Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1921, Page 4

CONGRESSIONAL' TOLD HOW TO BENEFIT SCHOOLS Sl s R RS AR Sl Bttt B paaieTEs COMMITTEE {Thomas E. Finegan, Superintendent of In- _struction in Pennsylvania, Urges Prompt Immedlate construction of school bulldings here regardless of cost should be provided for by Congress, Thomas E. Finegan, superintendent of nstruction of the state of Penn- sylvania, told the congresslonal joint committee investigating the local school situation. He told the com- mittee that if they dldn’t provide the necessary buildings now, they would rob the children of the right to an education. He opposed in no uncer- tain terms any school surveys In the * and Ample Provision for Education. seed than in the classroom, he told the committee, and when a teacher realises that her work is being watched she will keep up her efficiency. ‘“‘Any proper supervisor will tell you that the school here as elsewhele are undersupervised,’ he added. A teacher, he sald, cannot handle ef- fectively and efficiently more than thirty pupils, and it should not be more than twenty. If a kindergarten teacher han- dles even twenty pupils effectively she Is -doing a splendid ptece of werk, he sald. Powers of School Superintendent. He told the committee that it should ask the superintendent of schools here i e Sl THE EVE MAKES PLAYHOUSE Pupils Exhibit Product of Their Skill and Prepare Christmas Program. Even it Santa Claus is forced to slight children attending the speclal public school at 810 Gth street south- west, they are going to have a “mer- ry Christmas” Elaborate prepara- tions are being made by the pupils for a Yuletide celebration Thursday, and thelr teachers expect it to eclipse any other event at the school. A large playhouse, which is to have an important part in the Christmas entertainment, has been constructed by the pupils, and during spare mo- ments now their dexterous fingers are G STAR, WASHINGTON, D.. 0, SATURDAY, DECEMB ISPECIAL SCHOOL T AR et FR 17, 1921, “MAYFLOWERS” TO DINE. Plan Banquet, With Entertain- ment, for Next Wednesday. ‘The annual banouet of the May- flower Soclety. in the District of Co- lumbia. is to be held at 7:30 o'clock ‘Wednesday night at the New Willard Hotel. Thomas 8. Hopkins, Hibbs building, is in charge of tickets and arrangements. Speakers will include Ernest Wilder Bradford, presiding; Carter ster Keens, who will read the pact”; Willlam Tyler Page, clerk af the House; Judson C. Welliver, who will respond to the toast, “The Presi- dent,” and Representative Edward C. Little of Kans: Music will be furnished by Mrs. Ralph P. Barnard and Mrs. John L. Cable. meeting will close with the singing of “Pralse God From Whom All Blessings Flow. FUGITIVES ESCAPE OPPOSES “GROUPS” INAMERICAN LIFE J. A. Emery Urges Instruc- tion for Children in Gov- ernmental Forms. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 17—Depre= cating the trend toward the estabe lishment of “groups” instead of & de- velopment of indlvidual citizenship, James A. Emery of Washington, gen- eral counsel of the National Associa- tlon of Manufacturers, speaking at & luncheon of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association, declared that the need of the United States today is the teac g of its governmental f;inclnles to the children of the na- io * he said, “we teach it only in the universities, and thousands of District by outsiders, saying that If & survey was needed it should be made by the local school officlals. “The question of education Is to map out a building program, show- Ing where schools will be needed, and len they will be needed, bulldings that should be condemned, and when. He should be able to say just what they men and women g0 through life with only the faintest idea of their country and how it is governed. “We speak of ‘radical thought' lightly, and & majority of th¢ people busy making miniature furniture and decorations for the house. ¥t will be finished and completely appointed early next week, and it will be put NET ABOUT CAVE a provements, and cannot be put off for reasons of economy as they can. Boys and girls do not walt in thelr growth. “You congressmen, representing both the taxpayers and the children have no right to rob them of th opportunity for an education, for they | are the future citizens. If you do not} provide facilities now you are rob- bing them, and the respensibility Is| yours.” i He told the committee that though building costs were lower | than last year, there was nothing to indicate that there would be & reduc- ! tion in the next few years. Children | now are not getting proper cduca- | tion. Part time at the schools he characterized as a disgrace and fixed the size of a class that could bel taught efficiently as twenty puplls The matter of costs should not enter into the question in any wa: Many Constructive Suggeations. Superintendent Finegan_ talked to the committee for two hours, an- | swered the questions fully and frank- | 1y and gave many constructive sug- gestions, offering to send here ex- perts from his department. who de: directly with buiiding pl the cur riculum, etc. Here are some of th things he told the committee in a direct w School surveys made do more harm than good. He would rather di around the table the school situxtion with lay men than to get two-thirds of the skilled technicians in the field. The committee should be able to get frem its own people in the schools here all the information it needed on which to act. The schools should have a research bureau. If they didn't have it now it was the fault of Congress. The superintendent of schools here should be able to get the necessary data, and it he cannot there is some- ing wrong. S tola the committcemen that the very best way for them to satisfy themselves is to go out and see the schools in action, and he added that they should not forget to take With them those who handle the purse- trings. S he 6-3-3 system of education should be established here. This is the six vears elementary schooling. three years junior high school and three years senior high school. He opposed the platoon system for the reason that it had not been.thor- oughly tested. He characterized as a crime plans to put up school buildings without playgrounds, saying playgrounds were necessary for the moral development of the children. d Election of the board of education by the people or appointment by the President was urged. Appointments by judges had mever been satisfac- tory, he said. because they .are not close enough to the peoble: He opposed compensated board of education as most vicious. The school officials must be given plenty of authority, and full confi- dence should be put in them, and they should be made to feel their responsibility. ‘Washington is no place for an agricultural college, such as proposed by Secretary Davis. Such institutions belong In the agricultural regions, he said. Teachers definite bas based on achievements vear in the schoolroom, vearly increase as a longevity. The school officials should lay out a definite program. they know the situation as to buildings, etc. Ideal Place for Model System. by outsiders salaries should have a , with yearly increments during the and not a matter ot pointing out that all building plans and programs wero made up and approved in the school superintendent’s bureau of construction. He sald he wouldn't undertake to map out a course of study ‘Washington schools. a locality, pointing out that Wash- ington could not use the system, for instance. that Is effective In Pitts- burgh. Lut he offered to send to the committee a man from his department who could help it to map out the technical side of the curriculum. ‘When S or King suggested that the -3 sytem was a miove to get teachers In the higher grades with her salaries, Dr. Finegan replied: You are entirely wrong. Asked by the committee to suggest some place where it could go to see the best school system, including buildings, etc, he told it to go to California, s there it would find the very best sydtem in the country. California has taken the lead in edu- antion, he sald. He advocated free text books for all school children, and said that schools should be provided both with auditoriums and gymnasiums. He told the committee that it could use the present 8-4 bulldings in Washington for the 6-3-3 system pro- vided. of course, that they were of modern construction. {PRESIDENT TO BE GUEST. Indoor Riding Program to Be Given Today at Fort Myer. President and Mrs, Harding late this afternoon will attend the first of the series of Indoor riding exhibitions to be held during the winter at Fort yer, Va. This occasion will be dis- tinguished also by the introduction of a number of entertainment features, such as a tea-dance to follow the ex- hibit, a bazaar and the presence of many distinguished persons. Secretaries Weeks and Denby of the War and Navy departments, respec- tively, will attend, as will Senator Wadsworth, chairman of the Senate military committee, and Representa tive Kahn, chairman of the House military committee. The exhibition and entertainment this afternoon will be held for the benefit of the Army Relief Associa- tion, and it is hoped by those in charge, that the proceeds will exceed those of last year, when more than $1,400 was derived. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Rain tonight and probably tomorrow morning, warmer tonight; colder tomorrow; fresh southwest, shifting to north- west winds. Maryland—Rain tonight and prob- ably tomorrow morning, warmer to- night; colder tomorrow; strong south- west, shifting to northwest winds. Virginia—Rain tonight and prob- ably tomorrow morning, warmer i east and central portions tonight; much colder tomorrow; strong south- west winds and probably gales, shift- ing to northwest tomorrow. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 37; 2 p.m., 36; 12 midnight, 36; 4 a.m., 38; 8 am,, 41; noon, 51. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.5 30.56; 12 midnight, 30.48; 4 a.m., 30.34; noon, 3 Highest temperature, 51, occurred at noon today; lowest temperature, 36, occurred at 11:45 p.m. yesterday. Temperature same date last year— With only a few decorations lack- ing, the house has been placed near tRe front window of the school, where is is plainly discernible to pedestrians. It already has attracted much atten- tion, and teachers of other schools in the neighborhood are planning to take their puplls to view the exhibi- tion some time next week. It is a two-story house and con- tains two bedrooms, a sitting room and a front porch, with a balcony above. It has all the appolntments— minlature, of course—of a modern home. Small Christmas tree balls have been cleverly arranged so a to_represent electric lights. The house is covered with cotton batting, which represents snow. Ad- joining 1t is an Imitation fish pon represented by a mirror which ha been relegated to the junk pile. The pond s dotted with toy fish and ducks, BSurrounding the house and on the porch and balcony are dolls, the supposed inhabitants. Division of Work. The dolls were dressed by girls at- tending the school, while all the minfature furniture and toys were made by the boys in the manual training room of the schoo The boys also made carpet for the floor of the house from walil paper. School authorities have manifested much Interest in the work of the children attending this school, and today Walter B. Patterson, director ecial schools, viewed the play- exhibit. Other officials are ning to visit the school before the Christmas holldays. JUDGE SAUNDERS DEAD AT ROCKY MOUNT HOME Member of Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Was Formerly in Congress Seat. By the Associated Pres: RICHMOND, Va., December 1 Judge E. W. Saunders of the Virginia supreme court of appeals died yesterday afternoon at his home in Rocky Mount Va. Death was due o a heart affec tion. Judge Saunders for many years repre- | sented the fifth Virginla district in Con- gress, and was succeeded by the late Rorer A. James when Mr. Saunders was | appointed to the bench. The funeral of | Judge Saunders will take place at Rocky | Mount, Va., this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Judge Saunders was born in Franklin | county, Va., October 23, 1860, being | | sixty-one years old at the time of his death. He was the son of Peter and | Elizabeth (Dabney) Saunders. He re- | ceived his primary education in the | grammar _and high schools in Bedford | county. He received the degree of LL. B. at the University of Virginia in 1582 He married Nancy D. Walker of Lynch- burg December 11, 1386. He began the | practice of law at Rocky Mount in 1852, and was a member of the Virginia house | of delegates from 1887 to 1901 and | speaker of the house from 1899 to 1901. | He was judge of the circuit court! from 1901 fo 1906, and in ‘November, { 1906, was elected to the Fiftieth session | of Congress for the unexpired term of | Claude A. Swanson, resigned. He was | successively_re-elected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first sessions of Congress, serving from 1907 to 1911 from the fifth Virginia district, and then was appoint- ed to the supreme court bench. —— WOULD KEEP RESOURCES | | i whi Playhouse, bullt and completely turnished with miniature appointments by children attending the public apeeinl achool at 810 6th street southwest. Puplls are now at work decorating it with Christmas greens for exhibition next week. MARTI ACQUTED INLIQUOR ROBBERY Washington Defendant Wins at Frederick—Wife to Be Special Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., December 17.— George Martin of Baltilmore and Washington, one of ten persons in- dicted by a Frederick county grand jury, in connection with the robbery of the OQuterbridge Horsey Company warehouses, Burkittsville, Md, In which 1,100 cases of Horsey whisky were stolen, was found “not gullty” last evening by a jury after a two-day | trial. i Martin's case was the beginning of a long series of trials, the result of | an investigation by Washington of- ficials into the so-called $100,000 wkisky delivery in Frederick county late on the night of September 9. Arrested in Baltimore. Martin was arrested in Baltimore when a truck loaded with Horsey broke down on the streets. His | wife, Nettic Martin, was placed under | arrest at the same time and will go| on trial in the Frederick county cir- cuit court next week. Martin admitted having been in Frederick county on the morning fol- lowing the robbery, but said that he went there to purchase 100 cases of | Horsey whisky from Andrew Eck of | Ealtimore, also under indictment in the robbery case, who. he said, had promised to deliver it to him at Mon- rovia, Md. Martin denied all complicity in the Burkittsville robbery, although he was identified by George Willing, a! government guard, as being one of| five men who held him up in the of- fices of the warhouses. Two other persons, Carl Snook and George Dyer. both of Frederick, identified Martin as being in a “whisky truck train.” which, they said, they passed while en route to Frederick. Snook and Dyer claim that Martin halted their car and forced them at gun's point to accom- pany the “whisky train” to Frederick, where they were released, after being given one case of whisky and $20. Five Ballots by Jury. The jury, of which Gordon M. Ash, Araby, was foreman, took five ballots, | the first being seven to five for ac- quittal. Martin testified that large quanti- Tried—Others Accused. | Abe Martin Says: > (e} for a plebiscite satisfactory to ments. will be nient. garding the s in_good faith. Public sentiment is over-| "RECqne whelmingly behind Constable Plum in his stubborn fight t’ break up th’ practice of includ- in’ chicken necks in giblet pies Tipton Bud is raisin’ a set o’ Airedale whiskers. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) HALF-HOLIDAY GRANTED GOVERNMENT WORKERS ion. Plan for Overtures, it can conference The congress, President's Order for Saturday In- cludes Practically All Federal and D. C. Employes. practically all the federal and mu- llit!|pn| employes in the District of Columbia will have a half-day holi- day mnext Saturday under the pro- Visions of an executive order issued by President Harding as follow: “uit is hercby ordered that on De- cember 24th, 1921, four hours, exclu- sive of the time for luncheon, shall constitute a day's work for all clerks and other employes, including per diem employes of the federal govern- Tent and government of the District of Columbia, in the said District of “olumbia. OO B rovided. however, that this order shall not apply to any bureau or office of the federal government, or the District of Columbia, or to any of the S: in favor of a have been made by the government of Chile for a meeting of the Pan-Ameri- near future which will be acceptable to the smembers of that conference. Washington, then in Dio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, ha next in Santiago, Chile, in 1915 outbreak of the warld that meeting, and there I sessions of the ocongr meeting in Buenos Aires. ean ambassador to the had been in communication with the State Department regaridng a re- sumption of the meetings of the Pan- American Congress, and it is under- stood that this government will .S TOBE NEUTRAL IN CHILE-PERU CASE Will Be Satisfied With Any Arrangement Mutually Agreed Upon. The attitude of the American gov- ernment toward the proposal of Chile to determine the dis- position of the provinces of Tacna and Arica was described today as one of strict neutrality. Any agreement reached between Chile and Peru. which is mutually those two govern- very satisfactory to the American governmeat, it was said by a high official of the State Depart- The department was without any advices from its agents in Peru re- tement yesterday by the Peruvian foreign minister that the advances of Chile were not made the proposal in high offi- cia] quarters yesterday that steps be taken for an accord between the gov- ernment of North America, Cen 4nd South America on the recogni of the de facto governments, it w.. said at the State Department today that no steps had been taken L. the department for inaugurating cord on principles of such recogni- al i ac- Unfon to Meet. also was said today, at some time in the which wmet first in d decided to meet The ar prevented Ve been no s since the The Chil- United States be meeting arranged on the call of Chile LESS NUMBER OF JOBLESS. Unemployed in Country Diminish, Result of National Conference. Number of the unemployed in the to Use Tear Gas. By the Aseoclated Pres: FRANKFORT, Ky., December 1 Bud Noble and two members of his family, Beecher and Soldier Noble, have escaped from the mountain cave in which natfonal guardsmen and a sheriff’s posse thought they had them surrounded, and from which the =ol- diers were planning to bomb the fug! tives out with tear gas. The Nobles were being sought in connection with the m!dnight attack on the Breathitt county jail last Saturday, when a man and a woman were fatally wounded and another woman prob- ably fatally wounded. Kale Noble, a young son of Bud Noble, was arrested by the soldiers as he was making his way from the sup- posed new hiding place of his father to their home, probably for suppiie according to a telephonic report r ceived by the adjutant general's of- fice here from Capt. H. M. Holbrook, commander of the guardsmen. Tom Noble, who was sent into the cave by officers to ask his father to surrender and who stayed with them, was re- captured. The new hiding place of the Nobles is known, Capt. Holbrook says. Al- though both Bud and Beecher Noble are reported badly wounded, their superior knowledge of the mountains enabled them to escape from the cave through an entrance not known to :Xheflr pursuers, Capt. Holbrook be- eves. FORD EXPERTS TO CONFER WITH SECRETARY WEEKS Will Discuss Offer for Purchase and Lease of Muscle Shoals Properties. gincer experts in the employ of Henry Tord will confer with Segre- tary of War Weeks at noon Monday in regard to the offer of the Detroit manufacturer for purchase and least of the Muscle Shoals, Ala., nitrate and P er plants. cretary Weeks. in addition . to making this announcement, said he would be willing to entertain any proposition submitted by C. C. Tinke head of a San Francisco construction company, who, several days ago, wired the War Department with respect to any offer for the Muscle Shoals prop- erties. The Ford engineers to meet with the War Secretary Monday were an- nounced as J. W. Worthington and W. B. Mayo. It was not disclosed whether they will be empowered to act in any final manner for Mr. Ford Se ¥ Weeks, it was learned fo- | directly from Mr.'| the manufacturer, accom- | panied by Thomas A. Edison, com- pleted the inspection trip of the Muscle Shoals plant. With respect to the offer of Mr. Timker to take over the Musc hoals project and operate it for the | joint benefit of the company of which he is the head and the War Depart- | ment, Secretary Wecks said he had requested representatives of Mr. Tinker to meet him and lay a de tailed_proposal before him, but to date had heard nothing further of that request. 1 i i | vital one,” he said. "It is serlous t0|would cost, and to that end he should |on exhibition for residents of ‘the . - the boys and girls who must 8oon g9 |have a school building department under | community and children attending associate It with the turning over 1 irely sLden ip roug Que into the world. It ls entifel |him = This s the practicy that has|nearby schools. guisting goveraments by anarchy. erent fro o - | worked well In Pennsylvanfa, he sald, Exhibit Attracts Many. c H et i On et . ordon as Soldiers Plan [portant thing in our national 1ife. ‘radical thinking. be made to ha Every effort should e people go to the root of our political system, which is threatened by the many plans that have been advocated for its improve- ment, but’ which in reality would bring it to harm. Trend Toward Groups. “The trend today is toward the es- tablishment of groups. We have the ‘agricultural group.’ the “labor group’ and other bodles which represent cer- tain intercsts. One group cannot s things from the viewpoint of other groups, and, as a comsequence; will often oppose measures which would be of incalculable benefit to the coun- try. There is cxtreme danger in the development of these groups, for they will eventually destroy individual citizenship. “There is a tendeucy on the part of these groups to be impatient and in this there is:an added dapger. Then there is & false notion on the. part of the people about the judiciary. A strugile i courts. People make their dec and not judicial lin; In some states laws hav been passed for the recall of members i the bench whose de- cisions do not meet popular approval “These things are hurtful and can best be remedied by the teaching of the fundamentals of our government to the children of nation. We should start early. Thousands arc forced by circumstances to leave scheol at an carly ag MR. HOOVER NAMED. Will Head U. S. Section of Inter- American High Commission. Secretary Hoover has been named head of the United States section of the inter-American high commission succeeding Secretary Mellon of the Treasury, whose resignation was ac cepted by President Harding yester- day. The President, it was under- stood, will ask the commission at its next s on to appoint Sceretary Mel- lon to be honorary chairman. E The inter-American commis organized in 1915 to bring uniformity in commercial law and ad- ministrative relations of th republics and more stabl relations between Latin America the United State SOON TO LEAVE FOR POSTS Former Students of Foreign Service School Gei Positions. . . Two forier “stuffents of Georgelg™ College School of Forcign Service, fc cently appoinied to the consular servie are Inaking préparations to leave fo their posts. They are Richird P. But rick, who goes to Valparaiso, Chile, a vice' con and Willarg L. Beauta. viee consul at Tampico, Mexico. Beaulac was the first sfudent to e céive a degree of bachclor of foreig at the Georgeiown school last ne. Butrick {& president of the Delt. £ma Pi Chapter at the college. being made to upset the nt 31 w the judges to along popular S —_— A Combination Room end Fire Place Heater FAR SUPERIOR IN STATE OF PREPARATION | country has been greatly reduced as a result of the national conference on unemployment called by President Harding, according to a report of the results obtained by that body, issued last night by its chairman, Secretary Hoover. At the time of the conference, it was estimated that 3,500,000 persons were out of work, the report said, while FARMERS MAKE PLEA. Seek Immediate Revival of U. S. Grain Corporation. Immediate revival of the United States Grain Corporation and the | pooled buying of wheat by the gov- ! ties of Horsey whisky were stored in {woods near Monrovia by Eck. He i claimed that Eck had told him he was getting whisky from the Burkittsville distilleries by ‘“permits”- He said| that a truckload of the whisky was | sent into Washington from the “stor- age” near Monrovia a few days after the robbery, but denied he had part {in the transportation of the liquor. clerks or per diem employes thereof, that may for special public reasons be excepted therefrom by the head of the department having supervision or control of such bureau or office, or Where the same would be inconsist ent with the provisions of existing law. It is expected that a similar order will be issued giving a half-day holi- Mr. Finnegan told the committeemen that if they carried out the plans they were working on, they will have | rendered the very best service to} America. Washington is the ideal| place for a model system, he went on, and the committee, if it follows the lead it has taken, will set the pace for the entire country, educators will Highest. 41; lowest, 31. Condition of the Water. Temperature and_condition of the water at $ a.m - Great Falls—Tem- RERInEE L35 s eont i clean in men, money and material, properiy Tide Tables. organized, so that if the necessity (Compiled by United States Coast and | arises they will be in a state of im- Geodetic Survey.) {mediate readiness,” declared Secretary TO ALL OTHER HEATERS Ol;' THE SAME TYPE IS THE - | [ “The aim of the War Department is to keep the resources of the country, come here from all parts of the coun- : 1 e i : {of War Weeks, in an_address before o Taook the plant over and copy it | o ngTay Lo i Sae 5 42 aan. and|the United States War Industries| day on the Saturday before New |3fr Hoover believes that 1,500,000 and | ernment for an established price is | people that the board and school offi- | 6:08 p.m. Board Sumibanqustneldiat the st Births Reported Year day. perhaps as many as 2,000,000 men and | being sought by the Farmers' Na- cials must be kept close to them. and | Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:48 a.m.Ington Hotel in celebration of its secon 1rths nepo! . e T B A work were. it ot for the | tional Council, according to a state- that is not so when the boards are and 12:58 p.m.; high tide, 6:35 a.m. fl“{_‘l‘_‘m O ot inted out| The following birti have been reported to| NERS RELEASE OPPOSED crontiotiwori 7L ST e et i e appointed by judges. He would have p-m. ety O L g e ve ! the health department within the lust twenty- D Y emcn st aicean fosued 1ast night 2 2 an election. or at least appointments he Si d M that the government would preserve ghe Bt Concrete results already apparent |issue st night. The Sun and Moon. past experiences. “While it is not the BY LEG'ON COMMANDER from the conference, Mr. Hoover said, ‘The price wheaf farmers are re- by the President. School he said. under a buildings, modern system should have from sixteen to thirty rooms, and -for Washington he advocated buildings not more than three stories high. The superintendent of the schools could furnish the data as to the area each should cover. It cannot be done on a standardized basis, but must be based on_the school population in the areas being considered. he said. Reminding the committee that play- grounds were a necessity, he said that it was only natural that children want to play. Grown-ups like to play also, and this instinct was recog- nized in their desires to go to summer | resorts and theaters, and other places | of recreation. Twenty-Five-Year Program. Senator King asked Mr. Finegan if he could suggest to the committee a | plan for the local school system cov- eting a period of twenty-five years, and based on an increase in the popu- | Iation to 750.000 in that time. “That is a big job.” he said. “Books have been written on such subjects. It requires a study of the population, its movement, and the sections that are likely to change. Corporations make such plans. Talk to the tele- phone engineers. and the street car company officials. They make such plans. The census bureau can give you the information. Establish a re- search bureau in the schools and it ‘will provide the information, just the data you want. Then you can plan for twenty-five years. “I do not think it at all necessary .far vou to call in a lot of outsiders. ‘What this committee should do is to et the data available in your own Schools. If your judgment then does ot dictate what you should do, then 'z:ll can call for help. If you can't t the data, the proper thing to do 18 to create a research bureau. You ean get all the educators you want to-come here and advise with you, but you should get the data from your aewn. school officials, and have con- fidence in what they tell you, for they know the situation best.” Explaining why the 6-3-3 system was the best, he said it had been found that a greater number of chil- dren stayed for the junior high school course, and when they finished that they usually continued into the senior high school. Children do not leave the elementary schools of the 8-4 sys- tem, that is, eight years of elementary work and four of high school, because they have to, but because they get tired in the last two years of elemen- tary work, and the junior high school keeps up their interest. One_trouble with the local schools, as with schools of the country, he said, is that they do not do one-half :‘hc supervisory work that should be one. ‘There i3 no quicker way of .oh‘.—w | | i | | I i i i | Okla. City. [ Sun rose 7:25 a.m.; sun sets 4:42 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:26 a.m.; sun sets, 4:43 p.m Moon rises 8:01 p.m.; sets 9:14 am. Automobile lamps to be lighted one-half hour after sunset. Weather in Varlous Cities. i B =2 suteor ® Weather. ‘Temperature. Statlons. somor £ H g H £ *+rqudya jem Cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Rain Pt.cloudy Rain Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Snow Clear Picloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear imore X ngham. 30.02 marck ... 30.08 Hoston Puftalo Charleston Cleveland Denver Detroit . Loul Miami, ew Orleans ew Yorl Philadelphia. 30, Phoenix, Ariz 30. Pittaburgh. . . 80. Portland, Me. 30 Pertlend, Ore 30 8. Lake City 30. Sur_Antonio. 30. San_Diego.. . 30. 8. Franctsco. 3 : Pt.cloudy Clear iy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy GRAND JURIES FREE MANY. Only a Fourth of Liquor Casés Un- der New York Law Accepted. NEW YORK. December 17.—New York county grand juries have indicted in few more than one-fourth of the liquor. violation cases presented under the Mullan-Gage enforcement law, ac- cording to figures made public by the district attorney’s office. A total of 1,679 cases was presentea and 451 indictments were returned. Of the 451 persons indicted, seventeen were convicted, ninety-four entered pleas of guilty and sixteen were acquitted. There are 311 cases awaiting trial. During the period of enforcement of the law, since ‘April 4, police have made 5,818 arrests. Nearly halt were dismigsed by magis- EBBIRRERRRREE tEFEE RS S ER.2STIEBRBLRUNA s [ n j policy of the United States to main- tain a large standing army, Gen. Per- shing is devoting a large part of his time to the training of tI Reserve | Corps and National Guard,” said_the]| Secretary, who declared that the War Department would keep all the land, camps, water and sewerage that it holds as a means of training civilians under the leadership of Army officers. “There was one big mistake in.the conscription plan during the last war, and that was that it did not include every one from_elghteen to sixty,” said Secretary Weeks, who pointed out that, with the co-operation of every man, woman and child the acuteness of the war's aftermath in the way of inflated prices, profiteer- ing and abnormal wages would have been lessened. The Secretary ap- proved of the stiggestion of Bernardj M. Baruch that the industries of the: nation could be kept in a state of preparedness through the influence of such men and such an organization. as the War Industries Board. Gen. Pershing paid tribute to the manner in which the board co-oper- ated with those who were in com- mand overseas and to the efficient manner in which they handled vast orders of munition: Secretary of Commerce Hoover said that “the result of the present con- ference, even at this point, was shown by the increasing confidence in a bright future by all natfons, which has resulted in a rise in exchange to a height not reached since the be- ginning of the war.” A letter from the President regret- ting his inability to attend the ban- quet and lauding the work of the board during the war was read to the members. Lord Riddell, speaking for Lloyd George, declared that he had no fear that “in every right and just cause England and the United States would stand side by side.” ‘Telegrams of congratulations from ‘Winston Churchill and Charles W. Schwab were read to the assembly. The King of Italy, through F. Quatrone of the Italian high com- mission presented a number of the members with diplomas in recognition of their services during the war period. : Among those present were Assis ant Secretary of War Wainwright, Wil- liam Boyce Thompson, Cesare Bar- bierl, J. Leonard Replogle, Alex Legge, L. L. Summers, Clarence Dillion, Eu- gene Meyer, jr.; George Armsby, Paul Mackall, Gerard S8wope, Thomas Nel- son Perkins, George N. Peek, Brig. Gen. Hugh Johnson, Admiral F. F. Fletcher, Judge Edwin B. P. Parker, H. P, F. A. Soott, A. W. Shaw, Charles ell = of v uAOovbA_lun’c. - ? [ I Robert P. and May C. Diemer, Joseph H. and Rena K. O'Baonon, boy. armel K. and Marion Cummings, girl. Fred A. and Annie J. Payne, girl. Scott F. and Olive L. Imirei, girl. bram F. and Jessie W. Myers, boy. obert J. and Mary E. O'Neill, boy. .Frank H. and Florence Miller, boy. Emmit J. and Helen Dowling, girl. Eilis and Mildrea B, Dean, gir Bdward L. and Virginia M. Teague, boy. Jolin R. and Mary L. Hoffman, girl. Ralph T. and Myrle V. Scott, boy. Joseph B. and Jeasie Jarboe, 'boy. ry-and Bertha Cuttman, boy. 3o Alfonso ‘and Emfly L. Jackson, boy. H. and Mary B, Patton, giil. Edward Richard and Emma Hawkins, boy. Richard J. and Virginia Burriss, girl Frank M. and Margaret Harris, boy. Rufus O. and Minnie E. Jones, boy. Earl R. and Leola B. Alvey, nd Jane Mellis, boy. Richai 8. and Emma L. Boss, girl. ‘Wayne B. and Grace V. Lynn, bo; Harry and Anna Scarletenes, boy. Christo and Victoria Brandy, boy. Abratam and Rosle Bisker, boy. Ernest E. and Ethel Just. girl. Charles E. and Anita M. Reed, girl. Marriage Licenses. & glffll(. licenses have been issued to the ] O Aifrod M. White of Asbury Park, N. J., and Catherine Harris of this city. John’ll\, % l’nfl Florence L. Raymoad, th N ol boi'≪d H‘.'Bngfllléln ‘and Nolie O. Dick, o am b, Midyette of Ashland, Va., and Ruth L. Prather of Oolumbia, Mo. Columbus Marshall and Annie S. Groes. Frank Rose and Beatrice Eichberg. Leslie l)é JD;"IP‘I ls:( Helen M. Sellman, both 1t Sterl 3 lo.. o"fl‘t‘h&:fi u.ew“nloll and Ada B. Monkman. Marcello Nardi hi of Alexandris, Va., and Bivira Bufalini of this city. B. Miller of Badham, 8. C., and Copeland of this city. Olarence A. Hemphill of New York city and Marion W. Draiu of this city. giletre Giullant of, this cify and Marla O. tvia of Baltimote, Henry D, Tyler and Matilda Moody. Dennis K. Jiggetts of Richmond, Va., and Alice V. Clark of Round Hill, Va. + Frederick G. Yates of Fort Myer, Va., and Marie L. Beasley of this city. ‘William Williams and Ruth’ Brown. Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been reported to the health department within the last twenty- four hours: Linkins, 46, Home for In- Elizabeth A. curables. George W. Strong, 48, Home for Incurables. Mary B. Prosise, 51, 9 8 street. Frank Trafalet, 55, 210-A Q street. Margaret Robinson, 72, 2037 M etreet. B on Uni- Philip_Crossen, 80, George Wi " asiie Wallor 81, Naval Hoepital e Wailer, L . —m Proctor, 41, m-m:-p 's Hospital. both | Understood to Have Appealed in’ Report of Proposed Freeing Before Christmas Brings Statement From MacNider. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Decerhber 17.— Saying that it was his understanding that Eugene V. Debs, socialist lead- er, now confined in the federal prison at Atlanta may be liberated before Christmas, Hanford MacNider, na- tional commander of the American Legion, passing through here on his way to Nashville where tomorrow he will attend a conference of Tennes- see legion leaders, said the legion was opposed to the move and doing its best to prevent it. g “It appears to me that the admin- istration in Washington thinks Debs at liberty is less of a menace to the republican_party than Debs in pris- on,” said Commander MacNider. “If they are going to release these men who would have pulled the planks from under our feet, then why not release also the boys now in federal prison serving long sentences for in- fraction of military law after spen ing four or five months at the front.” —_— BERGER SEES PRESIDENT. its responsib Behalf of Debs. Victor Berger, Wisconsin socialist, who was twice refused a seat in the House, called at the White House yes- terday and, it was understood, appealed to the chief executive in behalf of Eugene V. Debs, socialist, serving a sentence in the Atlanta penitentiary for violation of the espionage law. Mr. Berger said he called to see the President as “a member of Congress, but unseated,” and found that M Harding had “a big heart.” The vis- itor declined to comment further on |- his interview. MR. FALL ANSWERS SUIT. Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the In- terior, has flled answer to the injunc- tion proceedings brought in the Dis- trict Supreme Court by the state of Louisiana against him for an injunc- tlon to prevent the government tak- ing over certain lands claimed by the state. 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