Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1925, Page 2

) o » BALLOU REVEWS SCHODL PROGRESS Building Program and Higher Pay for Teachers Out- standing Advances. re. A comprehensive and detailed the view of educatfonal progress in District under his administration of the public schoois for the last five vears is presentod by Supt. Frank W lou in the fifth section of his an nual report, released last night for rs of F nt is labeled ucational In it Dy recommendntions made by administra important the outset of his ied out five. hi tion have been c . previous rtance as ha past five years, tendent Five-Year Building Program. hief among the accomplishments, Dr. Rallou pointed out, was the au- thorization by Congress of the unprec- edented five-vear school building pro gram. The superintendent. however, Indicated that the higher salaries for »ficers, teachers and other educational employes, as well as clerks and jan- itors: the increased number of admin- istrative prine the provision for the appointment of annual substitute acers: the enlargement and reorgani on of the boards of examiners—all achievements of his administration— when taken together. will “have a pro e tzken place in the declared the superin found effect upon public education in | the District of Columbia in the years to come.” “The higher compensation for offi- cers and teach has raised the morale and inspired new zeal among teachers and officers now emploved in the school service,” sald the report “In addition, the new salary schedule has made teaching in Washington more attractive to experienced teach- ers elsewhere and for the first time in many years the supply of ade- quatly trained teachers for the Wash- ington schools is equal to the educa- tional demands of the school system Increase of Officials. “The appointment of additional as- ristant superintendents at headquar- | ters makes it possible to distrubte the work on a functional basis, thereby reducing the overwhelming admin rative responsibilities heretofore car- ried by too few officers: distributing those responsibilties among a larger ‘oup of officers and increasing the affectiveness and dispatch with which school business Is transacted. From 1906 to 1920, the administrative staff in the Washington school system re- mained practically stationary, the fact that the school popul and the teaching staff had increased 25 or 30 per cent during that period. “Business affairs are now super- vised by a single officer rather than by several officers. Supervision is dis- tributed among several different of- | ficers according to their special qual- Ifications. “The appointment of administrative principals has provided our larger elementary schools with a principal tree from teaching in order that he, or she, may supervise the teaching and the educational work of the chil- dren in their respective school “The salary schedule provided in the reclassification legislation for the clerical staff of the Board of Educa.|can attorney. tion will make it possible to expect, | ment by require and secure a correspondingly | counsel higher grade of work than has here- | claims commissions, a post tofore been possible with the compen- sation offered. Pay of Janitors. “The increased rate of pay for the Janitorial staff is a justifiable reward for those janitors who, during period of the war, staved at their pos despite the more attractive pay offer. ed in other fields of occupation. sible to attract to the janitorial serv- ice persons who possess the personal qualifications and knowledge of their work necessary to make an efficient Janitor. “The provision for the employment of annual substitutes makes it pos- sfble to insure a higher type of sub- stitute service than has heretofore heen possible. Annual must possess the eligibility require- ments of regular teachers and, in ad- dition. must be teachers of experi- ence in the fields of service in which they are to substitute. They are to receive the basic salary of the sal- ary class in which they teach. No other administrative change s likely to have such a direct effect upon the instruction of pupils as this initial provision which looks toward a more effective provision for the instruction of the children during the absence of regular teachers, “Under provisions of the enlarge. ment of the boards of examiners, the responsibilities heretofore carried by | a small hoard of threa members is now distributed among a board of six or seven members. The enlarged board of examiners makes it possible to select for service on the board per- sons well qualified to render various kinds of professional service with Which the board of examiners is pri- marily concerned Increased Appropriations. Dr. Ballou also cited as another illustration of the accomplishments of the last five vears the increased appropriations for bufldings and grounds, which in 1921 totaled $395.- 000 and last year reached the record- breaking sum of §4,214,000. As a re. Eult of these appropriations, he said, 161 additional elementary classrooms were added to relleve the over crowded conditions, and plans have been completed for a numbr of new schools or additions. for which ap- propriations are availabl Such outstanding achis ‘ements as the increase of appropriations for school buildings, the opening of 161 elementary classrooms, the accommo- dation of 1.800 pupils in the new Eastern High School and the open- ing of two new funior hizh schools,” declared Dr. Ballou, “have not sue- ceeded in_eliminating the congestion in the Washington schools. The school congesiton in Washington is Btill acute. Appropriations amount. Ing to $4.000.000 a vear for the next r years will be necessary if the elief " contemplated in the five-year &chool building program act is to be obtained.” Despite the increased appropriations granted the schools, especially those for repairs and improvements, Dr. Bal. lou explained, more than $1,000,000 worth of work must be annually de- ferred, due to insufficient funds. At present requests have been submitted for improvements costing $1,115,727.50, he declared, which cannot be made Wwith current appropriations, Value of Buildings. The Engineer Department of the District government furnished Dr. Ballou with figures showing the value of school bufldings and sites. Enumer- nted, they follow: Original cost of buildings. $14.481,780.57; original cost of sitas, $3,056,069.88: present value of buildings, $23.429.738 cost of re- placing buildings, with first-class con- struction, $41,738,306.60; with like ma- terial, $25,295.074.33. The appropriation of $450,000 for re- pairs and improvements for the cur- rent fiscal year, the superintendent emphssized, represents approximately s that virtually all of the | r period has | 3fort” | | | the | has acted as | i s of duty in the public schools, |Of vears and alzo has heen a repre- ]NOnlflliV! of the War Finance Cor- The | Poration and alien property custodian. higher rate will also make It pos. | He has been a resident of Mexico for substitutes | Annual Display of New Garments i | | | for the repair and improvement of FRENCH PRESSURE | 10 SETTLE-GROWS Weight on Credits Is Heavy. Country Humiliated at Situation. By the Assoclated Press PARIS, November 14 —What can France do with the American debt Is the question that thrusts itselt upon the attention of Premier Painleve and Foreign Minister Briand every da One plan after another has been - doned. The pressure to find some basis for a settlement has heen in creased by the fall of the franc and| the Ttalian arrangement with the United States. There is a sense of national humilia- tion in France, because she is the only debtor of the United States which is not paying the war debt. The minis- ters and high officials are sensitive on this aspect of the subject, and out- side of the government there is con- siderable bittqrness among the people. Weight on Credit. This is constantly evident to Ameri- can residents, but even more than this the American and English debts are a weight upon French credit. It is not that the government desires to borrow money in the United States. The policy of the government is mnot to borrow in New York. but establish | credit for French importers to ap- proximately $100,000,000 for the year. he official fieures of the customs tment show that in the first eizht months in 1925, the balance of | trade with America agalnst France was 1,600,000,000 francs. French stocks and raw materials derived from the United States have been al- lowed to run down in the hope that a debt settlement and solution of in- ternal financial problems would im- prove exchange. As there has been neither settlement nor solution, im- porters will be obliged to renew their stocks under present condition, and the urgency of a settlement s being constantly forced upon the attention of the Government by commercial in- terests. No Plans Sent. The Treasury has sent no new pro- posals to Paris in connection with the negotiations for funding the French debt to the United States. Undersecretary Winston declared last night, when advised of reports from Paris that Ambassador Herrick had made new propositions to Pre- | mier Painleve. that negotiations were still open. but that no steps had been taken by the American debt commis- sion since it submitted the five-vear temporary funding arrangement to form Finance Minister Caillaux and the French mission. AMERICAN ATTOhNEY NAMED CLAIMS COUNSEL Harvey Basham Appointed by Kellogg to Serve With Com- mission in Mexico. By Cahle to The Star and New York Wor MEXICO CITY, "November 1¢oa | statement issued from the office of Harvey Basham, a prominent Ameri- announces his appoint- Secretary Kellogg as special to the United States-Mexico 2 recently created in connection with the labors both of the general and special com missions shortly will undertake to resolve the claims existing between oth countries. Basham is now in Washington. He legal advisor to the American embassy here for a number the last 15 years. (Copyright, 1925.) D.C. NEEDLEWORK_GUILD EXHIBITION IS PLANNED and Household Linens to Open Wednesday. The annual exhibit of new gar- ments and household linens by the District Branch of the Needlecraft Guild of America will be held at Foundry M. E. Church, Sixteenth and P streets, Wednesday, with a pro- gram during the afternoon. Speakers will include Dr. Frederick Brown Harris of Foundry Church, Dr. George F. Dudley of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and Miss Owen, a member of the Greenfell mission In Labrador, who will present a lecture with stereopticon views, showing the work of the mission and the needs of the country. Mrs. Chester Swope, president of the District branch of the guild, at- tended a meeting of the national board of the gulld last Tuesday at Phila- delphia, where reports were made con cering the work In Dr. Greenfell" hospital In Labrador, where a volun- teer worker has been stationed. INDIANS DROP CLAIM. $1,0000000 Litigation Abandoned by Cayuga Tribe in Canada. A century-old claim for more than a million dollars, growing out of sur- render of Indian lands in New York State, was withdrawn from litigation hefore the British-American Claims Commission vesterday by the Cayuga Indians of Canada. Counsel for the Indians declared they had been abandoned by their pro. tector, the British government, which was planning, if the claim was granted, to turn the proceeds over to the government of Canada. e e e bufldings. 1.9 per cent of the present value of the buildings and 1.1 per cent of the cost of replacing the buildings. “These figures” commented Dr. Ballou, “'give concrete evidence of the value of the property which must be kept up with the money appropriated buildings and grounds. It is evident that the public school buildings can- not be appropriately maintained with the present appropriations.” Summarizing the extension of edu- cational service during his adminis. tration, Dr. Ballou said: ‘Substantial progress has been made in the lighting of school build- ings, so that by June 30, 1927, it is expected that all school bufldings will be provided with electricity. “No progress has been made look- ing toward replacing the equipment of the manual training high schools, or increasing the general equipment to accommodate increased enroliments in high schools or for replacing anti- quated school furniture in elementary schools. “Initial steps have been taken which if carried out from vear to year will THE SUNDAY The American and Italian Debt Commissions at the Trea: . di Martino, Secretary of State Kellogg, Count Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Representativ Ambassador United Stat: ury, G. B. Winston. STAR, WASHINGTON, v Departmen Theodore D. (., NOVEMBER 15, 1925—PART 1. t yesterday, debt agreement was signed. iuseppe Volpi, Ttallan finance minister and head of the Italian Debt Commission to the E. Burton of the American Commission, and Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ITALIAN DEBT AGREEMENT SIGNING ENDS LONG NEGOTIATIONS HERE Left to right, front row: RAILROADS SLOW WITH STOP DEVICES 65 Per_Cenl of Mileage Cov- ered in 1. C. C. Order Now Has Required System. Rallroads are proceeding Installation of train control or train stop devices at the present e of about 2,500 miles of track a year, and will continue to install such devices in conformity with the progressive or der of the Interstate Commerce Com according to the American v Assoclation. Out of 7 miles of track of the 45 carriers, named by the Commi its first order, designated for installa- tlon of train control devices. installa tion had been completed August 1 or was under way on divisions totaling 5.044 miles, 65 per cent of the mileage covered by the order. The roads, even though in August with the they had reached an installation cov- of ering 63 per cent the trackage named in the commission’s order, are still far hehind the edict of the rail 1oad regulatory body. The order re. quired the carriers to have the in stallations completed by January 1, 19 Fall Far Short. A report by the committee on auto matic train control of the American Railway Association shows the roads have fallen far short of the require- ments of the commission order, for on January 1. 1925, installation had been completed or was under way only on 3,592 miles, or 42 per cent of the trackage named. Part of the ortage in installation is explained by the fact that in May of last year 42 of the cacriers were permitted to install In connectfon’ With the' train control or train-stop device a permis- sive control feature, which smeant added time and expense. Howev#r, the commission, considering at length the involved situation, the physica)l diffi- culties in the face of such insta tion and the large money outl specifically said adoption of the per missive feature “will not be permitted to serve as an excuse for delay in th installations required by our orders. It is highly probable automatic train_ control or irain stop devices would have prevented many of the 306 railroad accidents between July 1. 1911, and March 31, 1924, which resulted in 1.895 deaths and injury to 10,267 persons,” the commission said conservatively in its report on the permissive feature. Recent Wreck Cited. Individuals on the commission were more outspoken yesterday regarding the accident on the Pennsvlvania Railroad near Plainsboro, N. J., last Wednesday, which caused a death toll of 10 lives. They base their assumption on quoted reports blaming the engineer of the St. Louis-New York express for passing a signal. and sald that if train control or train stop devices had been in use the train would have been stopped auto- matically without the human factor entering at all. Practically all the ac cident reports of the commission end with the observtion that if train con- trol or train stop devices had been in use the accident investigated would not have occurred. Railroad objection to the installa- tion of train control arises not alone from its great expense, although the expense will admittedly be a heavy burden on some of the financlally weaker roads, according to officials of the Association of Raliway Kxecu- tives. The carriers take the view that rail- road accidents are so few, and would be measurably fewer if block signals system were in general use instead of on only about 50 per cent of the passenger lines in the United States, that the ex- Ppenditure of $26,000,000 (the estimated cost of train control installation) could better be made toward complete use of block signal systems. The car- riers further hold dents are much less frequent than grade crossing accidents, in which many more persoris are killed or in- jured than in accidents involving trains alone. Yet completely to eradi- cate grade crossings or train-road crossings would cost, railroad men say. as much as the valuation of the roads themselves—about $20,000,000,- The first six months of 1925 saw a reduction of 17 in the number of per- sons kifled at grade crossings by the Class 1 carriers, the figures showing 941 killed and 2,662 injured, against 958 killed in the corresponding period of 1924. The law requiring railroad installa- tion of train control devices is a part of the transportation act of 1920, in which is also incorporated the stand- ard railroad return clause. “Railroad men,” the commission says, “unani- mously advocate the extension of the block signal system to keep pace with the increase of traffic upon divisions where that system is not now in- stalled and where additional protec- tion is necessary. They also as a unit admit the need of a suitable train stop on certaln other divisions where traffic density s greater and perhaps oper- ating * conditions more difficult, to guard against possible failure to ob- serve signal indications.” This is the view taken by officlals of the commis- slon on the New Jersey accldent last ‘Wednesday. The Baltimore and Ohlo is experimenting with a train control device on its lines between Washing- ton and Baltimore. @rain Embargo Begins Tonight. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, November 14 (#). — An embargo against shipments of wheat from the provide for a gradual replacement of the equipment in the commercial de- partments in high schools. “‘Substantia] progress has been made in the provision for the upkeep and 3.1 per cent of the eriginal cost of 3he ' improvement of achool buildingm” ' prairie provinces of Canada into Van- couver takes effect at midnight. was ordered when large amounts of damp wheat had arrived here. Weather on the prairies has been ex- tremely. unfayvorable, _ that train acci-| This | Lady Astor Suggests Tour of World To Rouse Women Against Submarine By the Associated Press PLYMOUTH, England, November 14 — Lady_Astor, moved by the iragedy of the M-1, sunk with 68 men off the Devon coast, told an audience of Plymouth women today that she was ‘quite ready to go around the world aund try to rouse the women’ to work for the abolition of submarines. Interviewed afterward, Lady Astor said she had made no plan for such a world tour, but added: “I would Ko around the world five times over if I thought I could do anything to per suade the nations of the world to abandon submarine and poison gas. It was the horror of submarine war fare and the tragic fate of the crew of the M-1 that gave me the thought expressed at the women's meeting. “America and England agreed at the Washington conference to abolish the submarine, but Krance refused. 1t is impossible to do anything in this direction, however, with Russia out side the arrangement. Russia is the great problem which confronts the world and Kurope in particular to- day. Russia has such a lot of poison gas. “If Germany enters the league things will be better, but with Russia outside it would not be very p: ticable for the women of Europe and America to call for the abandonment of submarines and gas. The Soviet is delaying the world's peace.” Lady Astor struck the keynote of her speech today with the demand, scrap submarines!” She urged the men of all countries to unite in support of this demand. NEWG. W.U. LAW HOME DEDICATED Dean Pound of Harvard Is Speaker at Stockton Hall Exercises. It is the duty of the faculty of the law colleges to educate the coming generation of lawyers so that they will do away with the admitted weak- nesses in the present legal system, Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law School declared at the dedication ex- ercises of Stockton Hall, George Washington University vesterday. Stockton Hall, new home of the University's law school, is named in honor of Rear Admiral Charles Her- bert Stockton, formerly president of the university. The dedication exercises were held | with { In the university gymnasium President William Mather Lewis pre- siding. Dean Pound went into a detailed dis- cussion of the study of law, going back to the davs when a lawyer was trained by working as apprentice for a member of the bar. Mistakes With Progress. He rapped the tendency of the legis- lative committees of civic organiza- tions to propose new laws and in speak- ing of the disturbances cau provements in the legal svstem, said: improvement in law has been ompanied by grave mistakes President Lewis greeted the visi- 's and speaking for the university, ned the keys over to Dean William Van Vleck of the law school, ex- pressing the confidence felt v the rest of the school that the faculty of the law college would carry on the work that has been started. He gave a resume of Admiral Stockton's work stressing the courage he showed In hringing the University through its days of financial distress. Dean Van Vleck thanked President Lewis on behalf of his department and promised that evervthing possi- ble would be done to improve the law college. He told of the duty of the faculty toward working students and of the difficulties encountered in | dealing with them. Benediction by Bishop. Bishop Freeman closed the cere- by pronouncing benediction. Stafffford, president of the Columbian-George Washington Law School Assocfation, speaking on be- half of the alumni, praised the work the faculty has done and pledged the support of the alumni as a reserve. Col. Walter C. Clephane, speaking on behalf of the faculty, lauded the choice of the name of the new school and promised that the faculty would do all possible to instill the Admiral Stockton “spirit” in the students. Fducation is the basis of our pres- ent-day civilization,” declared John Bell Larner, speaking for the board of trustees. Mr. Larner told of the old days in the law school and com- mented on the improvement in the institution. He presented the keys of the new building to President Lewis. The invocation and bemediction wera said by Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop of Washington. OFFICERS TO BE SENT TO AID PLEBISCITE Eight Army Men Now Being Made Available for Work—Call Had Been Expeoted. By the Asnociated Press. The request of Gen. Pershing for the presence of eight Army officers to assist the work of the plebiscitary commission in Arica will receive com- pliance by both the War and State Departments as rapidly as the men can be made available. It is not taken as significant that these men are Army officers, as it belleved that Gen. Pershing has asked for them because he knew personally of their ability. It is understood that not only repre- sentatives from the legal department of the Army, but probably at least one from the Corps of Engineers will be sent. - This request for additional helpers has been anticipated for some time, as under the plans of the plebiscitary commission there is to be one for- eigner In charge of practically each registration and voting precinct dur- ing the plebiscite. The request of Gen. Pershing is therefore regarded as being significant only of the ad- vance recently made in the settling of the question of guarantees and the approach of the time when a definite !.k, _ igate will be set for the pieblscite, TRAFFIC CHANGES AREUPTOMORROW | Amendments to Code to Be | Given Public Hearng by Commissioners. Commercial organizations, civic hodies and individual motorists will have an opportunity to volce their views on the proposed amendments to the traffic code at the public hearing to be held by the Commissioners in the boardresm of the Distgict Build ing at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning signed to liberalize the parking rules by permitting two-hour parking on certain streets, but there are several other proposals of general interest, namely A recommendation that solid-tire trucks and horse-drawn vehicles be prohibited from using certain main thoroughfares, except when It is necessary to make deliveries on ther. Pedestrian Rule. | A rule which would require pedes | trians to obey signals when they cross at an Intersection that is controlled either by a policeman matic signal device. A regulation which would permit commercial vehicles to stop abreast or an auto- -|of parked machines for 10 minutes to enable drivers to make deliverles, provided the operator remains within sight or call of his vehicle to move ft If necessary. It is expected that much of the dis- cussion at the hearing will center around the proposal to bar horses and Theavy motor trucks from certain ar teries, since a number of organiza- tions whose members would be af- fected have indicated their opposition. Ofcials of the trafic office believe, on_the other hand, that the proposed rile would serve to expedite the movement of traffic _generally on those thoroughfares. They point out that the trucks and horse-drawn ve- hicles would bhe allowed to enter the prohibited streets to make deliveries by leaving again at the next inter secting street. Boulevard Stop Change. Another amendment would change the designation of the boulevard stop streets to “arterial highways” In the outlying sections of the city. If this change is adopted the traffic director would be enabled to increase the speed limit on those portions of the boulevards that are designated “ar- terial highw " but could not in: crease the 22-mile limit on boulevar within the urban portion of the cf The drawing of this distinction be- tween a “boulevard” and an “arterial highway” is being recommended be- cause the corporation counsel held that Congress intended there should be both and that the speed limit should be raised only on the “arterial highway: If this amendment is adopted it will not materially change the existing boulevard stop system, except to define the area in which special speed limits might be fixed later. The recommendations of Traffic Di- rector Eldridge have been before the Commissioners for two weeks, but they have deferred acting on them to hear the views of the public. The Operative Builders' Assocla- tion will protest against regulations concerning trucks, Rufus S. Lusk, secretary of the assoclation, an- nounced last night. Their principal objection, he ex- plained, will be made against the regulation providing that trucks shall not be loaded beyond the capacity fixed by the truck manufacturers. According to the present practice in the District, Mr. Lusk said, trucks are loaded about 50 per cent over this capacity. To cut down this load, Mr. Lusk sald his association will explain to the commissioners, would so increase transportation charges, and hence the net cost of building materials, as to 2dd at least $100 to the cost of each small house under construction in the District. Such a limitation he esti- mated would add from 10 to 15 per cent to the cost of brick. It would af- fect particularly, he said, the heavier bullding materials, such as brick, sand and lumber. Union Session Called. CHICAGO, November 14 (#).—A meeting of the general chairmen of the Switchmen’s Union of North Amer- ica to revise contracts covering wages and working conditions, has been au- thorized, . T. C. Cashen, president of al:e switchmen’s union, announced to- Mr. Cashen also sald that in his opinion the general chairmen would authorize a movement to protect the switchmen's work in terminals. He did not announce the date of the meet- Most of the amendments are de-| “DIEHARDS” TEST BALDWIN CONTROL Parliament Opens Tomorrow With Labor Policy and Protection as Issues. BY A. G. GARDINER.' By Cable to LONDON ment tumn session ters o star November 14.— Parlia- Monday for the Au- and chief interest Prime Minister Baldwin's conflict with his own “die hards.” He will have little opposition on the sub- ject of Locarno, which is too widely reopens cen on approved to encourage the ‘“die hards” 10 resist. But the situation in regard to Mosyl is full of anxiety on account of the bulldog tenacity of L. S. Amery colonial minister. No critical move is imminent until the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations, next month. to admit Germany to the leauge. when The Hague opinion on the subject of Mosul will be consid ered The impression ters here is th in informed quar Amery's presenta- tion of the British case is unsoun. and that the interpretation of tha treaty favors the Turkish view. All reasonable opinion is opposed to al- lowing the situation to develop to extremities, especially in view of the grave turn of events in Syria, and th> council of the league wili certainiy be emphatic on the unwisdom of lighting another bonfire in the heart of Islam. Delicate Labor Situation. Another test of Mr. Baldwin's ca- pacity to restrain his “die hards” arises in connection with the labor situation, jvhich grows increasingly delicate, Extremists in the Tory party seek to force Mr. Baldwin into a policy of using a strong hand against labor. and in spite of his own moderate policy many incidents are arising to exacerbate his temper. Whatever is the result of the prose- cution of the Communists, the effect undoubtedly will be to restore rela- tions between parliamentary labor and the Communists, which had become very strained. Labor is angry also at the treat- ment of the Fascists, who seized the van of the Daily Herald. the labor newspaper, and escaped with a warn- ing. cident did not warrant a charge of larceny, but labor is raising the cry that one law exists for the Com- munists and another for the Fascists. Meanwhile the book trade, on the eve of the Christmas season, is para- lyzed by a strike of the packers. Every publishing house is picketed. and no hooks are being issued to the trade. Certain firms have surrendered, but the impression prevails that the union will be beaten. The strike has had a devastating effect on the book trade, however, and has involved a severs loss to authors, who are missing the Christmas market. Tariff Issue Troublesome. A third difficulty that faces Mr. Baldwin relates to the tariff issue. At the election a year ago he gave an undertaking not to interfere with free trade, but his protectionist support- ers are using the safeguarding in- dustries act to make a breach in the free trade system through which the party can march at the next election. Proposals are coming forward to place half a dozen industries under the protection of an fmport duty, and the opposition Insista that if Mr. Baldwin accepts them he will be breaking in spirit the undertaking he Eave to the electorate last year. So far lace, motors and artificial silk are the only important commodi- ties which have been protected. Superphosphates and stesl have been turned down, but worsted manufac- turers claim they have the support of the committee, and other less fm- portant industries make the same claim. One weighty argument advanced by the free traders is the destructive ef- fect of tariffs imposed so far on the reexport trade. It is alleged that England already has lost pre-eminence as a world market for silk and lace goods. ELECTED TO CLUB. At a_meeting of the Gridiron Club in the Willard Hotel last night, Theo- dore G. Joslin, Washington, corre. spondent of the Boston Trascript, ‘was elected to membership. After the meeting, the members were entertained at dinner in the Presidential suite by Frank S. Hight. The iegal view was that the in- | BISHOPS CHOSEN |ACTION IN SHIPPING FOR CONFERENCES Presiding Prelates for 75 Sessions to Be Held Next Year Are Named. By the A nclated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., November 14.— The Board of Bishops of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church today signed presiding bishops to 75 con- ferences to be held throughout the world next as- The name of the conferences to be held in the United States, the place, date and name of the presiding bishop chosen, include: Atlanta conference, Galnesville, Ga., December 9, Bishop Thirkield; Baltimore, Frederick, Md., April 14, Bishop Wilson; Central Missouri, St. Louls, April 21, Bishop Clair; Cen- tral Pennsylvania, Berwick, Pa., March 17, Bishop Hughes; Delaware, Chester, Pa., April 7, Bishop Thirkield: East German, Philadel phia, April 21, Bishop Smith: Florida. Fernandina, Fla., January 20, Berry; Gulf, Lake Char December 2, Bishop Richardson: Kansas, Otta wa, Kans. March 3, Bishop Wal dorf: Lexington, Cincinnati, April 14 Bixhop Anderson: Little Rock, Tex arkana, Ark.. December 2, Bishop Jones: Missiszippi, Laurel, January 13. Bishop Jones. North Indfana, place to be referred, April 7, Bishop Shepard; Philadelphia Fletcher ~ Memorial, Philadelph! March 24, Bishop Berry: St. Johns River, St. Petersburg, April 14, Bishop Nicholson; South Carolina, Greenville, December 9, Pishop lLocke; South Florida, Miami, January 27, Bishop Berry; upper Mississippi, Amory, December 30, Bishop Keene: Wash ington, Pittsburgh, March 24. Bishop Clafr; West Texas, Waco, December 16, Bishop Keeney; Wilmington, Dover, Delaware, March 24, Bishop Locke, and Wyoming, Forty Fort, April 7, Bishop McDowell, The board elected the following to the Methodist University senate James A. Beebe, dean of Boston Uni- versity; H. N. Wriston of Lawrence TUniversity. Appleton, Wis. Taylor, Little RocK. Ark., and W. A Elliott, Alleghany College, Pa. PLANS TO PROMOTE CHRISTMAS GIVING Council of Social Agencies to Es- tablish Clearing House for Ef- fective Distribution. The Council of Social Agencies will establish again this vear a clearing house organization for Christmas giv ing to make possible a more effective distribution of gifts of food, clothing and other articles to the needy famllies in the District, it was an nounced yesterday. So that some families may not be slighted while others are given doubly the clearing house organization will register the names of all the needy persons that come to its attention and will furnish the names and informa- | tion as to the conditions and needs of such persons to organizations or individuals who volunteer to give aid Plans for the organization of the Christmas giving were discussed at the meeting of the council Fridav Frank Sobotka of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Association Mrs. Horace Torbert of the George town Christmas committee and M Lydia Burklin of the Friends House of Southeast Washington, told of plans being made in their respec tive communities for & Christmas tree. The Councll of Social Agencies will give any Information it has regarding {plans for Christmas giving. at its headquarters. at 330 Star Building telephone Main 3580, ft was an nounced. JEWISH FUND DRIVE REPORTS DUE SOON Campaign to Collect Subscriptions | to Be Brought to Close on Tuesday. | The drive to collect subscriptions to the new buflding of the Jewish Community Center will end Tuesday all the soliciting teams at the center office. the Arlington Hotel. More than $20,000 has been collected so far in the clean-up drive. The Council of Jewish Women's team, Mrs. Abe Liebman, captain, re- tains first place among the women's teams in the matter of receipts. Second place is u nip-and-tuck affair gregation Sisterhood team, Mrs. Fred Pelzman, captain, and the Hadassah team, Mrs. Isadore Kahn, captain. Among the junior organizations the Rialto Club, Mr. Irwin Gensberg, cap- tain, has galned first place, with the Junfor Councll team, Miss Edna Schwartz, captain, second. The fiying squadron, composed of the executive boards of the Jewish Community Center, the Young Men's Hebrew Assoclation and the Young Women's Hebrew Association, has gathered the bulk of receipts. Joseph A. Wilner i= chairman and Charles A. Goldsmith s treasurer of the fiying squadron. The organizations affiated in the clean-up drive are fhe Council of Jewish Women, the Hadassah, the Eighth_Street Sisterhood, the Sixth Street Sisterhood, the fying squadron, the Crescent Club, the Joviala Club, the Junior Council. the Naomi Club, the Nordau Zion Club, the Rialto Club, the Social Club, H. H. A.: the Shula- mith Club, the Young Men's Hebrew Association and the Young Women's Hebrew Assoclation. Negro Dives Into Icy Potomac Fleeing From Officer Seeking Auto Thief A dive into the Potomac off the sea wall at the Highway Bridge was the climax which David Belk, colored, of 1421 Q street, put on his flight in an alleged stolen automobile from Police- man Charles Bradley, early today. Bradley picked up the automobile while speeding, he said, at Fourteenth and Water streets. He chased it to the Highway Bridge where the car crashed into an electric light pole. The driver jumped out and running down the bank to the sea wall turned and fired once at Bradley, the latter said. Bradley replied with two shots. The fleeing man jumped into the river. While Bradley tried to get a glimpse of him in the dark, Belk continued swimming around for almost 15 min- utes, Finally Bradley trained his flashlight on him and covered him with his gua. Belk swam back to shore and was pulled up the sea wall by Bradley. As Bradley walked his prisoner into the fourth precinct, Desk Sergt. Mc- Cormick was réceiving a report over the telephone stating that an automo- bile, No. D. C. 79819, listed to Mary Chapman, of 2424 Seventeenth street, had been stolen. This was the same number Bradley had written down from the tag of the car which had hit the pole. Belk, little the worse for his experi- ence, was charged with driving while intoxicated, no operator's permit, no lights and speeding, while a technical charge of investigation was preferred as police sought the details of the dis- appearance of the automobile. After being booked at the fourth precinct Belk was taken to Emergency Hospital for examination and treat- ment to prevent any {ll effect from his aion, / Rishop | George (.| Meadville, | 188 | either with complete reports to be filed by | between the Washington Hebrew Con- | MUDDLE PLANNED Senator Jones io Propose Divorce of Fleet and Board in Bill. A more definite policy for the per- manent establishment of an Amer! can overseas merchant marine mus: be established in the opinion of | chairman of the State Comr tor Wesley L. Jones of Wa chairman of the Senate com ngtor commerce, who hus Just returned to the Capital from the Pacific Cos The problem. he sald vester | should’ be handled by « s oming session In the intere lof the Governme 1n»-|. Senator Jones sald he proposed to introduce a bill sin introduced in t nending the merc 1920 by Board and poration an Congress marine act of separating the pping he Emergency Fleet | turning over to tion of the flest the lat | ning Board would retatn | its semi-fudicial and regulatory func | tions, and also would he called nupan {to lav down a broad general policy ir | the interests of the American mer {chant marine. It wouls 1=n have a [ thority to say what routes shouid he | continued and what dise ifar as the Government fleet ix o cerned. Senator Jones' hill n line with the recommendations made President (¢ message to Congress | olidge in his las i To Meet President The Senator from Washington will | call upon the P ent at the White House tomorow respects. It 1s poss situation uding the recer | ences between the President and the Shipping Board, will be at Ser Jones was one o ) two years ugo advised the President 5 tion of the ( e fleet should be handled 1 and that i confine Fleet Corporation ping Board sho jother duties under the law beiieves, he sald, as he d the operation of the fleet eft to the corporatic si ‘\0\mm|\1- ead, directly responsihle | the President and not to the Shipping oard. The time has come, he s | when the duties and autherities Shipping Bo. d the Fleet ('« nes fs part ested the Ame | foreign trade. | today, in his © the replace; cates is provisior ent of the ships now e gaged in t nder the Ame fla ter the: e become obs He is more concerned, he in selling it S 10 T cans for operation the Gove should have some kind of g that routes will be maint the ter it has become necessary ce the ships now purchased in the price obtained for ther his view, the sale of ships nierely | with a five-vear guarantee of opera ion on the present routes does not meet the requirements. He would | rather sell the ships for less money, he said, if nec get son agreement that would be re placed. | Wants Service Developed. “What I am anxious to bring hout,” sald Senator Jonmes, “is the {development of an cverseas American | merchant marine t {from the seas as s ships are worn out, or five-year guaranty purchasers of the G determina not to | ships of today mu by private owners or i Government if the American mer- chant marine is to live. 1 think that | | the time is cc E definite | constderation to this feature of the merchant marine problem Senator Jones sald that | mercantile, fndustrial and ag: interests of this country shou gether in conference and thrash out the matter of Government alr to mer- chant shipping if there is to be any proposal for such aid. Only when the country s convinced thoroughly that the maintenance of the American mer- chant marine is necessary for Amer can commerce and for national de- fense, and that it can be had perma- I nently better through Government ald than through Government operation will there be any chance of legislation for such aid to shipping, he safd. Opposes Present Attitude. Too many_Americans. in the opinfon of Senator Jones, today look with in- difference or even with hostility upon the American merchant marine in the overseas trade. Those who are hostils have interests In foreign shipping or {in the development of foreign ship- ping, so that foreign nations may tha beter pay their commercial obliga- tions to the United States. IST. PA;I'EIEK PLAYERS TO PRESENT REVUE Two Weeks' Schedule Arranged for Show for Benefit of Six Wash- ington Churches. The St. Patrick Players temorrow night open their seventh regular se: son with the presentation of the *'Pat- ter Revue of 1925 at Carroll Hall. 1t will run nightly for two weeks with the proceeds given to six Washington churches and one benefit show for Costello Tost, American Leglon. The task of whipping this enter- tainment Into shape has been directed by Rev. Francis J. Hurney, assistant rector of St. Patrick's Church, and founder of the plavers. In the presen. tation of dramatic sketches he has been assisted by Helen Evans O'Neil. with Ralph O'Brien taking charge of the dancing. Music for the show includes a num- ber of apecial songs. Frank Baer has furnished the words for “D. C.." the topical song of the revue with music provided by Agustin Borguno of ths Willard ‘Hotel Orchestra. Charles Gil- pin, who has composed the “Mask and Wig” musical comedies for the University of Pennsylvania, has pro- vided other numbers, as have Ge trude Power and Roy Ward, another of the National Capital's composers. All the scenery and costumes have Leen bullt by the players under the direction of Madeline Baker. Marie E. L. Jones is secretary of the or- ganization with Katherine Cleary as assistent and Ann Murphy as trea urer. The orchestra will be under the direction of Arthur McCrefght. In six yvears the St. Patrick Play. ers have given over 400 public pers formances with proceeds in excess of $35,000 donated to various Washing. ton’ charities. Former Mrs. Caruso Divorced. By Cable to The Star and New York World, PARIS, November 14.—A divorce was granted here today to Mrs. Doro. thy Benjamin Camso Fugram, whe was the wife of Enrico Caruso, from {Capt. Ernest Fugram of the Britian army. Capt. and Mrs, Fugram sep. arated three months after their may. riage in November, 1923, In September, 1024, a daughter, Jac. queline Dorothy, was born t, « 10ay '© them