Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled, probably showers today and tomorrow; little change in tem- perature. Temperature for twenty- two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 63; lowest, 41 v Full report on page 24. he Sy St “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Stzt’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is as the papers delivered to Washington homes are printed. No. 916.—No. 28,658. Entered as gacond- bost oMce Wasningtom B &, WASHINGTON, D. .C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1922 —ONE; HUNDRED PAGES. FIVE CENTS. EIGHT TO TESTIFY -IN GAMING PROBE BY ARLINGTON JURY Klan Charges Will Be Sifted Monday—Ball Denies Poster Statements. STAR REPORTERS FIND ‘DAUGHERTY’S’ WIDE OPEN .Den Was in Full Blast Last Night—Dollars Were “Chips.” HLE whor noritie Klu mons last night to appear hefore the zrand jury at Clarendon tomorrow niorning to answer charges contain- od in the placards, which were nailed on telegraph poles throughout the| ounty, that three gambling dens are flourishing within its borders. 'The 1th Attorney Frank Ball: irand Jury Panel. grund jury will meet at 10 and will be chosen from a teen men who also were t nigh the instruc- county officials. They ns, H. H. Butler, A. D. 1, L. L. Ball, W naugh, W. Metzgar, Steed, Wilson, T. C. Hudson, Henry Kimball, J. D. Trammell ker. T. W. Rohrback and A. F. Margam. Commonweai! Attorney a nounced that if the men who have beer summoned to appea s wit- nesses before the grand jury will furnish sufficient evidence he will order an Indictment of the gambling house proprietors and prosecute them to the full extent of the law. At the wame time, Mr. Ball sent a letter to! the Arlington county klan, answering | the charges made in the posters-and-ia. } denying that evidence coneerning gambling hodses had been furnished previous to the expose of.the ile the summons were being ved last night the Arlington ! S , summons were served on the! ng men at the instruction 0!; Thompson, John Wise, 1. ' Stuns Flyer Lieut. Maughan Several Times Unconscious During Wild Dash. {Denby Weeps on Seeing Exhsustion of World Record-Breaker. | By the Assoclated Press. MT. CLEMENS, Mici.. October 1{.— conscluis at times due to the ter- rific specd at which he rushed through the heavens, and during his conscious moments haunted by fears for the conditivn of his wife, who momentarily expects to become a inother, Lieut. R. L. Maughan, an Army aviator fiving an Army-Curtiss high-speed pursuit plane, won the Pulit trophy aerial race here to- day e -mile course hour. The race, n in three flights and replete with sersational achievements on tha part of the entrants that promise to becon e aerial tradition, resulted in the smashing of world records, both official and unofficial, for 50, 100 and 200 kilometer courses. Lieut. L. J. Maitland, piloting a sis- ter ship to that of Maughan, was sec- ond in the Pulitzer competition, but | | | i shadowed by the terrific speed he at- tained on one lap of He covered the distance at the rate RAIL BOARD RAISES - WAGES §22,125,000 1’450,000 Maintenance ! Way Employes in Four Groups Affected. R. | i | 12 CENTS AN HOUR MORE i i | General Upward Trend Cause of Decision, Chairman. of Pay Says By the Assoctated 7 . CHICAGO, Qctofiok 1£:-The ‘wage Bl of the nation’s rallroads was in- creased an estimated $22,125,000 by & decision of the United States Railroad Labor Board today granting increased peed of 206 Miles an Hour . at an average speed of 06 miles an his honors in that respect were over- | 50 kilometers. | of ! pnty Klan held a special conclave | Ste “Klavern” at Baliscon and map- | PAY of 2 cents an hour to over 450,000 in Aerial Race { LIEUT. R. L. MAUGHAN. ! of 216.1 miles an hour, faster than | any one ever flew in a race. Another World Record. For the 100-kilometer course during the race he averaged 207.3 miles an hour, another world record. Mau- ghan's plane is the only one that made a world’s record of 220 miles an hour over a 1-kilometer course at | Garden City, Long Island, recently. ot Seven fivers, two “(Continued on Pag them United | L Colummn 4 | 1960 Million Loss| 'To U. S. Investors In German Marks By the Associated Press LONDON, October 14.-—The Reichs- bank has just issued a statement de- DOUBLE MURDER | INQUIRY BY STATE DEEMED CERTAINTY Supreme Court of N. J. Asked | to Assign Attorney General to Hall-Mills Case. | WIDOW OF PREACHER i READY FOR QUIZZING | | Promises to Tell All She Knows. Troopers Seek Light on Lives of Slain Couple. BY DAN RING. From u Staff Correspondent. { NEW BRUNSWICK, X. J.. October | 14—That State Attorney General Mc- | Cram would be placed in control of ! the fnvestigation into the murder of | Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills was regarded a cer- tainty in New Brunswick tonight. Joseph E. Stricker, local prosecutor, and Azariah Beekman, prosecutor for the adjoining Somerset county, have appealed to Justice Parker of the su- | preme court of the state to request the attorney general to take a hand. To refuse such a request, it is inted out, is to take full respon- sibility for the outcome of the case. The local prosecutors, in other wokds, | have asked for ald. A refusal would | be the same as telling them to g0 | back themselves and work out the| case In thelr own way. The request of a justice of the Supreme Court to the Attorney Gen- eral in such a case is provided for, by law. The Attorney (eneral, al- though nominally in charge of the ' investigatjon after recetving such a | claring that the American losses | request, woull be able to appoint| through the depreciation of the mark | cych aldes as he might deem ad- | are less than 000,000, @ figure | vigabhle. The best available investi- which it states was recently publisi- | gating and detective talent in the «d in America, says the Exchange|state of New Jersey therefors would | Telegraph's Berlin correspondent. | Gierman experts put the total l‘)l’uu:!\' losses as high as $9,000,000,000. — REPARATIONSBODY St 'Arfie‘fican Would Have ![o\ice in Britain’s Proposed Commission. | KE-UP IS URGED. be at his beck and call. State Troops Acijve. State troopers are working cn the ! case independent of the local prose- | cutor already, it i understood The announcement today was that 150 troopers already are digging up data | into the antecedents of both Dr. Hall, the murdered rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, and Mre Mille, the choir leader at the same church. Both the rector and the choir lead- er were unaccustomed to leaving' thelr respective homes after night- fall. According to Charlotte Mills, Anoghter of the slaln woman, who was ihterviewed by newspaper men {OWA DOWNS YALE INFOOTBALL 6TOD: T i Western Champions’ .Show-‘ ing Better Than Single Score Would Indicate. RIVAL COACHES BROTHERS | Tad Jones’ Pupils Thrill 30.000 Spectators in Final March That Just Misses Victory. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Cenn, October 14— lowa's mighty foot ball eleven, cham- plon of the western conference, gave Yafe, 2 member of the “big three” of the east, its first defeat by a confer- ference eicven today, and it was de-| i cistve victory. representing touchdown from The score was 6 to 0, a a O?aq S v L7008 wasJE Ex-Kaiser’s First. Wedding Favor Is| Work for Sambo By the Associated Press VOTSDAM. Germuns, October 14. —Y¥ormer Emperor William has dy begun to bestow his wed- l | benefi- African overjoyed Lo, a South negro, s a favorite of the | emperor in the old | Wwas @ drummer in the regimental | e Guard nce the demobilization of the army Sambo has been out of @ job. When the former emperor heard of it he began making in quiries among his friends Berlin, The result was that Samho will now grace Under Den Linden in a_baby blue uniform. The Hotel Adlon. Berlin’s smart stelry, has engaged him as a man. He Is a great In ind speaks fluent German, n rolling his R's in German fashion. ! | i i MILLION PROPERTY MADE TAX EXEMPT Loss of $13,000 in Revenue to Be Felt by District, Says Assessor. CAUSED BY TRANSFER Center Market Change to Cut Col- lections $20,000 Ad- ditional. Propert¥ to the value of approxi- mately $1.000,000 has gone oif the tux books during the past year &s the re- sult of purchases by the United States, the District government and private Instituti that are exempt from taxation office. | 1 { Assessor William P. Richards has ccording to the assessor's | MATZENAUER SUED {not vet figured out exactly the total assessed value of these escmptions out plans for furtherinz its cam- | maintenance of way employes. . against the allegel dens of | Four of nine groups of the United ity fn the cownty. ! Brothérhood of Maintenance of Way < ! Employes and Railroad Shop Workers | Br tie Associated Press. lnn Helts Mesting- | were affected by the raise, the largest| PARIS, October 14.—A total mora- Approximately 300 klansmen at-|single group being common laborers. torflum on German reparations pay- - tended the meeting and virtually all | The decision raised minimum rates of > of them manifested deep concern over | pay for the classes affected from the o outcome of the grand jury ses- Sion. Seventy-five mér, in Arlington coun- 7 when they Técei¥ed summons to ap- ¥ pear before whé grand jury. Only ieight of them. Nowever, Mr. Ball said, “@re wanted in connection with the ¢ grand jury’s fnvestigation of the klan charges, while the others are to ap- pear as witnesses in other cases. But the remaining sixty-seven men do not know why they were requested to ap- pear before the grand jury and conse- quently believe that they are consid- ered members of the klan First-hand evidence t! gambling den, known as erty’s,” described in the posters of the Ku Klux Klan, in Arlington coun- iy, was running at full blast late iast night and early this morning was obtained by reporters of The Star. They brought back thirty sil- ver dollars illustrating the kind of “chips” used. The reporters garnered their Infor- mation concerning the whereabouts of the gambling house from John Wise of Arlington, one of the men summoned by Commonwealth Attor- ney Frank L. Ball for the grand jury hearing tomorrow. He stated that although he was not a member of the Ku Klux Klan, he had in some way been connected up with them and had received a summons from Mr. Ball. In an automobile with the report- ers he directed the driver across the Highway bridge, down the old road running into Alexandria. Cross- ing the railroad tracks a short dis- tance from Alexandria the machine was directed to a narrow dirt road turning to the left toward the Po- tomac river. A short turn again, this time to the right, brought the auto- mobile in front of a small frame house fronting within a few feet of the road and surrounded by a fence in which about twenty automobiles were parked without lighta 200 Men Play Game, ® Entering the house the newspaper men were ushered into a medium- sized room which contained two large pool tables, each one covered with various legends indicating the Ed | present 23 and 35 cents to 23 and 37 | cents. | Chairman Ben W. Hooper, in a state- ity were perceptibyy nervous last night ; ment following the decision, sald that of the commission, on Monday, the | the board based its finding on a gen- | eral upward trend in wages for this |and other groups of workmen, and not on any pronounced change in | living costs. The maintenance of way officers in presenting their case to the board several weeks ago demanded a virtual minimum wage of 47 cents an hour. Public Group Augmented. The public group today was aug- mented after a ten-day deadlock by W. L. McMetiimen of the labor group and Samuel Higgins of the railroad group, these two making the neces- sary five to make the public group’s proposal effective. Chairman Hooper said that the actual dectsion would be presented to the board Monday, the document not yet having been formally handed down. A. O. Whar- ton of the labor group voted against today’s decision. Albert Philips, also” of the labor group, was not present. It is possible that both the members of the railroad and labor groups may file dissenting opinions. Today's decision was a direct out- growth of the July wage cuts and the rail strikes and threatened strikes which followed. When the shop crafts’ strike was declared the main- tenance of way men Wwere also on the verge of walking out, but E. ¥. Grable, head of the organizatalon, withheld action pending an appeal to the labor board for a revision of wages. In this appeal Grable asked a virtual minimum of 47 cents an hour. In making the decision public, Chairman Hooper explained that about 13,000 maintenance of way em- ployes on roads in the extreme south will still receive from 17 to 23 cents an hour, they having signed agree- ments with the carriers to this effect and not being affectéd by today’s ruling. X ‘Wage of 112,000 Trackmen. According to figures compiled by the rallroads and submitted to the board .during hearings, a plurality ments for five years_not only on cash payments but on dellverfes in kind is the substance of the scheme pre- sented to the reparations commission by Sir John Bradbury, British member details of which were gven out today. The aim of the plan as conceived | by the British member is thus to re- store the mark to a value that would make the balancing of the German budget possible. He is in favor of the entire redrganization of the repara- tions commission with an American as one' of the active members and a change of the seat of the commission to Berlin. ¥ The Bradbury plan provides for the continuance by Germany of deliveries in kind, but under an arrangement by which the country receiving the goods ‘would guarantee an equivalent sum in German bonds, the bonds to be negotiable by Germany. Would Check Floating Debt. The summary of Sir John's argu- ments in favor of the proposals states that one object would be to stop the further expansion of the floating debt and to obtain a budget balance. Sir John is of the opinion that this can be achieved, either by a complete suspension of the cash payments or by some arrangement by which Ger- many would be enabled to obtain re- sources for financing the peace treaty charges. The suspension of cash pay- ments would also be accompanied by the almost complete suspension of deliveries in kind for a considerable period, according to Sir John's opin- jon. The arrangement proposed is that the powers receiving peace treaty payments should agree to guarantee German five-year treas- ury bonds. The amounts fixed for each power would be determined by the sums they are entitled to receive as cash payments, The bonds would be accepted in the form of payments and could be negotiateed by them un- der their own guarantees. Guarantee by Powers. The powers receiving deliveries in kind would give their guarantee of the German bonds in an amount equal to the value of the deliveries, which the German government in turn would be entitled to negotiate. The proposed bonds are payable in gold in the currency of the guaran- i !again during the day, her mother, al- | though rather unhappy In her mar- {riea life, seldom went anywhero { without telling her daughter upon her return. As a result of this very definite opinions are held that Mrs.' Mills had never visited the Phillips farm, where the murder took place,! previous to the night of the murder. | Charlotte said that when her mother left home at 7:30 on the night that she did not return, she sald to her:, “Wait for me, kiddle.” The girl said | she did not wait because something | told her to go to her aunt's.” { A number of books, it was revealed ; today, had been given to Mrs. Mills| by the rector, which were more or| less of the highly sexual type. One| of these, it was stated, was a story | of a clergyman who entered the| world war, worked behind the: trenches and became highly enam- oured of a girl who afterwards be- came his light of love. | Husband Non-Communleative. | James Mills, husband of the deceased woman, protested today that he knew nothing of the case other than what ! has already been told. As a matter of fact, he went down to the courthouse to protest against the visit of news gath- erers. Mrs. Hall will give some time 0 news- paperment next week, it was Intimated today. She will then answer all ques- tions regarding the double murder that correspondents can ask. She has kept rather secluded, and the opinion is freely expressed that she knows a bit more than she is telling, but, say the Hall family supporters, she's doing the natural thing, in keeping away from the limelight. The Hayes expense fund is a big success, judging from the number of people who were tagged today on the streets. Final tabulations have not been made by the committee in charge, but it seems that everybody who went through the business dis- trict was buttonholed and came across. Local politicians are pointing out these facta. Still Hold Schmetder. Raymond Schnetder, \who caused the arrest of Clifford Hayes, is irt jail charged with perjury and a statutory offense, in which Pearl Bahmer is implicated. HE went to Middlesex County Hospital during the day for an operation on his finger, which had ~(Continued on Puge 2, Column 8.) i {for the past year, but he indicated march half of the length of the field, which started late in the first period and ended at Tale's last white line soon after the second period began. But Towa's superiority was much lion mark if not more. real of $13,000 in taxes ot this A million dollars taken off the total | |as quarterback, directed two famous greater than the mere final score shows. | Howard Jones, Iowa's mentor, is therefore, champion foot ball coach of the Jones fanily, but in the latter half of the game he must have recalled the stirring finishes of Yale's foot ball teams in the days when he and his brother Tad, now Yale coach, played on the same Yale eleven. Whistle Ends Last Spurt. p Yale threatened to tie and possibly win the game, a concerted advance toward Jowa's goal of sevénty-nine| yards ending a few seconds before the | last whistle blew, with a forward pass| over the goal line, which grounded. Tad, games agalnst Princeton, in which Yale came from behind for victory. ! The efforts of Coach Tad's pupils to | repeat foot ball history, thrilled some 30,000 spectators on an ideal foot ball day, thrilled them no less than they had been amazed by the power of lowa's oftense, shown In the first half of the game; thrilled them even as much as| they had been surprised In the first half by Iowa's failure to score more points. Fumbles were the principal reasons for this fallure. Pepalties contributed. Howard does not think, however, that he is @ better coach than his brother. Ho insists he merely has a better team. As he and his pupils boarded a train half an hour after the whistle blew, he sald: “I am glad for Iowa’s sake that we won. It was a test of two teams miore than of coaching. Iowa played a good e _Captain Dased But Happy. Capt. Gordon Locke, so dazed from his brilliant line smashing that he could hardly speak as he was assisted aboard the train, could only murmur in happi- ness: «“Wire the folks in Towa just how we won.” 8 Tad Jones crossed the fleld imme- diately after the game and shook hands heartily with his brother and Capt. Locke. In a statement Tad sald: *I have nothing but praise for the Towa team, but I also have unlimited confidence in this Yale team. Any other comment that I might make ould probably be misunderstood. ! Opera Star Blames Press| for Proclaiming Her | Troubles to Public. ssoviated Press. ] FRANCISCO, October 14— Glotzbach, Del Monte chauf-| feur and husband of Mme. Margaret | Matzenauer, the opera singer, today | refiled an action for divorce in the superior court here. Glotzbach re- cently withdrew the suit, his attor- ney amnouncing that further action would await the arrival of Mme. Matzenauer here. She is expected Monday. Glotzbach was granted an order directing his wife to appear before a notary public Tuesday and made a deposition in the case. In today's complaint Glotzbach reiterated his former charges that Mme. Matze- nauer attempted to use him as a “personal maid” and told him that she picked him from a lowly posi- tion. REPROASH FOR PRESS. Newspapers Blamed for Divorce Stories- by Mme. Matzenauer. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, October 14—Mme. Margaret Matzenauer, the cpera singer, left for San Francisco at noon today following a concert engagement Here last night. She dml not know at the time of her departure that her, husband, Floyd Glotzbach, had refiled action for divorce. How- ever, she discussed her domestic dif- ficulties earlier in the day and re- ferred to “the morbid tendency of some newspapers of the day to pro- claim her troubles to the public.” “If they get any satisfactién or happiness out of it, let them do it,” was her comment. RESCUED AFTER 2 DAYS ENTOMBED IN Mms] Two Pennsylvania Miners Well "Despite Their Thrilling year's rate of $1.30 per $100. Loss on Cemter Market. In addition, the city will lose from now on approximately $20.000 a vear in taxes formerly paid on the Center market preperty. which became ex- | empt last March, when the market | passed over to the Department of Ag- riculture. The efiect of these transfers of Droperty to the government or to re- ligious and charitable institutions is to reduce the assessment on which the city’s tax rate i{s based. And a reduction in the total assessment means a slight increase in the rate per hundred to enable the city to {raise its share of the appropriation | { b, Government Expanding. The United States government is expanding its activities in Washing- ton, the District government is ac- quiring new school sites and the many religious and charitable agen- cles are constantly growing. And as they acquire new property It be- comes exempt from taxes. The real estate tax bills for the current year are now ready and property owners are urged to call at the District building and get them. Remember, Mr. Taxpayer, the rules are different this year. Half of the tax for the fiscal year Is due In No- vember and the balance next May. It you do not pay the first install- ment next month yvou will be charged with a penalty of 1 per cent a month on half the bill from November until May. Collector Towers has made out the bills for the full amount, so that those who desire may pay the entire sum next month and not be worried with a second installment in May. There probably will be many small home owners, however, who, with coal to buy, will not pay more than the rc- quired 50 per cent of their taxes in November, WHOLE TOWN REJOICES AS CORONATION NEARS By the Associated Press. ALBAJULIA, Rumania, October 14, —This historic town is overflowing of about 112,000 trackmen on 85 per| teeing country at the rate of ex- cent of the carriers are now receiving | change on the date of issue, which between 35 and 36 cents an hour. would be at the option of the holder. The classes of employes who will| The guaranty, however, 'according numbers®n a pair of dice In various combinations. Crowded around- esch table were some 200 men, all eagerly playing the game. The chips used and the methods of gambling were similar to the one used at other gambling places across the District line in Maryland, de- scribed in The Star sometime ago. All “chips” were silver dollars, and great plles’ of them were stacked on one side of -the table in front of the at- tendant, who in a methodical voice announced every few minutes “Next shootvah.” Money changed hands freguently, with little or no comment, gEvery fow and then one of the at- - 4Countinued on Page 3, Column 7.p _uromnmawomxn receive pay increases through today’s decision include section, track and maintenance foremen and assistant foremen, track laborers and all comr mon laborers in the maintenance of way department and around shops and roundhouses, drawbridge.tenders and assistants, pile drivers, ditching and holsting firemen, pumper en- gineers and pumpers, cfossing watch- men, lamp lighters and tenders, en- gine watchmen and wipers, fire bulld- ers, ash pit men, flue borers, coal passers and miscellaneous classes of RAREOL. to Sir John's plan, should be limited to currency value. The reparations commission would reserve the right to require that part of the cost of deliveries in Kind be met from the German budget. The allled governments are to be asked to consider the whole ques- tion of the aggregate liabilities .of Germany under the peace treaty. SNOW IN MARYLAND. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., October 14— Temperature in this section dropped|. to below freezing and heavy frost formed-during the last several nignts, preceded by snow flurries in the mountains during the day. —— By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, = October 14 —First Lieut. Earl H. Manselman of Cleve- land, Ohio, United States Army air The object of this would be to|service, stationed at Lake Field, was arrive at a permanent adjustment of | instantly killed this afternaon, and her capacity of payment and. the | Edgar Hodgson, private, was serious- liquidation of the ~ serica -] Uabilities “by a |1y injured when their plane fell over Kiipap: gulely Experience. with visitors who are here for the SHAMOKIN, Pa., October 14.—The! coronation of King Ferdinand and two men entombed in the breast of | Queen Marie. The royal family, court the Scott mine here for the last|©ficlals and members of the special forty-elght hours were rescued. Both , forelgn delegations have arrived from Capt. Locke, his team and Howard have, my congratulations.” Victors Miss Chances. Jowa had four excellent scoring op- portunities; that is, it had the ball| within thirty-five yards of Yale's; goal. One of these opportunities was realized. ‘Two fallures to make the best of excellent strategical position were due to fumbles. One failure was due to stiffening of Yale's de- fense. Three of the scoring oppor- tunities were due to superior oftense and one to a Yale fumhle. A story of the game in detail will be found in the Sports Section of teo- day's Bk - L were allve and well. The men are Thomas Ranscivage and Michael Gunhusklie, Both were employed as miners in the Scott shaft and had until the time of their en- tombment, been engaged in the newer Bucharest. All along the route they were greeted by the cheering and singing of large crowds which gath- ered to catch a glimpse of them. The impressive ceremony of bless- ing the crowns was held this morn- portions of the mine. A slide from':ing in the cathedral. Premier Bra- the old workings, coupled with a rush tiano was present. Tonight huge of water and debris, imprisoned them. | bonfires could be seen in all parts of Rescuers had worked feverishly| the town. and in short relays and at 2 o'clock| King Ferdinand and Marshal Foch this afternoon had made an opening|soon after their arrival today paid olt Belds, sufficiently large to get the entombed| an impromptu visit to the Kampiano | ® SCHOOL METHODS RAPPED BY BALLOY IN ANNUAL REPORT Superintendent Declares | Present System Blocking ! Progress of Education. | {RED TAPE RESPONSIBLE | FOR NUMEROUS DELAYS !Cnngxess Partly to Blame for Re- ! fusing Necessary Funds, He Says. tem maintenar, school sxst tendent of in the co nual report wl last night. i intendent for the is mad. Superir E by chools Frank W. Balio uding secticn of his an ich was made publi This system, the supe: held directly responsib unsatisfactory educationz! progress in Washington. Numerous cases of irregularitie- red tape and the division of authorit; under the system were cited by Ir Ballou, who pointed out that “if th. to | school sy plans of gr become a model for the cit systems of the country, t organized, operated and maintaine according to those principles of clent administration which has o e lifted to ti worked oul in pract; in and are operation in many cities of Scores Delay in Legislation. “Fducational conditions in W {ington have been more or less satisfactory for long peried itime,” declared th intend H one who examin cdu i L of the city will i evitably the conclusion tha educational progress is slow, not b« canee of cupe or passing c itions, but Lecause the present pla: of crganizing, operating and ma taining the school system of Wask ington does not conform to funds- mental principles of cfficient admin- istration.” Dr. Ballou scored the methods of making school appropriations, em- phasizing that in no other American city there to be found such system of making school appropria tions” He also condemned the de- lay of school legislation in Congres: jand declared that the school appro priations depend very largely on ti five men on the subcommittee of th House appropriations committee. After referring to the various meus ares pertaining to the schools now in Congress, the superintendent sail that the necessity of securing much school legislation from Con- | sress can be reduced by the emac | ment of a brcad comprehensive school code for the District. “In that code,” the report stated, “the Comi- missioners of the District of Colur bia and the board of education should be given the authority to discharge | many of the administrative function: which must now be discharged by ! | 1 | Congress through specific legisla- tion.” Charges that the zuditor of tl District has in more than one ir stance endeavored to determine the eligibility of appointees to positions under the control of the board of education are contained in the re i port “The act of June 20, 1906, prescribe certain qualifications prerequisite t i the appointment of persons to tea | ing positions, and the bourd of edu {tion is not authorized to make th: appointment of any person who may not have the prerequisite qualifica | tions,” satd Dr. Ballou. “Notwith- standing this fact the auditor of the District of Columbia reserves to him- self the right to upon the eligi- bility of all persons wppointed to teaching positions, and the board i education is not only reguired to ce tify to the auditor the fact thal an i pointment has been made, but aiso to certify all the technical and educationa qualifications which are prescribed by the statutes and which the board of education is not permitted to walve” Deplores Red Tape. “In oue instance the board of «d cation appointed a teacher in the hig! schools who was eminently qualifice for the position, not only by rease: of his education, Lut by reason of his many years of experience in teaching. This person, who had graduated from the regular course in one of the highest European insti- tntions, did not possess a degree from a college, as technically provided by the statutes, but in the opinion of the board of education the certificate: which he had from the European i stitution from which be had gradu ated were in every senss <he samd as the degree conferred By Ameri- can Institutions of higher learning When these facts were certified ic the auditor of the Distfict of Co- lumbia, he declared the appointes in eligible to be appointed as & teache: in the public school system. +The board of education was cow: pelled to solicit the co-operation o the United States bureau of educa tion and to enter into a lengthy dis cussion of the. technjcal educationa. qualifications with the auditor of the District of Coljisabia before that ofii- cial could pe that the board of education Bad acted withir its prerogatives under the statutes it determining the eligibility of thi: teacher. “The auditor of the District of Co lumbia also claims and reserves t. himself the right to determine the aries to be paid to teachers wht ouilasd on Page 3, Comma L) y 4