Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1922, Page 2

2 ESTIMATES LAUDED BY COMMISSIONERS * Budget Officials Fair-Minded | in View of Duty to Econ- omy, They Say. NOW LOOK TO CONGRESS Bonus May Be Supplied, Despite Absence of Item in $25,- 043,975 L The Commissioners were unanimous today in expressing satis 3 *he estimates of § 3 sent to! Congress yesterd bureau of { ; the budget for the operation of the city government during the next fis- i cal year. % The consensus of opinion at the District Building is that if the ap-| Propriations committees of the House © and Senate allow what the budszet f bureau has sent forward the residents & of Washington will i be thankful. “Director the Ruadget Lord a his assistants showed the utmost o eration and care in handling ve much cause to aur stimat Commissioner Ru- i dolph. chai I “The § budget afficials frequent per- % =onal tours of the to become 7 theroughly fa r with the item ! we asked for and they wept care- ¢ fully into every detail.” ; Commissioner Oyster voiced his per- i ®onal gratificatipn over the inereases § allowed by Gen. Lord for the police i and fire departments. which come # under O s supervision. Maj. Sul- % livan's department obtained an in- i crease of £24.714. whiiv the estimates } of the fire department were raised . $112,568. Appreciate Increases. “Of course.” said Commissioner Oy ter. “the District government could use more money to advantage. but we realize that the budget bureau faced the task of economizing on government expenditures and we are appreciative of the _increases that were allowed.” Engineer Commissioner Keller join- ed with his colieagues in thanking en. Lord for the fair-minded treat- ment which he said the Disfrict es- timates received from the budget di- rector. He declared that the budget officers handled the local estimates in a systematic manner and allowed they thought were the most es- 1 irems. Although the Comm and Budgst Officer Daniel J e not talking about the part played in having more than § 000" sent to Congress. psrsons touch with affairs at t t huilding know that the residents of the National Capital owe them some | credit. The budget bureau originally de- cided that $24.500.000 would be the limit on District estimates and this figure included $1.704.000 for the bonus for city employes * The Commissioners and Maj. Don- ovan made earnest representations to the budget bureau for an increase in thix limit and succeeded. The difference between the orig- fnal limit .500.000 and the £25.043.973 = transmitted to Congress is only about $510.000. But in reality the budget bureau raised the first estimates by $2.215.000. be- cause they eliminated the $1.704.000 for the bonus and applied that sum to municipal improvements. Bonus Not Likely Lost. While the bonus was not estimated for in the local budget, District ficials do not construe this to mean that the city employes will not get the additional compensation next vear. At the District building it is be- leved that the budget bureau merely eliminated the bonus estimate in or- der to leave that question open for Congress. Tt also was noted with satis?: that in cutting the Commissioner estimate for street paving the budget bureau left in the rejuests for pav- ing on the main arteries of trafiic, suth as Connecticut, ‘jeorgia and Rhode Island avenues and Blades burg road. 3 Another item which pleased Pistric officials was that for “he continuance of work on the construction Rock creek and upper | NINA Main interceptor sewers, w when con pleted. will free Rock ere of pollu- tion by sewage from n by Mar: land towns " IRISH FREE STATE ' COMES INTO BEING AS TREATY EXPIRES f1 (Conti T ¢ Page with absolutely scrupulous honor. and Z T am very rleased with it all" Mr. % Healy is quoted as having said. “Ninety-nine per cent of the Irish { yemaining minority against us sim- Ply because of the boundary partition Ditn Clster.. The Free State parlia: ent undoubtedly is acting in the t interests of the country. H H H 2 H f down, Ireland would be a very pros- perous place. [ am looking vers § Bopefully to the future. The only i formidable thing with which we must contend is roving armed parties. That { element s oniy one-half of 1 per 7 cent of the population. and they will £ ba settled very quickly now.” HEALY MEETS COSGRAVE. By the Associated Press. HOLYHEAD, Wales. December 5.— 4 historic meeting occurred here last evening. It was between the first president of the Irish Free State and its first governor general. William Cosgrave, president of the ! dail eireann, accompanied by Richard Mulcahy, minister of defense in the ; provisional cabinet, crossed from Dub- f lin to meet Timothy Healy on his 1e- } tarn from London, where he had been 7 In connection with his appointment to * the governor generalship. Cosgrave § warmly congratulated Mr. Healy and 7 all returned to Dublin together this o~ orning. 'sident Cosgrave declared in an interview that the situation in Ive- : land was well in hand. and that he * had high hopes that the troubles of the Irish people were at an end. He said a union of the north and south could not long be delayed. inasmuch as the line dividing the two sections + was unnatural. ‘The president added that the ap- pointment of Mr. Healy was undoubt- edly popular among all classes in Ire- land. He said the execution of Er- skine Childers had been received with s calmness and fortitude. As an evi- dence of the rapid improvement of conditions in Ireland President Cos- grave said that the past year had shown a large increase in exports as ; compared with 1821. REGENTS REAPPOINTED. ., The Senate today adopted a reso- * lution offered by Senator Lodge pro- . viding for the reappointment of Hen- ry White and John B. Henderson as members of the board of regents of . the Smithsonian Institution. Their Y’r:zunt terms will expire early in '1 action over ! of thel people are with us and half of the| “If only the people would sfltl]e' BAVARIA SCORNS APOLOGY Premier, in Berlin, Conferrizg With Cuno, Resolved Not to Sign Letter. By the Ansociated Press. BERLIN, December 5.—The Munich corpespondent of the Lokal Anzeiger says it is certain that, as far as Ba- jraria is concerned, the demands of the allies in their ultimatum of No- vember 30 for apology and indemnity for attacks on ofiicers of the inter- allied commission of control will not be fulfilled to the extent stipulated A Munich 1 Vorwaerts jsavs the premicr, Dr. Knelling, who arrives in Berlin today lfor a_ conference with Chancellor [ Cuno. is resolved not to sign the let- ter of apology which the allies re- | auie. EMPHASIZES AMITY 0F U.S.ANDBRITAIN Geddes Says Leadership of Democracy Is in Hands of English Peoples. i ! Emphasizing between the United the present relations tates and Eng- {land as being the most cordial since {the colonial v Auckland iGeddes. British to the nited States. addressing the Society of Colonial Wars at its thirteenth an- {nual banquet. in the Racquet Club {last night. declared he had no fear for the continued good relations between Jthe two countries. They may. he { pointed out. diifer on some things, but {the fundamentals and “things that count” would find them in accord. Sir Auckland, referring to the colonial wars. in which the ancestors of those present fought and were then under the British fisg, said they marked a mile- stone in the evolution of human thought < the first time since the oman empire that a people accord banded and fought id He stressed th of democracy ngiish-speak- {in that it of the of their ow erick Carlos Bryan. club, outlined the pu | zovernor of the f the organization. which is coin- N {posed of the direct descendants of the men who fought in the colonfal wars prior to the revolution. In referring to {Some of the historias of the United I ve come in for critick id that while t! | every tishman | Aer patriot as still anything tending to foster cordial feeling” between ihe { tries was good. Officer. overnor, Li elected as follo Col. Frederick Carlus |G i Bryan: deputy governor., Mr. Frederic | Bulkelex Hyde: lieutenant governor. Mr. Samue Herric! secretary, M rederik _Atherton Fernald: ftrea lurer. Mr. Francis Henry Parsons: reg istrar. ‘apt. Robert Root Bennett: Andrew Stewart " F. Bratenahl; chan- Sta Canfield 'Peellc surgeon. Dr. Lewis Harvie Taylor; sistant secretary, Mr. William P. Mct- alf: deputs registrar, Dr. Charles i Langworthy: custodian of the color. | Mr. Frederick D. Owen. Gentlemen of the council (term ex- {pires December. 1925)—Lieut. ( { Frederick _Louis Huidekoper. Steuart B. Muncaster, Mr. Ben de Micr i Miller. {” Committee on membership—Cap! | Robert Root Eennett. I iCharles F. Langworthy, Mr. rus ! Root, Mr. Allen Richards Boyd. Lieut. {Commander Lewis Painter Clephanc, jU.S. N. R. F. Committee on historical documents —Dr. Andrew Stewart. chairman; {Commodore R. G. Davenport. U. {Dr. Edwin Allston Hill, Mr. Byrne Horner, Dr. William & {burn Alfs Wash- ciety are: Kdmund Hays Bell, Wil- liam T. Fitzgerald. Frank S. Hight and Albert Sidney Parry. DIFFERING VIEWS GIVE CLEMENCEAU ODD WEL- COME IN U. S. CAPITAL (Continued from First Page.) i enthusiasm for M. Clemenceau's pol- { icies, while the republicans who are still of the opinion that the election of 1920 was a verdict against Ameri- jcan participation in European affairs ihave still less interest in what M. { Clemenceau advocates. | The attitude here, therefore. is one of tolerant courtesy. The visit i more of an historic novelty than an aftirmative influence. If M. Clemen- ceau had come three years ago and answered concretely ‘tha questions !then being asked about European standards of international morality, spokesman of France with power io make agreements and understandings ith respect to land disarmament, re- {duction of Germany’'s reparation’ bill jand readjustment of the American {war debt. there might have been & | different story to tell. Reduced to its finest point, however. the gnost that {can be said of the Clemenceau visit {is that it has helped to revive dis- cussion of foreign policy and ‘hat it will contribute to the sum total of influences which are sseking a posi- tive program of co-operition with Europe, either through the leasne of nations or Mr. Harding's association of nations. i ' l i { (Copsright, 1922.) CONFESSES AUTO DEALER { WAS KILLED IN ROBBERY Man Tells Story of Chicago Mur- der After Woman Gives Tip to Police. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. December 5.—The mys- tery surrounding the slaying of Jo- seph Lanus, wealthy automobile deal- er, whose body was found in the rear of his garage November 24, was solved today. the police announced, by the confession of Lawrence Hef- {fernan, one of seven persons under arrest, that the victim was shot and killed in an attempted robbery. Lanus shot one of the robbers. Heffernan, four other men and two women were in custody in connection with several fur robberies, and the ipolice admitted they were without a clue in connection with the slaying until. they say, Julia Hartnett, one of the women held, made a statement involving Heffernan and other mem- bers of their band. After lengthy questioning _ Chief of Detectives Michael Hughes said Heffernan ad- ! mitted that Lanus had been shot in an attempt to rob him. The robbers fled, however, without any loot. HARBORS MEN TO MEET. National Congress Will Open Here Tomorrow. The National River and Harbors Congress will meet in the Willard Hotel tomorrow and Thursday. The congress this year is expected to have a large attendance, in view of im- portant developments of interest to shippers and ports throughout the country. New members admitted to the so- ' [if he were here today as the omficial | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1922. | Thix photoxraph shows dits of a e gathering, w ir cam HARD GOAL RECEIPT | HERE FALLS BEHND ITon Shortage Increases From 18,000 to 20,016 corges Clemencenu, acknowledging the plau- le a score or more of photographers clicked “TIGER” TOURS CITY AFTER BRIEF CALL UPON PRESIDENT «Cantin hat or coat. when a secret service operative touched him on the arm and guided him back to the hatrack. It was a bright. auspiclous morning for sightsecing and, heading a long line of cars, filled with newspaper ;_epnr:;rs and photographers, the . ‘renchmen sped away on a tour | in Two Weeks. which at every tarn surprised followers, since hia programs are al- ways kept more or less to himself. The majestic Lincoln memorial ws the first object to’draw the admira- tion of M. Clemenceau. With the French ambassador he slowly ad- vanced un the approach, stopping fre- auently to admire the stately dignity of the structure. shining beneath a bright December sun. Approaching the Linceln statue Within the shrine, the great French- man paused reverently and looked intently upon the features of that heroic figure. BOOST IN PRICE LOOMS Operators to Demand More—Penn- sylvania State Tax Upheld by Court. The shortage of hard coal continues to grow more serious in Washington ! s weecks go by, figures made publ {today by the Utilities Commission in- 1 dicated. | A ecport given out by the commis- sion on November 4 showed Wash- {ingion 15.000 tons shy of the amount | of anthracite that should have reach- ed the District at that date. Today Closely Inapects Memorial. Around and about the premier were the photographers, snapping him from all angles, even inside the memorial. Clemenceau spent some time in front of the carved Gettysburg address and seemed to be reading it. He walked into the opposite side of the i statement shows that two weeks|inaugural address of Lincoln, also {later. on November 1§, the shortage|carved upon the wall. {had increased to 20,016 tons. Attendants following the Tiger. When his car turned toward the Washington Monument. speculated as to whether the wiry, old Frenchman. who had hunted tigers in India, would The Pennsylvania furl commission dviced local authorities several s ago that because of time lost by the mincs during the stminer | wane to ride up the elovator in the | Washington would get this winter | Wathingtne M vi- only 318,395 tons of hard coal, as com- o oaronument. but ke evl dently did not Circling the Washington Monument, the party headed for north Washing- ton and. passing the section in which lives former President Wilson, xped on to the Zoo. After riding over hill and dale through the picturesque grounds of the Zoological gardens and casting fiving glances at typical American animals, including a huge bull bison perched on a hilltop, M. Clemenceau passed up the elks and deer and stop- ped at the bear cages. He spent some time in circling the bear den. gazing Intently and apparently with great in- terest upon the varieties collected by this government. Most of the animals performed with great alacrity for the visitor. 30.000 tons last vear. Pennsylvania autho; rate of {pared with iThis allotment. ities said, should come at the 10,613 tons per week. : Actual Receipts Here. On that basis the District have received 106,130 tons up to No- vember 15. An_ actual count dis- closes that only 86,114 tons had been received by local dealers on that dat. { These figures demonstrate the ne- | cessity, District officials believe, for rigid adherence to the rules laid down by the commission, restricting the {amount of hard coal’ that may be de- {livered to cach household at one time and also forbidding the use of hard val in apartment houses and busi- should neas concerns except where it is 8T It was s oon e i nat | SuBRested informally by his atien Shownitiat/tieneatingmien ants that the Tiger step across the road and visit the striped Bengal ti- ger in the animal house. There was some disappointment among the pho- tographers when they mis: picture. The party returned to the r of Henry White about 11:45, S ‘Week From Tomorrow. Col. E. M. House, who has been in charge of Clemenceau’s tour of this country. announced from the White home ‘the prgoram for the rest of the Tiger's visit in America. Tt In- cludes Washington, Philadelphia. Chicago and New York, with the Tiger sailing from New York a week from tomorrow for France. Luncheon at noon today was had at the home of former Ambassator White, with Secretary Hughes, Sec- retary Mellon, Secretary Denby, Sec. Tetary Weeks and Gen. Tasker . Bliss, who was a member of the supremo council during the war and of the American commission at Ver- sallles, as guesta At 4:30 this afternoon M. Clemen- ceau was to take tea at the -French embasey and at 5:45 meet the “direc- tors" of the Washington press. The program for tomorrow will be- 8in at Arlington cemetery at 9:15 where Clemenceau will visit the tomb Price Boost Seem. | Two things have occurred in the !anthracite coal fields that may re- {quire an increase here soon in_the {price of hard coal, it was learned to- |day. Theee developments are: An in- { crease in the price of hard coal at the mines and the court decislon uphold- ing the right of the state of Pennsyl- vania to collect a state tax of ap- proximately 15 cents per ton on hard i coal mined. i Tt was learned from an official in jclose touch with the local coal situa- { tion that one of the large independen; {anthracite operators has added $1 per ton to the price of his coal at the mines. making the cost approximately 1$7.25 per ton. To this must be added $5.83, representing freight, the 5-cent tax collected by the local Utilities Commission, as well as the dealers’ | margin, giving a retail price of ap: { proximately $17.08. Company Price, $14.13. The anthractie mines, this official said, have added 10 cents to the mine price of broken anthracite, 20 cents to egg and 10 cents to other sizes of anthracite. This, it is said, will make { the mine price §8 for broken and $8.30 {for ordinary household sizes. When { the $5.83 is added to $8.30 it gives an esidence of the unknown soldier. He will re. approximate price for company coal of | turn to the War College, whers, ot 30 jappm o'clock, he will address officers of the | world ‘war. Follow embark on the Sylph for Mount Vernon, the tomb of Georg visit to Washingt It was pointed out that most of the retail dealers are receiving hard coal from independent and company mines and are attempting to strike an aver- age retail price between the $14.13 for ing this he wilt at the navy yard where he will visit © Washington. This ! on’s tomb {s said to company coal and the $17 for inde- | be very close to the heart of Croidet? pendent coal. ¢ ceau and one of the features of his A man in close touch with the local | Visit to Washington. coal situation said these average re- - tall prices are ranging between: $15.50 Wilsen Visit on Program. and $16.50 per ton, the latter figure be-| His program calls for a call upon jing the maximum price laid down by ithe Public Utilities Commission. Uncertain on Tax Effect. So far as could be learned, none of the local dealers has taken up with the Utilities Commission the question of exceeding $16.50 as a result of increases at the mines, It was learned, how- ever, that dealers are uncertain as to how the Pennsylvania state tax will affect the price of coal. It was learned from one coal man that the mines have not been paying the state tax pending litigation. This man said that if the mines have to pay the tax for the past period the dealers also may have to" refmburse the mines for the tax on the coal they have received in the past. ‘Just what will happen, how- ever, dealers do not know. { Recommendation that the United in the estimates submitted by the budget bureau to Congress today for ithe next fiscal year. The proposal is Ithn the Secretary of the Interlor shall be empowered to acquire title through purchase or condemnation of lands in the District known as square west 695, square northwest 695, square 696, those parts of what for- merly were Canal and H streets and other lands as are now used and oc- cupied by the United States as fuel yards. . It is provided that such part of the land so acquired as may be needed shall be used as a site of a garage for | the joint use of the fuel yard and the Department of the Interior. i The proposal also provides that all that part of 1; street, which lies and extends north of I street south- east, shall be vacated and the land States government should own the therein, which {s declared to belong former President Wilson at his S street home tomorrow afternoon. “fomorrow night M. Clemenceau will address the Southern Society, at Wwhich will be a number of governors from the Southern states. At this time the Tiger will give his message to the people of the south. It has been said in southern circles that M. Clemenceau had slighted the south, but, according to his associates, he will deliver his message to that sec- tion of the country officially at the Southern Soclety gathering. President Harding will entertain the Tiger for luncheon on Thursday, but the remainder of his Thursday pro- gram, it wi id today, had not been mapped out. The principal speech of the great French visitor on Friday afternoon befroe the chautauqua, it is under- stood. will be delivered at Continental Memorial Hall. M. Clemenceau will leave Washing- ton Friday night for Philadelphia, where he is going to speak on Satur- day at the Academy of Music. He will be the guest of Gen. W. W. Atterbury for a time while there and is_expect- ing to arrive at Chicago on Monday. Returning from Chicago to New York, he will address the Soclety for the Devastated Regions for his last speech in America. In Rhine Controversy. Further developments in the French war premier's charges that Germany was preparing for war, were revealed today when it became known that he had received a telegram from Joseph G. Lunghino of Chicago. The tele- gram read as follows: “I read the list you gave out of forty-five cases of German war prep- arations. You may add anothgr that came to my personal observation while traveling through Europe last fall. To be exact, on November 14, 1921, at Dresden, I saw two large motor trucks, laden with hundreds of military saddles, being unloaded and carried into an apartment house located in & fashionable section of the city. The truck was guarded fuel yards used by the government in the District of Columbia is contained to the United States, shall be devoted |and the unloading supervised by to the exclusive use of the govern-larmy officers. The incident and at- ment in connection with the 'fuel tending circumstances emed ex- yard. traordinary to me. Unknown to the memorial, pausing to read the second | sed such sl i | I “The Tiger” and Jule army officers. 1 took a photograph of the unloading and could sc¢nd it to you if you wish.” shington Baltimore, M. Clemenceau arri last evening at 4 from following a tour which had taken him west to St. Louis. b: He was greeted at of the Depart- imme- the station French emba: ment. and v diateiy to t Whit former American Franc with whom he is to reside during his stay in Washington. At the station to greet the French statesman were: Mr. White. Amb; ldor and Mgme. Jusserand, Juls {secretary of the French emb: | Robert Bliss, third a |of_state. {" There was a crowd in the concourse t the station. awaitlng the distinguished {visitor, and but for a few cheers, they stood in respectful silence as the part entered the President's room. pos:d for a picture and entered automobil —_— TEACHER PAY BILL PASSED BY SENATE (Continued from First Page.) representatives and the State by automobile Henr: | therefore, salary adjustment prov sions for the following groups of em- ployes of the board of education: “Clerks and stenographers, medical inspectors, dental inspectors, school nurses, janitors, engineers and cus- i todial positions. ! utgorized standard salaries are provided for activities which have developed in the school system since 1906, such as junior high schools, community centers, administrative principals and examining boards. “Compensation of principals of ele- mentary schools by ‘session room pay’ is abolished. Division of ele- mentary teachers in salary classes 1, 2, 3, 4 and b is abolished. “The inadequate automatic increase of $25, $30 and $40 per annum, ac- cording to the salary class, is re- placed by a uniform annual increase of $100 per annum for all teachers. “The employment of annual substi- tute teachers is authorized.” The effect of the proposed salary schedule will be to place Washington, in regard .to teacher compensation, among the cities with the best edu- cational systems. The estimated cost of putting this proposed salary schedule into effect in the first year is $230,025. This is the amount of increased pay. In the year 1929 and 1930 the increase will amount to $990,515. Proposed Salary Schedules. ‘The proposed salary schedules are as follows: Kindergarteners, elementary school teachers and school librarians, group A minimum, $1,400; maximum_with six annual increases, $2,000. Group B, minimum, $2,100; maximum, $2,400, with three annual increases. Junior high school teachers with elementary school equivalent, group A, minimum, $1,400; maximum, $2,000. with six annual increases. Group B, minimum, $2.100; maximum, $2,400, with three annual increases. Junfor high school teachers with high school equivalent—Group A, minimum, $1,800; maximum, $2,600. with eight annual Increases. Group B, minimum, $2,700; maximum, $3,000, with three annual increases. Normal and senior high school teachers—Group A, minimum, $1,800; maximum, $2,600, with eight annual increases. Group B, minimum, $2,700; maximum, $3,000, with three annual increases. Elementary School Prineipals. Principal elementary schools— Four to seven rooms, minimum, $2,100; maximum, $2,400, with three annual Increases. Group B, eight to fifteen rooms, minimum, $2,200; maximum, $2,500, with three annual increases. Administrative principals, elemen- tary schools, sixteen or more rooms, minimum, $32,600; maximum, $3,000, with four annual increases. Directors, heads of departments, as. sistant principals, minimum, $3,10 maximum, $3,400, with three annual increases. v Principals (junior high), minimum, Juxserand, the Fremch ambassador, after they had been received by President Harding. | £2.500; maximum, {annual increases. Principals (senior high and normal). $4,000, with five i minimum. $4.000; maximum, $4,500, with five annual increases. Superviging principals. minimum, | $4.000; maximum, $4,500, with five an- nual increases. | _Community center department—di- rector, minimum, $3.100; maximum, §3,400, with three annual increases. Community Center Department. Friction Between U.S. and Greece Denied by Envoy By the Assoclated Press. ATHENS, December 4.—Jefferson Caffery, American charge daf- faires, visited M. Rentels, acting foreign minister in the new gov- ernment, for the first time today. Mr. Caffery denied rumors current here that diplomatic tension exist- ed betweep the United States and Greece as a result of recent events in this country. The rumors were strengthened by the presence of an American destroyer at Phaleron. It is zaid that a destroyer is to be stationed at Phaleron to insure wireless communication with Con- stantinople, for it is feared that the Turks may obtain control of the cable. Regular communication between Athens and Constantino- :lo is essential not only for official usiness, but to enable American relief organizations to communi- cate with each other. The relief work elicits the deepest gratitude here. PORT IN SHANTUNG SEIZED BY BANDITS Japan Was to Have Return- ed Control of City to China Today. PEKING POLICE ROUTED $100,000 Ransom Reported De- manded for Delivery of Govern- ment Officials Held Captives. By the Associated Press. ‘TIENTSIN, China, Deccmber 5.—Re- ports recevied here say that inese bandits have taken control of Tsing- tao, Shantung, the Kiaochow port whose stormy career in war and di- plomacy was to culminate, today in its return to China after years of alien rule. the first sixteen under Germany and the last eight under Japan. The population is reported fleeing from the city. Refugees Flee. Trains from Tsingtao are said to be crowded with refugess. Chinese po- {lice sent from Peking to take over the city are reported to have been driven out of their barracks. The bandits, according to the tele- grams, demand $100.000 ransom for the delivery of government officials and police in their hands. The out- laws also hold out for the appoint- ment of their chief as governor of the port. Shops and reridences are being loot- ed nightly, the dispatches sav. The 20,000 Japanese who remain in Tsing- (tao, unorganized for defending the city. apparently are impotent in face of the menace. Seized hy Germany. This was the day set for the actual delivery of the Kiaochow territory from Japan to China under the terms of the Washington armament confer- ence. The region was seized by Ger- many in 1898 as indemnity for losses in the Boxer uprising. At the out- break of the war Japan captured it and was awarded it at the peace treaty of Versailles, but in conversa- tions with China at the Washington conference agreed to turn it back this winter. DISAGREE ON RAILWAY. Community center dept—General | Otherwise in Accord on Shantung s . minimum, $1.400; maximum, | $2,000. “with six annual increases: Agreement. | community " secretaries {ull time |By the Asocisted Prem. (part time, $5 per. diem). minimum, ‘DON. 5 | $1.200: maximum, $1,500, with three| LONDON. December 5.—An official Lo foximum statement issued by the forcign office w0l attendance and work permit department—Director minimum, $3.100; i maximum. $3,400. with three annual i ief attendance officers, mini- 00; maximum, $2,000. with six_annual increases; census inspector, | minimum, $1.400; maximum, $2,000, | with six annual increases. | . Board of examiners for white echols— | Chief examiner, minimum, $4,000 ; maxi- i mum. $4.500. with five annual Increases. | Assisiant superintendent, $4,500. First assistant superintendent, $5,000. Buperintendent of schools, $10,000. —_— 100 TRUCKS IN PARADE. One hundred trucks of the Washing- jton city post office passed through the streets today in the annual “mail early” | parade. Officials of the Post Office De- partment reviewed the procession as it bassed 11th street shortly after noon. Carrying a Santa Claus and_tairty buglers and drummers of the Marine Corps, the trucks wended their way through the downtown streets, then pro- ceeded up Connecticut avenue and along to Columbla road, thence to 14th street, thence South en route to the city post office. Each truck carried the-slogan “Mail the parade being put on to forci- Early bly bring home to the people of the oft the necessity for getting the Christmas Eifts into the mails as early as possible. = BANDITS GET $8,770. WEST NEW YORK., 5.—Three bandits today attacked the cashier of the Public Service Gas Company and a policeman who guar ed him as they left the comgxmny offices, felled them with pistol butts and fied with a bag containing $8,7:0 l‘n5 ol:alosh and checks calling for about Traffic Deaths For November Cut One-Half Only four deaths from traffic ac- cldents occurred in Washington during November as compared with eight in the same month last year and thirteen in November, 1930, according to the ‘monthly report of Igxspector Headley of the traffic bu- reau. ‘The cutting in half of the number of deaths is regarded as positive proof of the value of the safety propaganda, which was driven home to every Washingtonian last month. The report, however, shows a slight increase in the number of persons injured last month as com- pared with a year ago. In Novem- ber of this year there were eight seriously %urt and 216 who re- ceived minor injuries. A year ago there were five seriously hurt and 137 who sustained minor injuries. ‘These figures do not detract from the gratification of the police over the saving of more lives, however. Inspector Headley reported to Commissioner Oyster that there were 2,642 arrests for violations of the traffic regulations last month. Of tbat number, 764 were charged th speeding and 342 wigh infrac- tion of the parking rules. » December | at Toklo last Friday prior to the actual signing of the Shantung agree- ment says that China and Japan are in accord on all matters covered by the treaty except the details concern- ing the transfer of the Shantung rail- way. The statement. received by the Central News. said that it had been decided to effect today the transfer of the administration of the Tsingtao leasehold and the withdrawal of the Japanese garrison there. “Negotiations will be continued concerning the Shantung railway.” the statement added. “and it is pected that an agreement will soon be reached thereon, so that the trans- ; fer of the rallway may occur long before March, 1924, the date fixed in the treaty.” ENTERTAIN NEW GOVERNOR. The Alabama delegation in Con gress gave a dinner in the Speaker’ private dining room at the Capitol to- day to Gov.-elect W. W. Brandon of Aladama, who came to Washington to ‘flll\llllrlte himself with the legisla- tive status of measures affecting h | state. Mr. Brandon conferred during the morning with various members of the Alabama delegation and expressed keen interest in the prospective de- velopment of Muscle Shoals. “To The | certed campaign for school impros« jmen ition that the. 10f the sc — e ———————————————————————————————————————————— URGES WHOLE CITY FIGHT FOR SCHOOLS School Board Calls Confer- ence to Form Commu- nity Body. TEN MILLIONS “WANTED Getting It Will Be Aim of Com- mittee Likely to Be Chosen Tonight. Appointment of a “community com- mittee.” through which the urnited voice of the taxpayers of the Districr will urgently appeal to Congress for an emergency appropriation of §2- 000.000 for new school buildings. is one of the aims of the joint citizens conference called by the board of edu- cation in the Franklin School tonight at 8 o'clock. Dr. Abram Simon. president of the school board, explained today that at the conclusion of tonight's conferenca the school authorities will move for the appolntment of the “community committee”—a committee which will be the most representative of its k ever formed in the District. This com- mittee, according to Simon, w.i! 4 With the duty of pushing ngress the comprehensive ng program alreads drafted b. the offic This program is design- ed to relieve the congestion in the Ppublic school sys $10,000,000 In Needed. “We must have $2,600,000 for new school buildings within the next vear." declared Dr. Simon. “We must have $2,000,000 a vear for & period five years. In all we need $10,000,000, and it will be the duty of the ‘com- munity committee’ to fight for th: amount.” School officials will propose the an- pointmest of such a representati committee of citizens to wage a con cn the ground that it is thei The officials tuke the have surveyed the ne 00l system and mapped ou civie duty. ros a far-reaching program for better ment, and here their work is activcl. atan end. Between 100 and 150 representatives of the several civic, trade. parent- teacher and other organizations i1 Washington interested in public edu- cation are expected to attend the co iference. Virtually all the organiza tions invited to participate n 1 meeting have appointed their rep: sentatives Glassie to Head Committee. A commitice of five, headed by Hen H. Glassie, chairman of the £chool con.- mittce of the Washington Chamber « Commerce, will represant that bod: Oothers on the committee are John b Small, former representative in Con gress from North Carolina: Miss Caro- iine P. Stephens, Henry B. Davis and Arthur C. Moses. The Board of Trade's representative will be Dan iel A. Edwards. former president of the board of education Ome of the purposes of the confer- ence, as ex: lained by Harry O. Hine, sveretary of the board. is “to acquain: ithe public with the present status of pending school legisiation and th- immediate school needs that require congressional action; and to invoke the effective and helpful co-opera- tion of the many local and civei or- ganizations to have these progres- sive plans promptly enacted into law. Dr. Frank W. Ballow superin- { tendent of sehools, will discuss tha school budget for the next fiscal year, and cite items eliminated by tha and the is_his intention alse Cupper teacher sula and ool reorganization bill. tha compuisery attendance and &chool census bill and Senator Capper's pro- posed school improvements. PRESIDENT DELAYS ANNUAL MESSAGE 1 from First Page.) i budget e i Commissioners j bureau. s It the : Alis i (Coniinu. isuch others of pressing importance |as reasonably may be dealt with the short session 1 shall invite v attention at an early dav.” Sin then the question of rural credits le; islation has been discussed in detail by the executive with Senator Wat- son of Indiana and other leaders, and it was suggested today that the de- lay in transmitting the annual mes- sage might be due in part to & desire to perfect beforehand a comprehen- sive program for aiding the farmer. ‘Wilson Firat to Addresa. President Wilson establiched tha ! custom of appearing before Congresa {in person on the second day of the | session to deliver his message. For | many vears prior to that time pres- !idential mesages had been sent 1o Congress messenger and read ou the opening day, except in cases where the House was unable to com- plete its organization. The most noted Instance of delay in receipt of the annual presidentiul message occurred fu 1855, when ths i House was forced to take 133 ballots to elect a Speaker. President Pierce, cause of the inability of the Housa {DeCarganize, withneld transmission of [ his message until the 1ast day of De- cember. Ladies!” is a Popular Christmas Thought But Just What to Give to the Ladies Is Matter. Mere Men. You'll Save Yo Deal of Worry “Gifts For Her” Gift Sugges! (Copyright, 1922, tions™ day’s Classified Section of The Star. a Different That’s a Christmas Thought That Requires Thinking on the Part of a Lot of urself a Great by Turning to in the “Christmas Columns in To- by Basil L. Smith)