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W (U. S. Weather Bureau THER. Forecast.) Light rain and warmer today; cold- er tonight; Monday fa colder. Temperature: Hi 4 p.m.; lowest, 33, at m| Full report on page 7. o. 1,141—No. 30,224, PRESIDENT, URGING FITTING MEASURES OF PREPAREDNESS, RAPS EXTREMISTS Radicals on Militarism and. | [Pacifism Threaten Peace , and Prosperity of Nation, | Chief Executive Says. WANTS MILITARISTIC MOVES BY U. S. AVOIDED Government Business Group Urged to Extend Program of Construc- tive Economy — Lord = Assails Practice of Letter Writing by Department Officials. Declaring he is for “adequate military preparedness, President Coolidge last night branded both “cxtreme pacifism” on the one hand and a “militaristic” attitude” on the other as “dangerous to our contin- ped peace and prosperity.” Without mentioning specifically any incident of domestic politics, or naming any of the numerous com- plicated international problems now facing the administration abroad, the President warned that “we should, fraqm a financial standpoint alone, yeirain from any gesture which could possibly be construed as militaristic.” These declarations of policy were made at the twelfth regular meeting of the business organization of the [overnment at Memorial Continental 1I, where both the President and Di- rector H. M. Lord of the Bureau of the Budget admonished the Government spending agencies to further applica- tion of the ‘Frinclpleu of constructive economy and efficiency. Such policies, the Chief Executive claimed, have “placed America at the pinnacle of ccess and prosperity. It is our busi- ‘fiess to do our part to keep it there,” he declared. ’ Cites Debt Reduction. “The President’s unusual “prepared- fiess” departure from the customary sirictly financial tone of ‘his semi- annual addresses to the business heads f his administrati In. connec- ftion with discussion of the public debt freuction, but the Chief Executive ade no direct reference to the move- Congress to increase the Pres- budget recommendation by the cost of three additional cruisers for the Navy and by substantial additions to the Army appropriation. “What we need, and all that we peed, for national protection,” said the { sident,” is adequate preparedness. n'that js reflected our traditional at- tude toward all nations. It contains [ o gesture of offense and no gesture of eakness.” From a financial stand- ipoint alone, the Chief Executive sald, erica should “refrain from any gesture which could possibly be con- fued as militaristic. The question of adequate military preparedness, the President said, was ene to which he had always given the *most serlous thought” in his recom- mendations to Congress in the budget message. Sees Big Responsibility. 'As Commander-in-chief of the Army @nd of the Navy, the Chief Executive of this Nation,” he said, “has an em- phatic responsibility for this phase of our welfare. As a nation we are ad- vocates of peace. Not only should we ffrain from any act which might be cogstrued as calling for competition in are ent, but rather should we bend our every effort to eliminate forever ry such competition. We cannot and should not divorce our own interests in this direction from the interests of other nations. Surely the best interests of all are found in directing to the channels’ of public welfare moneys which would otherwise be spent with- wout reproductive resuits. Pojnting to a direct connection be- tween the public debt and prepared- ness, the President said “to the ex- %ent that we are able to reduce our yublic debt and to eliminate the vast clidrges of interest thereon, to that extert we are adding to our military preparedness; and to this same ex- tent we are lightening the burden of the people of this country.” Amplifies Geneva Stand. The Executive's pronouncement on yroparedness last night was con- silered of significance as amplifying jic stand taken recently by the Presi. 4ent when he wished this Government 1 refrain from any further construc tion of additional cruisers, or addl to armed strength until oppor ty was glven at Geneva to see « may develop out of the proposed ference for the limitation of arma- . Congress now has before it <mall appropriation bill continuing expenses of the American dele- #ation to the preliminary conference tv the arms parley at Geneva. No neéw figure as to the prospective plus at the end of this fiscal offered by either the President or neral Lord, the latter mentioning same $383,000,000 which had been tmated in the 1928 budget recently transmitted to Congress. The Presi- dent relterated his position that it to “forecast n be a further ,-rmanent reduction in taxes in the near future,” explaining that the +dministration s waiting a test the producing ability of the revenue + of 1926. Sharply scoring Government officials for too much letter writing Gen. Lord announced the formation of a orrespondence club to cut down the mwass and mess of correspondence with which the Government is in- Ricte ’ Two Billion Ahead. The President pointed to a reduc- tion in the public debt of more than £4.344,000,000 in the five years ended ne 30 last, saying that the schedule cd by law for such reduction from dinary receipts - was exeeeded by 096,000,000, “In_other words,” he said, “on Jume 30 last we were over two billion dollars ahead of the schedule. This excess debt reduction Jepresents an extraordinary annual e ed on Page 4, Column 1) & Wi G Uy © @ ir and much ighest, 40, at idnight. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, 3 % C. Hermine Thus Would Pave Way for His Return, Is Deduction. Move Also Designed to Beat Other Royalty Seeking Control of Building. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 29.—The Tage- blatt today says that Princess Her- mine, wife of the former Emperor William, is planning to move into the old palace of William the I on Unter den Linden, in Berlin, as “the possible vanguard to the former Kkaiser's ad- vent in Berlin.” Princess Hermine hopes, the paper says, by occupying the historic quar ters venerated by the emperor to score over other members of the royal family, with whom she has never been on the best of terms. The ex-kaiser’s former chamberlain, Count Platen, recently demanded of the Prussian minister of finance im- mediate evacuation of the palace, as orders had been received from Doorn, where Willlam Hohenzollern resides, to renovate the palace at once and install elaborate batning and heating facilities. The minister, the Tageblatt says, refused on the ground that by the Prussian settlement with the Hoh he WASHINGTON, I EX-KAISER'S WIFE WILL OPEN PALACE IN BERLIN, SA PRYNCESS HERMINE. enzollerns he was responsible for the palace. - Hermine's residence in the paluce, comments the paper, would be intend- ed to serve the purpose of smoothing the way for William's return, which, it declares, never has. been seriously considered an impoxsibility at Doorn. “First the kalser's wife is to come and opep the palace doors,” says the Tagebldtt, “and then it is belleved it would be ‘an easy matter for her husband to follow.” SEATING OF SMITH IMMEDIATELY 1S PLEA OF GOUNSEL Senate Elections Committee Defers Action on Request Until Session Wednesday. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Formal request that the privileges and elections committee make a par- tial report, under the Reed resolution, recommending the \mmediate seating of Col. Frank L. Smith, Senator-desig- nate from Illinois, was made to the NATIONAL CHURCH committee late vesterday by counsel for: Col. Smith. A The committee is to_meet Wednes- day morning ‘to determine what answer, shall be The Reed resol Senate by a vote of 48 to 33, when it declined more than a wéek ago to permit Col. Smith to be sworn n and referred his case ‘to the committee, has two parts. It is under the first part, which directs the committee to inquire into the question whether Col. Smith should be swern in, accepting his credentials as prima facie evidence of that right, that the request for a partial report is made. The second part of the resolution directs the com- mittee to inquire into the right of Col. Smith to retain a seat in. the Senate. Viewed as Futile. Some members of the committee last night were inclined to take the view that to report to the Senate that Col. Smith should be seated forthwith and then investigated under the sec- ond part of the Reed resolution would be to put up to the Senate the very guestion which it has already passed upon, and that it would be a futile action. The committeemen, however, except for a few who have been strongly opposed to the seating of Col. Smith, were disinclined to predict the action of the committee. It happens that of the 13 members of the committee 8 favored the immediate swearing in of Col. Smith at the time of the Sen- ate vote referring the matter to the committee, and 5 opposed such action. If the committeemen should vote ‘Wednesday as they voted in the Sen- ate, the request of the Smith counsel doubtless would be granted and the debate over thé right of Col. Smith to be sworn in would again be pre- cipitated in the Senate. Such a report, however, would probably result, it was said last night, in the same action by the Senate as that taken before, and Col. Smith would again be denied the right to be sworn- in. Furthermore, it would searcely accord with the plans of the leaders, anxious to complete the work ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 4, MOODY IS ADAMANT. New Governor of Texas Refuses Executive Clemency. AUSTIN, Tex., January 29 (®).— Gov. Dan Moody's first action on a natter involving executjve clemency | was a refusal today to commute the death sentence of F. B. Bains, San Antonio negro, found guilty of killing his wife. i Mre. Miriam A. Ferguson, Moody's predecessor, saved 12 men from the electric chair and granted more than 3,000 pardons and paroles. Moody acted on recommendation of the State Board of Pardons. OF PRESBYTERIANS 10 COST §2000000 Site at Connecticut Avenue and Calvert Street Chosen for Edifice Here. Bringing to final fruition the toil and dreams of several decades, a plan is nearing materialization for the con- struction here of a magnificent new Presbyterian church, to cost a little less than $2,000,000 and to constitute the representative house of worship for the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, more com- monly known as the Northern Pres- byterian Church. g ng companion in every. detail| other great national ‘shrines of Washington, it is to occupy the large tract of land over- looking the beautiful Rock Creek Val- ley at Connecticut avenue and Cal- vert street, and to express in archi- tectural design the high ideals of the greater church it will represent. The necessary steps already have been taken to assure the acquisition of this property, in the heart of one of the most beautiful sections of the National Capital, and which, until a few weeks ago, was to haye been the site of a large apartment house. At @ meeting of the presbytery, the ex- ecutive authority of the church, to be held here on February 14, other de- talls in connection with the project probably will be decided. Congregations Will Assist. In the building of this church, Northern Presbyterian congregations of the entire country are to be given an opportunity to participate, so that it will represent that part of the Pres- byerian faith in fact as well as in spirit. A considerable portion of the fund for its construction is to be raised among these congregations throughout the Nation, plans far an appeal already having "been formu- lated. To the same end, some of the prom- inent men and women from every section of the country will be the incorporators, the list including the following: Rev. Dr. W. O. Thompson, the moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Amer- ica; Rev. Dr. Francis J. Patton of Bermuda, Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, president of Princeton University Theological Seminary, and Rev. DFf. George B. Stewart of Auburn, N. Y. Assoclate Justice J. A. Van Orsdel of the Court of Appeals, Charles A. Douglas, Rev. Dr. John C. Palmer, Rev. Dr. Charles Wood and Willlam Mather Lewis, president of George Washington University, all of Wash- ington; Rev. Dr., Charles R. Erdman of Princeton, Rev. Dr. John Timothy Stone and J. G. K. McClure, both of Chicago; Dr. John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University; Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke and Mrs. T. J. Cleveland Preston, both of Princeton. Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall of In- dianapolis, Mrs. Medill McCormick of Chicago, Mrs. Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, N. C.; Mrs. C. D.. Willis, Rev. Dr. & .J. en, Rev. Dr. George Alexander, all of New York City; Rev. Dr. W. H. Foulkes of Newark, N. J.; Rev. H. C. Swearingen of St. Paul. Rev. Dr. Alexander MacColl, Rev. Dr. W. B. Jennings and Rev. Dr. W. R. Taylor, all of Philadelphia; Rev. Dr. Robert Freeman of California, George G. Barber, New York; James H. Hen- " (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) | By the Associated Press. | LONDON, January 29.—The some- what absurd sight of a London bobby mounted on a white horse hopelessly chasing motor bandits, who escaped by racing 40 miles an holir through London’s shopping_district the other day has focused public opinion on the need for more modern police equip- ment. The rald mentioned netted the rob- bers about $7,500 worth of jewelry, similar *jobs” are continually staged in other parts of the country of late. The favorite method is “smash and grab."” The bandits, in an automobile, stop near an inviting show window, one of them steps out, smashes the glass with a padded club, grabs the jewels and jumps back in the car, which speeds off before passersby realize what has happened, | R {Bobbies on Horseback Make Fruitless Effort to Cat_ih_ London Auto Bandits Sometimes an ambitious mounted policelan takes up the chase, as did the one on the white steed, but no motor bandit has ever been overtaken in that way. Scotland Yard's “flying squad” of police in speed cars equipped with wireless, fights this sort of crimo as best it can, but its numbers are in- adequate to cope with the situation. Newly arrived Americans are. sur. prised to- find that there s not a single motorcycle policeman in all of England, although motorcycles are as numerous on the roads here as are small automobiles in the United States. The English authorities have not yet been able to overcome tradition and put policemen on wheels, but this “revolutionary” measure is expected if the motor bandits continue their impudent pastime of robbing shop- WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION ). SUNDAY MORN i BRITAIN PROPOSES | - SWEEPING CHANGES T0 PACIFY CHINESE Chamberlain Admits Treaties Now Are Antiquated, But Wants Safeguards. C., |WILL DEFEND SHANGHAI, HE WARNS CANTONESE vNew Pact Will Be Signed Only With Government Represent- ing Whole Nati® 1. | | By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, England, January | 29.—Coming authoritatively from_Sir Austen Chamberlain, secretary for for- eign affairs, Great Britain's proposals looking for a settlement of the Chinese problem were outlined to the public to- night. ' In a long speech devoted entirely to Chinese relations, Sir Austen declared that Great Britain was prepared for a change on all points desired by China —extraterrftorfality, the tariff and the quasi independent status of the con- cessions. On all thesé points the pres- ent system, he contended, was ante- quated, unsuited to modern conditions and no longer. afforded protection to British merchants. The much discussed proposals which charge O'Malley had presented to the Cantonese foreijgn minister at Han- kow, the foreign secretary said, in- cluded recognition of modern Chinese law courts without the attendance of British officials as competent courts for cases brought by British complain- ants. The British government, he added, was ready to apply to British courts in China existing modern Chi- nese civil and commercial codes and duly enacted subordinate legislation. Prepared to Go Further. “We will go further than this,” the secretary continued, “as soon as all the Chinese codes and judicial admin- istration are ready. We are prepared to make British subjects liable to pay the regular Chinese taxation, not in- volving discrimination against British subjects or goods, “This would include taxation levied under a national tariff when such a law s promulgated, and so far as we alone can effect such an object this re- moves the last obstacle to full tariff autonomy. ‘“‘As regards the con we are to enter into local arrange- the ments x cumstances tor the with that nt, : e jese. control or rof -~ Other method of handing over the adminis- tration to the Chinese, while securing to the British community some voice in municipal matters, Goes More Than Half Way. ‘‘You will see that we go much fur- ther than half way, but T am certain, that it is the right and wise course to take. I am thinking not of the inconvenience of the moment, but of our relations with China for the next 100 years. § . “These proposals can be. put into force by the unilateral action of the British government. For the moment there can be no new ‘treaty, for a treaty can only be signed with a rec- ognized government, and we cannot yet recognize any government as the government of the whole of China. ‘“We cannot recognize Canton as the government of China only, for this would be to recognize the division of China, which every Chinese, whatever his party, would resent,” declared Sir Austen, insisting on the need of main- taining strict Impartiality toward the contending Chinese armigs. Canton Controls One-Third. “We cannot recognize the claim of Canton to be the government of the whole of China, for this would not be in accordance with the facts, for Can- ton controls hardly a third of China. The Chinese themselves must decide the question, and foreign recognition must conform to the realities of the situation.” ‘The secretary admitted that the antl-British pelicy of the Cantonese was an additional difficulty in dealing with them, and discussed at length the reasons why Great Britain was singled out for this attack. He pro- tested that the so-calied oplum war, which had opened China to foreign trade, was no more an opium war than the American War of Independ- ence was a tea war, declaring that allen Influences did not hesitate to preach to the Chinese that the British ‘were more responsible than any other people for Chinese woes. Sir Austen said that undoubtedly the anti-British cry was the most dangerous factor in the present situation. Proceeding to outline recent events at Hankow, he characterized the seiz- ure of the British concession as an outrageous and unjustifiable attack on the long established rights of a peace- jful British commercial community, and, combined with a similar outrage at_Kipkiang, proved there was no (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) ALLEGHENY CASES BLOCK SENATE BALLOT SEIZURE Sergeant-at-Arms Barry to Find Local Prosecutions in Way of Taking Vare Election Boxes. By the Associated Pres PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 29.— Any effort by the Senate campaign tunds committee to seize six Alle- gheny County ballot boxes, now held as evidence for prosecution of alleged election frauds, will be contested by District Attorney Samuel H. Gardner. Mr. Gardner, commenting today on the expected visit of David Barry, Senate sergeant-at-arms, to arrange removal of the 1,000-0dd ballot boxes.| to Washington, said the records of the six districts were needed here in the prosecution of 32 persons recommended for indictment by the grand jury on | charges of violating the election laws. He said he expected.to confer with the Government representative on the subject on his arrival here early next week. The ‘Allegheny County ballot boxes were ordered seized and removed to Washington for inspection by the Senate committee in its investigatios of the Pennsylvania senatorial elec- ich of the . Ukeepers right under-the bobbies’ noses. " tion. " UARY 30, HURT I WREY 0FB. &0 PRESS Washington Man Injured as Train Plows Into Read- ing Coaches in Jersey. Special Dispatch to The Star. TRENTON, N. J., January 20.— Herbert Cunningham of Washington, a colored dining car waiter, was one of three seriously injured when & Baltimore and Ohio express, bound from New York to Washington, crashed into the rear of a Reading express, Philadelphia bound, at Pen- nington, N. J., injuring 35 persons. The collision occurred in the fog after the Reading train, operating on a 10-minute headway, stopped &t the Py station. It had gotten under way again and a half mile, when the rear was struck by the Baltimore and Ohio locomotive, which plowed 10 feet into the last steel coach of the Reading train. The crash threw occupants of the crowded -Baltimore and Ohio dining car to the floor, piling tables, glass and tableware on them. Most of the injured were treated “for minor cuts and brulses from the shower of broken dishes and tables, Cunningham was in' the buffet with Edward Gilbert of Baltimore, another waiter. Both men were knocked un- consclous by a shower of utensils. Falls Over Third Waiter. Cunningham fell over the prostrate form of & third waiter and slid into the corridor of the car, hia head strik- ing against a panel. He was treated for lacerations of the scalp and a dislocated hip. Most of the injured were students of the Penn Charter High School of Philadelphia, Who were returning from an all-day sight-seeing trip in New York. GOVERNOR HITS JURY IN LYNCHING CASE South Carolina Executive Says Failure to Return Indictment ‘Was Miscarriage of Justice. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, 8. January 29.— Terming the failure of the Alken grand jury to return indictments in the Lowman lynching cise yesterday “‘a_miserable miscarriage of justice,” Gov. Richards today sald that if it lies within his power “the Aiken Iynchers shall be brought to justice.” “I am familiar with the evidence gathered by Gov. McLeod and his officers and thet secured by myself,” said the governor, “and I am convinc- ed in my own mind that it makes out a prima facle case. The failure of the grand jury to present those charg. ed before it must rest squarely upon their shoulders.” The Lowmans, one negro woman and two men, awaiting trial on a mur- der charge, were taken from jall and shot to death. SALM SAILS IN RAGE. Slams Stateroom Door in Faces of Reporters. NEW YORK, January 29 (®.— Count Ludwig von Salm Hoogstrae- ten, husband of the former Millicent Rogers, sailed today on the France after banging his stateroom door In reporters’ faces and declaring he would not give a “five-second inter- view.” His attorney, German B. Goodstein, who accompanied him, said the count was going to Vienna to confer with his mother. B Sointile LS00 SLEEP DRINK BAGS THIEF. Balked by Safe, Takes Potion in Mistake for Rum. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. January 29 (#).—Jlames Lewis, negro, broke into Coffin’s drug store early today, tried ineffectually to open the safe, and then began sampling various liquids in.an attempt to find some genuine prescription whisky, he told police. Instead he got hold of a slecping potion. When the proprietor opened the store Lewis was dead to the world. He woke up at police headquarters :nd offered to pay for his night's lodg- 0 Sunday Star 1927.—128 PAGES. AND THE BEAUTY OFIT IS, GENERAL, THAT WER The Star is Sunday morni and service wi 60 cents per month “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and ng to Washington homes at Telephone Main 5000 ill start immediately. * (®) Means Associated Pr FIVE CEN ’S STAR. PART ONE—44 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 24, 25, 26 and 27. ) Boy Scout News—Page 31. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 34. Serial, “Judy’s Man"—Page 35. News of the Clubs—Page 38. Around the City—Page 39. Radig iv‘ews and Programs—Pages 40 and 41. PART TWO0—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Winter Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 10. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 12. 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By the Associated Press, BALTIMORE, January 29.—One man was killed, several steamers postponed their sailing, and at least 15 ships were held in the Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay because of a dense fog that settled over Balti- more and the surrounding teiritory today, and became even worse tonight. Automobile and street rail- way traffic in the city also was slowed. Nicholas Uhler, 85, was killed by a Western Maryland Railway train as he was walking on the tracks near his Brighton home. Engineer H. C. Eckert said the fog prevented him from seeing Uhiler in time to stop the train. The Swedish freighter Britte, which salled from here Friday, was towed back to port today after two pro- peller blades had been torn off in a struggle through bay ice. In some places, ship men reporfed, the ice was from 5 to 6 feet thick. EX-REPRESENTATIVE CHANDLER CONVICTED 8ix Oklahoma Attorneys Also Found Guilty in Indian Girl Divorce Case. By the Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla., January 29.— T. A. Chandler of Tulsa, former Okla- homa Representative, and six attor- news of Eufaula, Okla., were convicted by a jury in Federal Court here late today on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government in connection with the divorce of Exie Fife Tolle- son, wealthy Indian girl. Judge R. L. Willlams announced he would consider a motion for retrial and would hold a hearing on it Febru- ary 9, the date which he set for pro- nouncing sentence. ‘The attorneys were accused of con- spiring to boost the price of a divorce obtained in 1924 by the girl, a Govern- ment ward, from her white husband, Berlin Jackson. Evidence was intro- duced to show that the Jacksons orig: inally agreed to divorce and property settlement of $10,000, but that after the attorneysffame into the case the L T TREASURY PLEADS FOR DRY AGT SPIES Cannot Properly Enforce Prohibition Without Under- cover Men, Is View. Declaring that conspiracies to vio- late the prohibition law are Nation- wide and highly organized, Treasury officials told the Senate in a message yesterday afternoon that without the employment of under-cover methods enforcement “will be handicapped al- most to the point of failure.” The prohibition officials did not sanction illegal practices on the part of dry agents, but said i is necessary that men be employed who are quali- fled to act ag spies in the camps of those who conspire to violate the pro- hibition laws. . ‘The document was in the form of a supplemental report on the resolution of Senator Reed, Democrat, of Misouri calling for data regarding under-cover methoeds. The letter, signed by Gen. Andrews and Internal Revenue Com- missioner Blair, said the Government is in particular need of “a highly de- veloped department of intelligence to keep the forces of society informed as to.the personnel and methods used by the lawbreakers.” . Must Consider Problem. in this latest report the Treasury officials state that the situation with regard to prohibition conspiracies presents a problem which Congress and the public must consider. The re- port follows: “Supplementing our letter to you of the 25th, we advise that there has just been brought to our attention a case similar to the four mentioned in our previous report. This case was conducted by assistants in the office of a United States attorney at whose request a local agent of the special intelligence unit of the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue assisted. This oper- ation extended over a five weeks' pe- riod in the Fall of 1925 and was then discontinued. “The evidence obtained resulted in the arrest and indictment of some 20 persons engaged . in the illegal diver- slon of industrial alcohol. It is under- stood the case will be shortly brought to trial. To give the details of this operation to the public at this time would jeopardize the success of these prosecutions. Violators Highly Organized. “This brings us to a consideration of the whole subject of law enforce- ment as regards the national pro- hibition laws. The enforcement of these laws presents a problem which the public and the Congress must consider. Unlike other criminal laws, violations are not specific and limited to individual cases where only at most a small group is concerned. The country is faced with numerous, vast and continuing conspiracies. “It must be recognized that viola- tions are Nation-wide in their occur- rence and almost without number. To meet this condition, the Federal Government must concentrate its ef- forts upon the large, well organized illegal operations that develop and maintain the sources of supply and the wholesale distribution. Illegal traffic of this character, and on such a scale is a menace to the stability of well organized society and to the common welfare. “The men engaged in this illegal work have practically unlimited financial résources from the tre- mendous _profits _their trade _offers. (Continued on Page 6, Column 6. REAL SMOKE ON STAGE IRRITATES BRITISHERS Ultra-Impressive Stunt of Russian Producer Is Abandoned in Face of Criticism. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 29.—British theater goers are not willing to choke to death even in the interest of real- ism, and Komisarjevsky, the Russian producer who staged ‘‘Liliom,” has been compelled to abandon one of his novel stunts. In a scene representing a railway embankment, he released a lot of real smoke to make it appear that a train had just passed. The audienca were halted in their roles and crities were bitter in their denunciation of the realism. Londoners had a similar unhappy ex- perignce when the “Garden of Allah" was ‘produced at Drury Lane several years ago and a stage manager used treal in gnacting a desert, storm. coughed so violently that the actors | BALLOU DEPLORES DENIAL OF $121.000 FOR 74 TEACHERS School Head Holds Failure to Provide Funds Is Severe Blow. $36,173,366 WITH FAVOR 25 Per Cent Limitation on Land Purchases, However, Considered Objectionable Feature. | Fatlure of the District appropriation | bill, reported to the House yesterday, | to_include an item of $121,000 for the |employment of 74 additional teachers was deplored last night by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, who foresees a severe blow*to the present high educational standayds of the public school system of the Dis- trict. The total amount recommended in the bill is $36,173,366—which repre- sentd the largest appropriation bill for the District ever presented to Con- gress. Of the total, the Federal Gov- ernment—in continuing the lump sum policy—will pay $9,000,000, and the District, from money derived from taxes and water revenues, will pay the balance. | Viewed With Favor. | The Commissioners regard the bill {as generally satisfactory, although it carries several objectionable features, among them being the continuance in force of the limitation of 25 per cent above assessed valuation on the price to be paid for school, playground and park sites. This restriction was again inserted in the bill, despite the vehement pro- test of the Commissioners that it worked an extreme hardship on them in trying to purchase land for munic- ipal purposes. Just as soon as Dr. Ballou learned yesterday that the bill would deprive the schools of the 74 new teachers, { he issued a prepared statement sound- ing a warning that the District, as a result, must expect “a reduction in the quality of instruction,” and a material increase in the size of the already crowded classes. “It should be clearly understood by the citizens of Washington,” read Dr. Ballou's statement, “that this saving of $121,100, brought about as a result of eliminating provision for new teachers for. the School year 1927-28, will mean a reduction in the quality of instruction and the elimination of spe- clal types of instructions, which the schol systém has heretofore been able to provide.” Pointing out that the elimination of the apropriation for new teachers “will have the most far-reaching effect on the school system,” Dr. Ballou's statement continues. Sees 11l Effects. “If this bill becomes a law without | making any provision for new teach- ers, it means materially increasing the size of classes in elementary, junior and senior high schools; the impossi- bility of organizing small classes of typical children who need special in- struction, and the asignment to regu- lar classroom instruction of a!l sup- plementary teachers now employed in our larger elementary schools, to give children who need it the individual in- struction necessary for them to keep up their respective classes. “The strength of any school system lies in the quality - of -the teaching, which in turn depends on classes of reasonable. size and suitable building facilities. It is greatly to the credit of all parties concerned that up to this time apropriations for teachers have been sufficient to keep most classes in the public scnools of Washington with- in a reasonable size, and to provide a small number of teachers for the en- richment of instruction which it is the right of the children to enjoy.” Dr. Ballou concluded his statement by declaring that, of course, reassign- ments of teachers can and will be made if necessary in the event that the bill eventually is enacted without the requested provision for new teachers. Other Eliminations. Two other items eliminated from the school board's estimates by the House are $100,000 for an addition to the Crummell School and the elimina tion of the amount for the purchase of a site for a new health school for col ored pupils. Two Increases over the Budget Bureau recommendations are carried in the bill, as flolows: §5,000 for sup- plying school children with paper towels and $1,000 to provide janitor service in connection with meeting of parents and citizens in the public schools after regular school hours. Decision to eliminate the item for new teachers was reached by the members of the Funk subcommittee after prolonged discussion over the ‘point at the hearings and the request for a mass of data and statistics from school officials. Two Members Hold Out. While Dr. Ballou in appearing be- fore the subcommittee prepared an array of statistics tending to justify the need for 72 mew teachers during the fiscal year of 1928, two members of the subcommittee, Representatives Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska and Ross A. Collins of Mississippi, stead- fastly refused to be convinced, ac- cording to the testimony. Mr. Simmons and Mr. Collins and at times Representative Anthony J. Griffin of New York, all contended that there either was a surplus of teachers in the school system -today or a surplus of classrooms. Possessed with figures I-+uished him by the Bureau of Education and from sources outside of the circle of school officials, Mr. Collins declared the average number of pupils per teacher in the high schools here was 19.97; in the junior high schools, 19.54; in the elementary schools, 30.4. These figures were considerably lower than those given by Dr. Ballos which were: In the high schools, puplls per classroom: in the junior higi~schools, 21.1, and in the element- ary schools, 35.5. .A determination of she subcommit- tee members to reduce the teacher enrollment situation to a matter o simple arithmetic caused no end of confusion during the hearings, it is The subcommittee members (Ceptinued on-Page..i,-Columny 2.}