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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Parily cloudy and colder tonight; minimum temperature above freez- ing; tomorrow probably fair. Teraperatures: Highest, 69, at noan today; lowest, 58, at 7:40 a.m. today. . Full report of page T. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 0. 29534, post_office, Entered as second class matter Washingion, D. C Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH OLIDGE ADVISED 0T T0 RESUBNIT AME CF WARREN Party Leaders Assure Presi- dent Confirmation Would Remain Impossible. FULL STRENGTH SHOWN IN VOTE OF YESTERDAY A. P. Rugg, Gov. Grosbeck and Mc- Camant of Oregon Likely as Nominees. President Coolidge was advised to- Aay tcpublican leaders in the Senate not to re-ubmit the nomina- of Charles }i. Warren of Michi- Ran to be Attorney General, because it could not be confirmed, and If he were appointed under pointment he cou'd not draw pay he leaders who visited the White House early in the day sald the Chief Executive had glven them no indica- tion as to what Jds course would be, hut some of ther: are of the opinion he might make another selec- by tion that tion Full Voie Counted. Mr. Coolidge was informed that the £.11 support for Mr. Warren had been counted in the vote vesterday, when the nomination vas rejected, 40 to 40, the absent Republican Senators fa- vorable to confirmation being paired with Senators in opposition. Indications thai a new name might recess ap-| 'SICK DOCTOR | Dr. Franzoni Submits Self to Knife for Fatal Heart Malady SLIP MEANT DEATH Demonstration at Garfield for Visiting Physicians Is Successful. . Dr. Charles H. Franzonl, prominent local druggist and physician, today evidenced his faith in surgery and In the skill of his fellow physicians by { voluntarfly submitting himself as a patient in one of the rarest and most hazardous operations known to science ~that for. angina pectoris. And he emerged from the ordeal successfully. The delicate operation was per- formed at Garfield Memorial Hospital this morning by Dr. H. H. Kerr, staff surgeon, and one of the few men liv- ing who have undertaken the task. Witnessing the feat were a room full of distinguished surgeons from vari- ous parts of the country in attendance here at the ninth annual clinical session of the American Congress on Internal Medicine. Outside the operating members of Dr. awaited anxiously room the Franzoni's family the word that 5 BILLION FRANGS NEEDED BY FRANGE be sent to the Serate revived discussion | among Senators & to the possibility of confirming such a selection, should it be i Loucheur Says Only Foreign made from among the list of men who | consideration when Mr. chosen. These included chief justice of the Gov. were under Warren was Arthur P. Rugs, Massachusetts _Supreme ~ Court ; Groesbeck of Michigan and others. A new name which appeared today in speculation over the vacant post was that of Judge Wallace McCamant of Portland, Oreg., whose se ection is said to have been urged vigorou:ly upon the White House. It was Judge McCamant Who upset the plans of Republican party leaders at the Chicago convention in 1920 by placing the name of Calvin Coolidge in nomination for Vice Presi- dent and stampecing the convention to him Chairman Cummins of the judiciary committee, who had charge of the nom- fnation in the Seiate, was the first to present his views to the President to- Gay. Later Senators Watson of '~diana, Moses of New Hampshire, Reed of Yennsylvania and Wadsworth of New York discussed the situation. Dramatic ficene in Senate. ., The Senate’s rajection of the nom(j ndtion of Warren was colored by the dramatic efforts ¢ ¢ Republicans to over- | turn a tie vote on confirmation, has left the question of filling that office enveloped in uncertainty. Coming with almost startling sud- denness late in the day, the vote on| confirmation apoarently caught the administration firces, who, even dur- ing the roll call, of the result, ofi guard. While Dem- ocratic opponen's of the nomination sought to clinch their victory by de- manding that the roll call be closed and announced and administration Jeaders strove to delay it, a taxicab dash by Vice President Dawes from his hotel to the Capitol in an effort 1o arrive in time to break the tie was awaited as the impending climax. Reed Swritches Vote. He wes too late for that, the roll call having been announced, but in the meantime Republican leaders re- sorted to furtner strategy, when Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, switch- ed his vote to tie opposition column, making the result, technically, 39 to 41, 50 that he might move reconsidera- tion of the question. On an immedlate of opponents of confirmation to lay the Reed motion on the table, the Senate had concluded another tie vote, 40 to 40, just as the Vice President, who could have cast the deciding ballot, entered the chamber When at this juncture, however, Senator Over- man of North rolina, the only Democrat who had voted for con- firmation, switched his vote, the mo- tion to reconsider was tabled and the fight was ended counter motion Nine Republicans Against. sylvania, vote was cast’ for strategic reasons, nine Republicans, the one Farmer-Labor Sepator, Ship- stead, and all o' the Democrats pres ent except Senator Overman, voted against confirmation he Republicans were Borah of 1daho, Brookhart of Towa, Couzens of Michigan, Frazier and Ladd of North Dakota, Johnson of California, Mc- Master and Norbeck of South Dakota and Norris of Nebraska. Results of Roll Call. The roll call on confirmation fol- lows For confirmation: Republicans—Bingham, Butler, Cam- eron, Capper, (ummins, Curtis, Dale, Deneen, du Pont, Gillett, Goff, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones of Washington, Keyes, McKin- ley, MoLean, McNary, Means, Metcalf, Mos. Oddie, epper, Pine, Sackett, Schally Shortridge, Smoot, Stanfield, Wadsworth, Watson, Weller and Willis— b Democrat—Overman— Total, 39 Against cbnfirmation—Republicans: Borah, Brookhart, Couzens, Frazier, Johnson, Ladd, McMaster, Norbeck, Norris and Reel of Pennsylvania—10. Democrats: Ashurst, Bayard, Blease, Bratton, Brousiard, Bruce, Caraway, Copeland, Fer:is, Fletcher, George Harri; Harrison, Heflin, King, Me- Kellar, Mayfiel¢, Neely, Pittman, Ral- ston, Ransdell, Reed of Missouri, Rob- inson, Sheppard, Simmons, Swanson, Trammell, Tyson, Walsh and Wheel- er—30. Farmer-Labor: —4l. Shipstead Total Vote Comes Suddenly. The vote on the nomination came with almost startling suddennes after six hours of debate in which Mr. Warren hed been alternately de- fended and aisailed because of his former conneciions with sugar in- terests. More speeches were expected, and| after presiding most of the day, Vica President Dawes retired to his hotel, a mile away, for a rest, having re- ceived, his friends said, assurances from leaders aa both sides that there (Continued ¢n Page 4, Column 1.) seemed confident | irust, Fernald, Fess, | Spencer, | Loan Can Avert Crisis in | Nation’s Finances. | By the Associated Pres: PARIS, March 11.—A foreign loan {of four or five billion of frames to | enable the treasury to pay its ob- {ligations promptly Is France's fun- damental need in the present and ap- | proaching financial crisis, says Louls iLoucheur in an interview published /by Le Journal. The paper had ap- | pealed to him as an outstanding ex- | pert in finance tc suggest a way out for the country, facing the maturity of 23,000,000,000 francs' worth of se- curities this year. { “If the treasury had sufficient mar- | gin to enable it to meet promptly all idemands for payment, evervthing |sogn would go smoothly,” M. Loucheur “Bondholders - who demanded reimbursement would be the first to | bring back their money to the trexs- ury If they saw that the treasury {was paying. It is, in fact, a question | of conildence.” | Forelgn Loan Possible. Unfortunately, the government had raised the interest rates on its re- | cent loans, so that the problem of refunding had become dificult and | burdensome, but, he added, “I know | that a foreign loan Is possible, and I believe it is necessary. This loan also, he added, would | provide means for a campaign to im- |prove the franc, while the $100.000.- 000 Morgan loan was reserved for | defense if the franc were attacked. | He belleved the Senate would im- | prove upon the chamber's budget | provisions and bring about a balance, |and, as the commercial trade bal- {ance was favorable, thanks to the | tourists, there was no reason for dis- { couragement. Taxes could not be increased with- out diminishing the public absorption lof loans, as there were only 111,- 1000,000,000 francs in circulation, {41,000,000,000 of paper money and 170,000,000,000 of bonds, which he in- |cluded as the virtual equivalent of | banknotes. | Prompt Payment Vital. | Therefore, the required margin to | meet the first bond maturing and to ire-establish confidence by ~prompt | payment was obtainable only through |a loan abroad. He believed the franc must be stabilized-and improved, but { this would be dangerous if too rapid, |and the cost of living must first be decreased to avoid catastrophe. “The patient should not be operated upon when he has fever,” he re- marked. “We must wai The Senate committee continues to use the pruning knife in its con- sideration of the budget. It now has got through the best part of the ap- ministry of war, the mercantile ma- rine, the devastated reglons and tech- | nical education, from which it has | knocked off close to 400,000,000 francs, _making the total economies to date 550,000,000 franes. | | CURZON IS UNCHANGED. Condition Continues Satisfactory ! After Operation. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 11.—The condition of Lord Curzon continues satisfactory {after his recent operation, the at- {tending surgeons announced at noon today. Their bulletin was as fol- lows: “Owing to Lord Curzon's tendency to suffer from insomnia, he passed a restless and somewhat uncomfortable night, but at Sir Bruce Bruce-Port- er's and Sir John Thomson-Walker's visit this morning they found that Lord Curzon's general condition con- tinued satisfactory. i BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, March 11.—Tourists, hotel managers and even police authorities are baffled at the new regulations imposed on foreigners who remain in France longer than a fortnight. Visitors coming to enjoy Paris find themselves in the unpleasant situa- tion of having to spend hours in the stuffy rooms of the prefecture of police as part of a queue that is often none too desirable. In order to facilitate things for tourists, the police’ authorities had IN TEST OF RARE SURGERY propriations, inciuding those for thel Paris Tourists Must Wait in Line In Stuffy Police Office for Hours RISKS LIFE CHARLES H. FRANZON (Harris & Ewing Photo.) would tell whether the patient would | come from that room alive and re- lieved of the precarious heart condi- tion from which he suffered, or that would spell tragedy. For had the hand deftly wielding | the knife at the side of Dr. Fran-| zoni's throat slipped a fraction of an inch to the side, it would have severed one or possibly all of a number of (Continued on Page . Column 2.) STCHT0 PROTOGD, BRANDNSTRUCTED Former Premier Confers . With Cabinet on Reply He Will Make to Chamberiain. I PARIS, March 11.—The French cab- inet, under the chairmanship of Pres- ident Doumergue, whole diplomatic situation toda Premier Herriot informed his col- leagues of the substance of the dec- laration which M. Briant will make at Geneva tomorrow in favor of the League of Nations security protocol, and they approved the policy of stick- ing to the league plan. The instructions were agreed upon at a conference called by Premier| Herriot in his oiice last night. The meeting was attended by MM. Jou- venel, Loucheur, Paul Boncour, Georges Bonnet and Jouhaux, the French delegates to the league, and M. Laroche, chief of the political de- partment of the foreign office. Talk of Modifications. Various modifications to the proto- col and three, five’ and seven power pact plans were discussed, but at the end the conferees were of the unani- mous opinion that France must hold to the protocol, at the same time! leaving the door open to all sugges- tions to make it more acceptable or effective. Former Premier Briant will reply to the British foreign secretary, Aus- ten Chamberlain, after the latter has made his pronouncement tomorrow | regarding the British attitude toward the protocol. MUSSOLINI'S ILLNESS IS DECLARED GRAVER Believed to Be Suffering From Trouble Requiring Delicate Op- erations—Doctors Silent. | B the Associated Press. i | went over thej By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New: ROME, March 10 (10:30 p.m—By Mail to Paris, March 11).—In spite of- optimistic bulletins regarding Premier Mussolini’s health and re- peated announcements that he will be able to be present at the reopening of Parliament, this correspondent is informed that the premier's condition has taken a sudden turn for the worse. { Although the physicians are silent | as to the nature of Mussolini's fllness, it is believed that he is suffering from intestinal ulcerations requiring delicate operations. On account of the serious state of | his health, Mussolini’s trip to Taor- mina has been postponed indefinitely. {(Copyright, 1923, by Chicago Daily News Co.) HUGE SEARCHLIGHTS FAIL TO EXPOSE AIR ATTACK Army’ Plane Evades Powerful Beams and Has San Franciseo at Its Mercy. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.—Four searchlights of 5,000 yards' range fail- ed to find an Army airplane theo- retically attacking San Francisco last night. The test, which was under the direction of Maj: J. S. Platt, was between Fort Scott, as the defending base, and an Army plane from Crissy Field, as the attacking force. “Fort Scott was saved, but San Francisco was at the mercy of the enemy plane,” said Maj. Platt. “Our principal trouble was that the enemy avoided our range.” The searchlights located the plane several times after it had displayed lights, but immediately lost sight of | it. r 1 promised to allow hotel officials to handle the passports of travelers, but o far the latter have not re. ceived the proper blanks, while the law compelling tourists to obtain permits to stay in the city is being enforced already. Hotel officials and touriet agencies are urging travelers to report immediately to the police, warning them that they risk fine and expulsion If they fail to do so. Many foreigners who are unwilling to go through the ordeal which others have experienced ars leaving Paris rather than submit to the new- regulations. by Chicago Daily News Co.) (Coprright, 1925, | duty | to Ambassador Riddle. PRESIDENT NAMES TWOENVOYS; GETS ONE RESIGNATION Riddle Leaves Buenos Aires; Eberhardt to Nicaragua, Summerlin, Honduras. SERVICE REALIGNMENT IS SEEN IN SHIFTINGS Culbertson May Go to Peking and Schurman to Berlin—Other Names Mentioned. President Coolidge has accepted the resignation of John W. Riddle as Am- bassador to Argentina. Ambassador Riddle’s resignation was received before Secretary Hughes retired on March 5. President Coolidge is understood to have a brief list of names before him } from which to choose a successor, and it is expected a nomination will be sent to the present special session of the Senate. Mr. Riddle's home is at Farmington, Conn. While no announcement was made as to the reason for the Ambassador's desire to leave the diplomatic serv- ice, it had become known that one of his motives lay in the inability of Mrs. Riddle, who underwent the or- deal of the sinking of the Lusitania, to make the long sea voyage to Buenos Aires. Physicians are said to have advised her against such a trip. Two Envoys Appointed. Accompanying this change the Presi- | dent nominated Charles C. Eherhardt of Kansas to be Minister to Nicaragua and George T. Summerlin of Louislana to be Minister to Honduras. The selections both are promotions within the Diplomatic Service, and are a part of a realignment of the service. Mr. Eberhardt now is on in the State Department here and Mr. Summerlin recently became counselor of the embassy at Rome after many years of service in Mex- ico City, where he was in charge of! the emtbassy during some of the most troublous periods of the recent fast- changing internal situation there. Mr. Eberhardt entered the Diplomatic Service in 1964 and Mr, Summerlin in 1909. Will Succeed Ramer. As Minister to Nicaragua, Mr. Eberhardt will succeed John E. Ramer of Colorado, who recently re signed, after serving for more than three years. Mr. Summerlin will suc- ceed Frank E. Morales of New Jer- sey, who also was appointed in 1821. Neither resignation has been an- nounced, and it ‘'was indicated today that both*Ministérs merely had signi- fied they would retire at Mr. Cool- |1dge’s pleasure. With the resignation of Mr, Riddle and the transfer of Ambassador Houghton from Berlin to London, there now are vacant two ambas- sadorships, and it Is expected that two or three lesser diplomatic posts likewise will have to be filled in the near future. Selections for all of these places probably will be made by President Coolidge without delay. | Culbertson Considered. One of those under consideration for appointment to the diplomatic corps is William S. Culbertson of Kansas, now a member of the Tarift Commission. He has been urged for the Buenos Alres post in succession But the be- lief prevails that his nomination as Minister to China is more likely should it be finally decided to trans- fer Minister Schurman to Berlin. It has been known for some time that | Mr. Culbertson would prefer a post ich offered a field for employment of his long experience with economic subjects. GIRL BUS DRIVER KILLED IN CRASH School Vehicle Wrecked by Train Near Norfolk—Brother Is Injured. Special Dispatch to The Star. NORFOLK, Va., March 11.—Dorothy Stokes, 16 years old, pupil and driver of a school bus, was killed and her 14-year-old brother, Edward Stokes, was serlously injured when a Norfolk Southern railway train wrecked the bus at a crossing § miles from here at Butts Station. The accident occurred at 8 o'clock this morning while the bus was on its rounds gathering children for the 9§ o'clock opening of the county school at Great Bridge. When filled the bus contains 14 pupils. Because the route lies in a quiet rural section Mi Stokes had been permitted by her parents to handle the wheel, and she had been driving efficiently in fair weather. Two Bodles in Wreckage. | The bus approached the crossing at moderate speed and the train had slowed down to 30 miles an hour when the crossing was reached. Be- fore the engineer could stop the motor vehicle had been dragged some dis- tance and the bodies of the two chil- dren, who had left their home but a few minutes before, were taken from the wreckage by trainmen. The girl died within a few minutes after the accident. Upon regaining consclousness the boy tried to explain how the accident occurred, but was too badly injured to make himself understood and was taken in an am- bulance to a Norfolk hospital. His chance of recovery, physiclans say, are about even. et oy HELD IN GIRL’S DEATH Youth’s Story of Runaway Auto to Be Probed. STONEHAM, Mass., March 11.—John J. Fitzgerald, a Cambridge youth, was held by the police today pending in- vestigation of the drowning of Miss Catherine Murnane of Cambridge, who was carried into Dark Hollow Pond in this town last night when a park- ed automobile rolled backward into the water. Fitzgerald ‘sald he had just got out of the car to crank it when_the engine started. Radio Programs—Page 28. 1, PRINTERS' PROTEST GIVEN T0 COOLIDGE Discharges by Carter Called Flagrant Law Violation. His Status Assailed. A letter protesting against the dis- missal of a large number of printers from the Government Printing Office Saturday night was delivered to Presi- dent Coolidge at the White House today by a delegation from the Typographical Union, which charged that the action of Public Printer George H. Carter in dis- charging the employes was “a flagrant violation of the letter and spirit of the law.” The protest further declared “that the state of mind under which the printers are compelled to work in the Government Printing_Office is almost unbearablé, dué o Tate “and previous actions of the present pubiie printer.” The letter was presented to Everett Sanders, secretary to the President, by E. F. Smith and George G. Seibold. president und secretary, respectively, of Columbia Trpographical Udion, No. 101. Mr. Sanders, according to Mr. Smith, asked several questions, all of which Mr. Smith said were covered in the let- ter and protest. Text of Unio Letter. “Representing the printer employes in the Government Printing Office, we wish to respectfully direct your attention to a flagrant violation of the letter and spirit of the law in a recent discharge of about 125 print- ers in that institution. “We wish to emphasize that we are not complaining of the discharge as such, fully realizing that the Gov- ernment is under no obligation to employ help that is not needed, but we do most earnestly protest against the manner of the discharge, and in d ing so we wish to briefly refer to in- cidents leading up to the said dis- charge. Reealls Plea For Help. “Early last Fall the public printer caused to be printed and conspicu- ously posted in post offices through- out the country a large placard stat- jing that the Government Printing Office was in need of printers, and that permanent employment awaited those who came to Washington. “The heading of this placard stated in very large type that ‘Uncle Sam has a job for you,’ while striking paragraphs followed: ‘Permanent em- ployment by Uncle Sam,’ ‘Protection of the United States civil service law,’ ‘Uncle Sam never misses pay day nor shuts down shop, ‘Annuity paid for life upon retirement at 65 years of age’ 'Every true American should see and know Washington,' ‘It is a | lifetime opportunity,’ ‘Don’t miss it “Many other paragraphs of like tenor occurred throughout the plac- ard, and conditions surrounding a position in the Government Printing Office were pictured as ideal. So urgent was the need for printers deemed to be that the requirement of four years' experience which had al- ways prevailed as requisite for quali- fications was set aside and prospec- tive applicants were told that an ex- perience of two years only in a printing office would meet the re- quicements in the case of linotype perators if one of the two years had cen devoted to operating a linotype machine. « Many Respond to Appeal. “A good many printers responded to the allurements held out in this placard, which was wristen and mail- ed by the public printer without of- ficlal sanction of the Civil Service Commission, according to a statement made by Commissioners Wales and Demming. After working for a few weeks about 40 of these employes were dismissed without a moment's notice, although some of them had been brought here from points as far distant as the Pacific coast, and most of them had given up positions and brought their families with them, under the impression that their work in Washington was to be permanent, which they had every right to as- sume. “A copy of the placard Is attached hereto and market Exhibit A. “Following the issuance of this placard the Civil Service Commission, as late as January of this year, was prevailed upon by the public printer to send out blank forms to obtain an eligible list for printers. The Civil Service Commission declined to lower the requirements from four to two years, although requested by the pub- ilic printer to do so, the undersigned, representing the employes, having pro- tested against this radical, unwise and unnecessary change. “In a letter to the one of the under- signed, subsequent to our protest, the secretary for the commission stated, however, that ‘you are now advised " (Continued on Page 3, Column ¥.) A5 i n Star Yesterday's Circulation, 103,882 1925—FORTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. You 52'3‘”-9 SLEEP oN Shamrocks Barred, Even With Liquor To Freshen Them By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 11.—More than 1,000 packages of shamrocks in- tended to brighten Boston homes on St. Patrick's day were ordered sent back to Ireland today by rep- resentatives of the Department of Agriculture. The action was taken under the regulation which pro! its the importation of living plants because of the danger of pests. In one box Inspectors found a small bottle of Irish whisky, with a note reading: “This will keep the shamrock fresh, so St. Patrick said.” CHARGES OF DAVIS Two Say They Had No Part in Alleged Beating of Prisoner in Station. Police officers in large numbers ral- lied today to the defense of Lieut. Joseph W. Pierson and Pvt. Ralph G. Proctor of the seventh precinct, who are on trial before Justice Hoehling and a jury in Criminal Division 1 on a charge of assaulting with black- Jjacks and a rubber hose Arthur A Davis while he was a prisoner at the station September 27 last Two of the policemen named by Davis on the witness stand vesterday as among those participating in. the assault declared they took no part in any beating of the prisoner and also exonerated the licutenant and Proc- tor. Other officers corroborated the claim of Pierson and Proctor that they were not at the station at the time given by Davis for the alleged assault. Clarence P. Robinson, who, accord- ing to Davis, stood at his feet and beat him with a rubber hose, de- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 3 STABBED, 4 SHOT IN MOUNTAIN FEUD Family Fight Waged Over Collec- tion of Debt Near Connells- ville, Pa. By the Associated Press. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., March 11.— Three men were stabbed in the back and four were slightly hurt by bul- lets in a fight in the mountains near South Connellsville yesterday, it was learned today, when stories of a mountain feud were told to Fayette County authoritigs. Woman members of the families were sald to have joined in the fight- ing, although none of them was hurt. The fight started, officers said, when Charles Schoyer tried to collect $180 from Raymond Evans. Evans called three of his friends—Ralph Prump, Harry Bierley, 19, and Louis Pierce, 25—and gave battle. Schoyer's two Brothers, Ted and Annias, and George Balda joined him, and the fight lasted for several hours. Prump, Blerley and Pierce are in the Connellsville Hospital with stab wounds, while the three Schoyer brothers and Balda are in the county jail at Uniontown charged with felo- nious shooting and assault and bat- tery. They were slightly, wounded. By the Associated Press. ABOARD U. 8. S. SEATTLE, AT SEA, OFF COAST OF LOWER CALIFORNIA, March [1.— The scouts of two great fleets of Amer- fcan men-of-war today were ap- proaching their respective battle line several hundred miles off the coast of Lower California. The alertness of Amerfcan sea- fighters was strikingly demon- strated as the ships of both fleets, mumbering 109 United States Navy ‘vessels, moved into the battle zone. Men and officers were at battle sta- _tlong, each engaged in duties that U. S. Fleets Approach Battle Line For Mimic Warfare in the Pacific it | 1 | | ASK CONTROLLER FOR DECISION ON $819373 SURPLUS Commissioners Act to Obtain Use of Balance Left From 1922 Revenue. WOULD USE BIG SUM FOR SCHOOLS AND PARKS Are Anxious to Have Matter Set- tled Before 1926 Budget Is Prepared. The District Commissioners today asked the controller general of the United States for a ruling on the District'’s claim to certain revenues amounting to $819,373.83 which were left undetermined by Congress when recently recognized that the city has a large surplus fund in the Treasury. The amount of the Distrlot's sur- plus, as found by the act of Congres is $4,438,1564.92. If the controller | verifies the city's claim to the other | $819.373.83 the | surplus will be 35 SCHOSTOEND PARTTIME SYSTEN Elimination First Aim in Car- | rying Out $19,000,000 ! Building Program. ! Ea | Eliminatien part-time r!as:es‘ will be the first aim of school aulhor-‘[ ities’in carrying out the District's un- | precedented $15,000,000 five - year | school building program, which \\Hl\ be definitely launched after a survey | of schoolhouse construction in other | ities, which will be started Friday | in Baltimore by a committee com- posed of Supt. Frank W. Ballou, Mu-| nicipal Architect Albert I. Harris, and Ernest Greenwood, vice president Of the Board of Education and chair- man of its committee on buildings, grounds and equipment. Dr. Ballou indicated today that | school authorities considered the| elimination of the part-time classes of primary importance and deserv- ing of first consideration as far as! schoolhouse accommodations are con- cerned. There are now 129 part-time es in the school system, in which | approximately 5,000 children are re- ceiving only 60 per cent of a normal day's schooling Elfmination of Portables. After the part-time classes eliminated through additional ac- commodations in the schools in which they are located, steps will be taken to dispose of undesirable rooms and rented quarters, which were pressed into use as an expedient when con- {gestion became serious. The -next procedure will be to eliminate the 61 one-room portables now in use at greatly overcrowded schools. While disposing of half-time and| | over-size classes and undesirable quarters, a definite plan of replace- ment of the oid buildings recommended for abafidonment yvears ago will be cer- ried out. Under this plan a few of the old buildings would be abandoned an- nually over the five-vear period. Figures compiled by school authori- | ties show that 280 additional class- roums are needed solely to eliminate | portables, part-time classes, rented quarters and undesirable rooms and to reduce oversize classes. One hun- dred and sixty-eight additional class- rooms are necessary to replace build- ings recommended for abandoyment .Those buildings, which will be| abandoned under the five-year pro-/ gram, are: John F. Cook, Threlkeld, | Abbott, Adams, Berret, Bradley, Force, Jefferson, Lincoln, Webster, Bell, Chain Bridge, Hamilton, Smoth- ers, Tenley, Arthur, Brightwood, Garnet, Langdon and Patterson. Ten of these buildings were recommended for abandonment in 1908. are $4,200,000 for Thix Year. Approximately $4.200,000, about one-fifth of the total of $19,000,000 authorized by Congress for new schools, is available this year, and school officials plan to make use of it without uudue delay. Plans for the new McKinley Tech- nical High School to be erected at Second and T streets northeast, ad- joining the Langley Junior High School, already are in the process of preparation in the office of Muni- cipal Architect Harris. The plans for other school build- ings provided in the initial install- ment of the building program, will be started as soon as the committee completes its survey of schoolhouse construction in other cities. Besides Baltimore, the committee has planned to visit Philadelphia, New York, Rochester, Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago and Detroit. Dr. Ballou pointed out that every feature of schoolhouse construction will be observed closely by the com- mittee during the trip, such as heat- (Continued on Page i co-ordinated the activities of 25,- 000 officers and men into two mighty fighting machines at sea. Estimates of possible contacts that will mark the beginning of the big naval engagement were that airplanes might spot destroy- ers, cruisers or submarines of the opposing forces; that destroyers might meet crulsers or submarines or other’ destroyers, or that sub- marines might penetrate Into the midst of the opposing formation. The destroyers, scout crulsers, airplanes and submarines all were on the far-flung scouting screens, ‘while the capital ships were back in the main formation. | claimed by total amount of the 1.528.75. The city heads transmitted td” the controller a clear and comprehensiv. presentation by Maj. Daniel J. Dono- van, auditor, of the reasons why the additional amount should be declared a part of the surplus fund For Schools and Parks. Maj. Donovan pointed out that th Commissioners are anxious to have the question settled before the next estimates are prepared so that Con- gress may be asked to appropriate the remainder of the surplus for school and park purposes next year. After explaining in detail the sev- eral items that make up the $819,- 373.83 and the reasons why the Dis- trict authorities believe it is right- fully due the city, the auditor sum med up: “It would seem that the foregoinig explanations convincingly and con- clusively show that the sum of $819,- 373.83, embracing the four items con- sidered in detail above, was improp- erly treated as an obligation of the District of Columbia on June 30, 1922, thus resulting in correspondingly re- ducing the surplus revenues of the District in the Treasury on that date Had this amount been properly treat- ed as a credit forming part of the general fund on June 30, 1922, be- longing to the District of Columbia the free surplus revenues on that date would have been reported as amounting to $5,257,328.73, instead of $4.438,154.92." ‘Was Surplus Revenume. In explaining what makes up undetermined claim, Maj. said “The additional th Donovan sum of $519,373.53 the District, over and above the sum of $4,438,154.92, is made up of four items, as follows The sum of $169,508.85. This amount represents revenues collecte by the District of Columbla and de posited in the Treasury of the Unite States during the fiscal year 1922 over and above appropriation and other charges against the revenues of the District for that year. This money was actually in the Treasury at the close of the fiscal year 1922 and is included as a part of the general fund balance of 74,416.90 certified by the controller general to be to th credit of the general fund of the Dis trict of June 30, 1922. Misunderstanding Claimed. The accountants employed by the joint select committee of Congre: treated this item, together with the following items, as obligations of the District of Columbia rather than as credits, which they properly were, and in this way misled the commit- tee in reducing the surplus revenue of the District as of and on June 30, | 1922, “On page 33 of the printed report of the joint select committee (Docu- ment No. 301, Sixty-seventh Congress, fourth session) the total amou treated as an obligation instead of a credit is reported as $825,603.69, which, subject to the deduction there- from of claimed ‘surplus’ fees of the recorder of deeds and register of wills, amounting to $6,229.86, subse- quently deducted from the general fund balance of the District in ac- cordance with a decision of the con- troller general, would leave the dif- ference of $819,373.83 left to ascer- tainment and determination by, the controller general under the act’ ap- proved February 2, 1825. $239,430.72 Omitted. “The sum of $239.430.72. Under the deficiency appropriation act, ap- proved July 1, 1922, items totaling $399,051.20 were appropriated for the District of Columbia. The charge to the revenues by reason of such ap- propriation amounted to $239,470.7 Because the act in question was not approved until after the close of the fiscal year 1922 (it was approved on the first day of the year 1923), it wa: not considered or included by the General Accounting Office or by the auditor of the District of Columbia in their respective statements of ac- count between the United States and the District of Columbia for the fis- cal year ended June 30, 1922, It should not have been included in the report of the accountant of the com- mittee or in the report of the com- mittee itself, as it was a transaction to be taken care of and included in the statement of account between the United States and the District of Co- lumbia for the fiscal year 1923. The joint select committee, proceed- ing on the basis of the report of the accountants, charged the District's proportion of the appropriation made by this deficlency act against the sur- plus revenues of the District in the Treasury on Jume 30, 1922. The general accounting office and the auditor of the District of Columbia, in the statement of their respective accounts between the United States and the District of Columbia for the fiscal year June 30, 1923, again charged the District with the pro- portion of the appropriation made by the said deficiency act. Therefore, the revenues of the District of Co- lumbia are now twice charged with the amount of this item “The sum of $11,679.14. The amount of this _item represents certain moneys deposited directly in the Treasury of the United States (not through the collector of taxes of the District) during the fiscal year 1933, (Contlnued on Page 2, Column (