of $500 and was re- leased. —_— POLISH PEOPLE TO MEET. Celebration of 1830 Insurrection to Be Held Today. A meeting of all Polish people in the District and vicinity to celebrate the “1830 Insurrection” will be held in Knights of Pythias Hall today, under the auspices of the Polish Club of ‘Washington. Severzi speakers will attend. ‘ncluding Representatives Kleczka of Wisconsin and Kunz of Tlinois; Dr. Durand and John Wedda of the Department of Commerce; Dr. Kolusowski of George Washington Untversity, and Jean Labat of the French embassy. FORMER D. C. MAN DIES. ‘Walter A. Montgomery, Judge, Succumbs at Raleigh. N. C. ‘Walter A. Montgomery, judge of the supreme court of North Carolina and 2 resldent of Washington for several years, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Raleigh, N. C.. according to word received here last night. He was seventy-seven years of age and was a distinguished Confederate soldier. During his residence in wnm-gcn he gathered Information for a history which he wrote on the civil war. B 3 IDRY AGENTS SEIZE $1,000,000 LIQUORS Scotch Whisky in Bond Said_ to Have Passed in Quanti- ties to Bootleg Channels. NEW YORK. November 26.—More n 13,000 cases of Scotch liquore. valued at $1,000,000, have been seized by federal prohibition authorities in bonded warehouses here, it was learned tonight, following discovery that enormous quan- tities of imported intoxicants were .| being diverted to bootleg channels. The seizures were made in co-operation With customs_authorities. E. C. Yellowley, acting federal pro- hibition director. said that his depart ment contemplated the further confisca tion here and in nearby ports of & additional 35,000,000 worth of liquors. A shipment of more than 8,000 cases of whisky consigned to the Alps Drug Company, wholesalers, whose license recently was revoked by Mr. Yellowley, was the first seiged. of another confiscated shipment, he said, was found to be actually consigned to a national bank here, which had been fur- nishing letters of credit for two large liquor firms. Mr. Yellowley said the hank was under investigation by Wash- ington authorities. Pending further investigation of the alleged withdrawal of imported liquors. Mr. Yellowley said that the ruling re- garding permits of withdrawal had been offered by the street | changed o that permits issued by pro- hibition directors in other states would have to be approved by him before being submitted 1o customs authorities. The firm in Scotland which exported the seizad liquor has engaged New York attorneys and through them will con- test at Washington Monday the ri of this government to seize its liq The firm's representative in this coun- try will accompany the lawyers. ARBUCKLE DEFENSE 10 CLOSE MONDAY Fingerprint Clues Attacked by Expert; Miss Rappe Il Before, Witnesses Say. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 26— The defense expects to close its pre- sentation of evidence in the Roscoe C. Arbuckle case next Monday. it announced tonight when court ad- journed over the week end. Finger- prints bulked large in today's pro- ceedings. The prints in question were found on doors of rooms in the hotel where Arbuckle gave the party last September at which Virginia Rappe is said to have received fatal injuries at the comedian's hands, and as a re- sult of which he is on trial. Ignatius H. McCarthy. former in- vestigator for the federal Depactment of Labor, was called as a fingerprint expert by the defense to controvert testimony offered by E. O. Helnrich of the University of California. & con- sulting _criminologist. Heinrich had sworn that some prints on the door |of the room where Miss Rappe was found injured were those of the de- fendant and that these and others in- dicated a struggle between Arbuckle and Miss Rappe. His Expertness Questi McCarthy's qualifications as an ex- pert were under fire from the prose- cution when court adjourned. Among other witnesses today were Philo McCullough, a motion picture actor of Hollywood. Calif. and Mrs. Florence Bates of Santa Ana, Calif.. friends of Miss Rappe. Both testified they had on various occasions seen Miss Rappe “double up” with pain and tear at her clothing. According to previous evidence Miss Rappe did_this at the Arbuckle party. Harry Barker, rancher of the Stockton district and friend of Miss Rappe, took the stand at the opening of court for the completion of his cross-examination, which was begun yesterday. According to Barker, Miss Rappe of & na- ture unknown to him while she was visiting in Chicago and South Haven, Mich., ten years ago and later. Misx Rappe died of a bladder rupture, said by the prosecution to have beel caused by external force applied b Arbuckle. The defense contends t the rupture was a spontaneous climax of a long-standing affection of the organ. Says She Tore Her Clothes. Mrs. Bates testified to having met Miss Rappe in a Chicago department store in October, 1913, while Miss Rappe was engaged as a cloak model and the witness as a clerk. On three occasions Miss Rappe tore her clot! doubled up and screamed and taken to the store hospital, she tes fied. During one_ of the attacks Miss Rappe tore off and utterly ruined & gown she had been displaying in a style show. Mrs. Bates said. 3 McCullough said he entertained Miss Rappe at his home about seven months ago and “she took a few drinks of gin, became very noisy and | tore her stockings and waist off. He was friendly with Arbuckle and visited the Arbuckle home many times, he said. Liquor was served on one of these occasions. he testified. AUGUSTA FIRE LOSS STIMATES DIFFER Department Chief in Georgia City Believes Total Is Not Over Mililon. By the Assoclated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga., November 26.—Loss from the fire, which early this morn- ing threatened the entire business section of Augusta and finally ra: half of the block, bounded by Broad. 8th and Ellis streets, will not e ceed $1,500,000, according to estimates of business men and local under- writers. Fire Chief Frank G. Rex- nolds, however, belileves that the losx will not exceed the million mark. Cheeked by Sprinklers. Chief Reynolds tonight aiso stated that but for the sprinkler system of the J. B. White and Company depart- ment store and the timely assistance of the Aiken fire department, the White building and the Genesta Hotel would have been a total loss. Lack of sufficient hose handicapped the local fire fighters and the arrival of the Aiken volunteer department with 1,000 feet of additional hose saved the day, in the opinion of the Augusta chie No lives were lost in the fire. Police and hotel officials today checked up 1ists of hotel guests and no missing pe. - sons have been reported to the police. Only two easualties resulted from the fire, according to hospital reports. Fire Captain B. ¥ Crouch of Augusta and Fireman A. B. F.l Smith gx’:’a‘:fl:'iken nt’ recejving mino; p ""A"‘h’-‘ ul‘:- is mnfl“n‘od to the following bulldings: Johnson bullding. tal loss: Harrison bullding, total .;:r:_l‘m! burn- , tol Hot Hotel, total loss: Genesta burned: J. B. White & Co. partly ed; .t ugusta total also ignited three away from the big blase, all stores being gutted. i two three