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JOHN BARRYMORE SUED FORDIVORCE Elaine Says Actor Struck Her and Threatened Life. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 16.—The eyclonic romance of Elaine (Ariel) Barrie, 21, and John (Caliban) Barry- more, began in a hospital, flared to public view as a cross-country chase by plane and train—and today it was in the divorce court. The dark-eyed New York girl, am- bitious to have a stage career, charged: The actor struck her (“roughed me up a bit,” she said at the time) during a New Year party at a Hollywood night club. Threatened maim” her. Called her ‘violent, vile, obscene, indecent, profane or opprobrious names.” And all because he was jealous over her stage aspirations. In filing suit yesterday to end her brief career as Barrymore's fourth wife—they were married November 9 at Yuma, Ariz., after an airplane elopement—she also charged their honeymoon was disrupted by his false accusations of her attentions to other men. At the home of his trainer, Ken Kelly, where he has stayed since the separation two.weeks ago, Barrymore declined to comment. Asserting she is without funds, Miss Barrie asked for “reasonable alimony.” She requested that Barrymore be re- quired to pay $10,000 attorney's fees and $1,000 court costs out of his earn- “to kill or seriously ings, which she estimated in exceu1 of $3,000 weekly. “I do not intend to ask for perma- nent alimony,” she declared. “All I want is funds to tide me over for the present. I am sorry it had to happen this way. I wish him all of luck.” Expressing concern for community property of securities, cash, contracts and real estate she said are in Barry- more’s possession, Miss Barrie asked & court order to restrain him from dis- posing or hypothecating them, p;ain (Continued From First Page.) France would go bolshevist and would gain the upper hand in the Mediter~ ranean. Italian and German interests do not lie in such developments.” INSPECT PLANE FACTORY. Mussolini and Goering Discuss Co- ordination of Forces. ROME, January 16 (#) —FPremier Benito Mussolini and Col. Gen. Her- mann Wilhelm Goering of Germany gave fresh impetus to co-ordination of Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. CODE. HAT is the code peddlers and mendicants have for marking houses? A Washington lady—who doesn’t want her name mentioned— thinks she knows. An “X” means nobody home. A “2” means maid will answer the bell. A “3" means that the woman of the house comes to the door. This lady noticed an “X” or her doorstep, plainly done in chalk, when she came home the other day. Her young son, who is selling official in- took particular no- steps on his rounds after his mother conjectured about the meaning of the marking, and said that every place he went in the neigh- borhood that afternoon chalked “X" no one was in when he rang. Trying to figure out numerous chalked twos and threes he noticed that twos brought forth maids and three house- f— This seems to settle the matter, aithough the lady said that she first entertained two other theories, one that the “X” meant belligerent dog (she has one) and the other that it denotes a kind heart. She had 10 callers selling gadgets in one day | recently. She thinks maybe she’ll put a fresh “X” on her step each morning and see what happens. * ox * x HEAD MAN. One veteran wishing to file a complaint recently with the Jus- tice Department because of a de- | lay in payment of his bonus knew | the kind of Federal agent he | wanted to handle his case | Addressing his letter of com- plaint to the Dallas branch office | of the Federal Burean of Investi- gation, he wrote on the envelope: | “To the head man who attends to business.” * ox ko CHASE. RIENDS of Jennie Goodman are putting her down these days as one of culture’s most relentless pur- suers. There were two important lec- THE LEADERS VG REORGANEATION EVENING Study Creation of New Sen- | ate Committee to Support President. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Senate leaders are considering over the week end what action will be taken, probably on Monday—as policy in support of the administra- tion—to create a new Senate com- mittee to consider the President’s reorganization proposals. The ques- tion seems to be whether a new committee of seven members will be created, the membership to be selected by the President of the Senate, to co-operate with a similar new special committee of the House, to be selected by Speaker Banknead, or whether the present Senate Re- | organization Committee of which Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia is chairman will be enlarged by the appointment of two dependable ad- ministration men. Referred to Senate, The joint resolution passed by the House on Thursday for creation of a joint committee on Government organization, with inquisatorial powers, has been referred in the Senate to the Rules Committee, of which Senator Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia is chairman. Senate Leader Robinson, who is & mem- ber of the Byrd committee, and Senator Byrd himself are members of the Rules Committee. Its Ppersonnel contains several other ad- ministration stalwarts. The Administration leader in the Senate seem to be unwilling to en- trust the President’s program—which is generally conceded to call for in- creased costs of Government, due to the regrouping of Government agencies and the creation of new departments, rather than for any serious curtailment of expendi- tures—to a committee on which Senator Byrd, an ardent advocate of economy in Government, would be _’ln control. Their attitude of thumbs- down on Byrd's economy proposals was exemplified yesterday in the Sen- | ate by & vote of 73 to 1 against Byrd on the resolution to continue for 2!3 | years the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and five of its subsidiary lending agencies. The vote on an amend- ment offered by Senator Byrd to limit the extension to July 1, 1938, instead of to July 1, 1939, was voted | down, 52 to 22. It is expected that Speaker Bank- head will name the new Special Com- | | mittee of the House on Government | Organization Monday—this is the | House section of the proposed joint | committee—and it is expected that ! the Senate Rules Committee on Mon- | day will give some consideration to the joint resolution. Senate Leader Robinson has stated that the Senatle with STAR, two | WASHINGTON, CIVIL SERVICE UNIT GETSU.S. PAYBILL Comment on Several Meas- ures Affecting Federal Employes Asked. The McCarran pay bill and several other measures affecting Government personne! were referred to the Civil Service Commisison for comment yes- terday by Chairman Bulow of the Senate Civil Service Committee. It is probable the committee will await the reports of the commission before announcing the date for hear- ings. The other bills referred to the com- mission deal with extension of the merit system and amendments to the Government retirement plan. The pay increase bill promises to become one of the major proposals of the session in the category of civil service legislation, because of im- portant basic changes it would make in the classification act, such as fixing 1$1,500 as & minimum * age, periodical promotions within grades and & more flexible plan of rating efficiency of | employes to take the place of the present mandatory uniform system of | ratings. Senator McCarran, Democrat, of | Nevada, suggested to Chairman Bu- |low yesterday that he appoint & sub- | committee to conduet hearings on the | bill, | Civil service employes at the Cap- | itol would be brought into the civil | service retirement plan under a bill | reintroduced yesterday by Senator "Gihson. Republican, of Vermont. | Similar measures have been consid- ered during the past two years, but | failed to pass. o CAPT. ALLAN B. BRUNER i IS DEAD IN VIRGINIA | Native of South Carolina Had Been Stationed at Fortress | Monroe. | | The War Department has been [ notified of the death of Capt. Allan | P. Bruner, Coast Artillery, at Win- | chester, Va., yesterday. He had been ! | stationed at Fortress Monroe, Va,, on | duty with the C. C. C. | | Born at Fort Mott, S. C., October | 27, 1891, Capt. Bruner began his | military career as a second lieutenant i of Coast Artillery on October 25, 1917. He rose to the grade of captain, tem- | porary, during the World War and to that rank on the permanent list De- cember 8, 1927. | | Capt. Bruner is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elsie C. Bruner of Win- chester. | commiltee would be named, and that lprubably Senator Byrd would not be & member. D. the Fascist and Nazi air forces today | turers in town the same recent night proposes to co-operate the They admitted, however, in an intensive inspection of the great Guidonia experimental aviation plant. The factory, created to keep Italy abreast of world aeronautical develop- and Miss Goodman had tickets to hear both. It looked impossible, but she did not give up. Calculating which would | House in the formation of a joint | that a less harsh, but probably equaliy | | committee to handle the President’s | effective course would be to name .wo | reorganization recommendations. especially dependable supporters of | Some of Senator Robinson’s close | the President to enlarge the Byrd | advisers last night said it was prob- | Committee, and in this way control ment, is reputed to be one of the most | speak for the briefer interval, she complete of its kind in the world. | dashed out to an uptown hotel, heard | Goering, air minister of the third | her lecture through, caught a cab and | Reich, displayed keen interest in|rushed down to the Jewish Com- technical aspects of the center. Il Duce | munity Center to hear what was left explained them to him. | of the second talk. 4 ‘Aeronautical co-operation between| It was pretty hectic but mighty en- the two countries has been pushed with ; lightening, at that. increasing enthusiasm in recent * x * % months. Each has sent experts to' SPRAY. study the methods of the other. 2 G_MEN get their quota of “crank” P:::i‘:cilz" g:r:?:’ st:zrg’;?‘m 03; letters, but one recent suggestion to close France's frontier ngainst‘hns;egi‘;’ ::f;x’l'n A . Cassidy inter~ volunteers to Spain gave added stimu- | ;oqe4 g citizen of Buffalo, N. Y., who lus today to Italo-German discussions | .jaimed to have a new method of | ot ;L’a’;n“fi;‘rfhgo‘;;s:u:’;l t:‘:;::gé:‘fl:i | “eradicating” criminals. Federal Desiiasiia a7 h _ in| agents, he said, should spray a power- P granting such powers in | ;) chemical on everybody in the world. | an extrnar_dmary. unanimous Vote, | e chemical, could be so concocted, Fascists said, would undoubtedly be | pe added, that it would instantly kill ;?s;‘mf::yms“‘m“ignu‘zr g‘;‘;‘l‘;; | all criminals but not harm any one before reaching a final decision on i their non-intervention stand. i The French plan, announced as designed to aid demands for similar action from other nations, was itsell welcomed cautiously. Fascist newspapers stated the broadly conditional clauses, basing | enforcement, on a future international , accord, gave Blum opportunity to | 2 =0 mask volunteer aid for the Spanish government behind professed neu- trality intentions. (Premier Blum promised the Chamber before passage of the bill he would not invoke its provisions un- less other nations took like action.) I A “That's fine,” said Cassidy. “But what kind of chemical could we use?” “What,” exclaimed the citizen. “Do | you expect me to do everything? I thought of the plan, you will have to make the chemical.” Fascists continued their charge the | able that an entirely new Senate ! the committee’s decisions. Less Proprietors Prepare for Riche ves BY WILLIAM BEL ESS than 200 people will spend at least $5,200 for the privilege of watching next Wednesday's inaugural procession from the comfort of a hotel room. Most of the hotel patrons will have guests, of course, and some relatives and friends will share the cost, but the total bill Pennsylvania avenue will be more than $5.160. Hotel proprietors were rubbing their | | hands today at the prospect of the richest harvest in years. Some have raised their rates. Some haven't. But special rate or regular rate, every room is engaged—well, if not every room, all from which the parade can be glimpsed. | Prices at Raleigh. Tfian 200 to Spe-ndi$i5,200 For Hotels’ Inaugural “Seats” in Years—Some of Hostelries Increase Rates for Event. for those occupying | rooms in the principal hotels along | French border along the Spanish frontier was being “Sovietized,” mak- | ing a practical agreement difficult. Fascist. circles scoffed at reports Mussolini and Goering had arranged to send any stated number of men to Spain to combat possible efforts to the Soviet to communize the country. PRISONERS THREATENED. non-intervention Rebel Demonstrators Seek to Execute 2,000 Socialists. BAYONNE, France, January 16 (#), ~—Thousands of demonstrators were re- ported parading the streets of tae insurgent Spanish City of Pamplona today, threatening to storm the city's prisons and execute “eye for eye” Vengeance on more than 2,000 Socialist | prisoners. The demonstrators were reported incensed over the alleged massacre early in the week of 208 insurgent hostages at the Basque capital of Bilbao in retaliation for an aeriel bombardment. Reports reaching the border said authorities had invoked strict milita:y control to prevent an assault on ‘the prisons, Similar incidents were said to be taking place in other cities and towns of Navarre Province where popular feeling was running high, following the spread of the Bilbao reports. Military authorities reported they held control and were preventing mass killings. Press reports from San Sebastian #aid Juan Jose Prado y Ruiz, former mayor of the Biscayan resort city, was among the hostages slain at Bilbao in retaliation for Fascist air raids. Additional advices from Bilbao re- ported failure of anarchists in the coastal city to gain political power yesterday from the Basque natonal- st government. FASCISTS PRESS ATTACK. GIBRALTAR, January 16 (#).— Gen. Gonzalo Queipo de Llano's Southern Fascist army today pushed its bitter coastal drive on the strategic government port of Malaga. The massed force of 20,000 men, opposed by a Socialist army hurriedly reinforced from the defenders of Ma- drid, hammered its way to within 6 miles of Marbella, believed to be the last dbstacle to the capture of Malaga. X * x Kk % " IMITATIONS. | ’I‘HE death of Martin Johnson, for every room fronting on the Ave- famed jungle explorer and pho- nue, and there are about 60 such tographer, in a Western plane crash, | rooms. For rooms with windows on | and the injury of his wife, Osa, recalls | the Twelfth street side, from which | a gala occasion in Washington, when | it is possible to see something of the unusual entertainment was offered ' parade, the charge is $8 and $10, ac- members of the diplomatic corps. | cording to the size of the room and The scene was the Belgian Embassy | the view it affords. here, some years back, just prior to All the principal hotels, whether on the trip of the Johnsons to the Belgian | the parade route or not, are requiring | Congo. They showed rare films of | reservations for three days. The Carl- }junglc ilfe anc then, to top off the‘,tonv demands four. In other words, evening, Mrs. Johnson gave an extraor- ' the inaugural visitor must pay for dinary presentation. three days, although he may stay only Clad in a lovely evening dress, and one. So the minimum hotel bill will looking exactly the opposite from the ; be three times the daily charge for the picture one would conjure up of a room or suite. woman of the jungles, Mrs. Johnson | The Willard Hotel is getting about gave the distinguished gathering an | $10 apiece per day, or $30 for the pe- imitation of the sounds one hears on | riod, for about 50 seats fronting on the veldt at night. She imitated the' | Pennsylvania avenue. This is the re various wild animals, truly a remark- | ular rate, according to hotel officials. The Raleigh Hotel is charging $12 | able performance. “And,” said she, “above all these | sounds of the wild, one hears the meas- | ured snoring of Mr. Johnson.” And she imitated that, t00. * x ¥ X SALT. A young woman operative turned up full of excitement on the other end of the telephone yesterday. “Did you know people steal shakers?” she wanted io know. “People steal everything,” she was informed. “But this is important,” she in- sisted. “I was just eating @ sand- wich at a counter. All around me were pepper shakers, but not a one with salt in it. I asked the clerk about it and he told me that it’s like that every day. The store starts out with a fresh complement of salt shakers every morning.” And there you are. * % x % ‘WILD LIFE. HEN Richard Gerstell, State chair- man of the Board of Game Com- missioners at Harrisburg, Pa., sees the Jjust-printed report of the North Amer- ican Wild Life Conference, which he addressed here some months ago, he is going to be surprised. Mr. Gerstell, in this speech, dealt- with the foraging problem created in the Pennsylvania wilds because of “excessive deer populations.” ‘With the help of the printer, “deer” bas become “beer.” » Other rooms bring a minimum of $6 per day. Average Price $10. At the Washington Hotel, the aver- age daily price for rooms on the Ave- nue will be $10, while accommodations facing Fifteenth street bring $10 to $12. The Washington has 48 rooms on the Avenue and 104 on Fifteenth and 80 on P street. The less select of these will rent for $8. Every room in these three parade route hotels has been sold out for weeks, the Raleigh for nearly two months, the Washington since two days after the re-election of President Roosevelt. BSome reservations were made as long as & year ago. All have arranged to accommodate spectators in their lobbies. Nearly every seat is sold. The Raleigh gets $5, $7.50 and $10 for 50 window seats; the Willard, $7.70; the Washington, $30 for small windows, affording & view for 8 to 10 persons, and $60 for large windows through which 12 to 15 can watch the parade go by. As for the hotels remote from the ceremonies, they are doing just as good & business as the ones with a front- row seat. Flat $12 Rate. The Shoreham has established a flat rate of $12 for all rooms,. singie or double. The management hesitated to say what suites cost, but revealed they would be “not twice ss much as the room rate,” which indicates the rent will be about $22 or $23 daily. Ordinarily, reom prices are $5 aingle, ” (., SATURDAY. JANUARY 16, 1937. Louisville’s Power Threatened by Flood The hydroelectric power plant which supplies Louisville with electric power the rising waters of the Ohio River swelled by heavy rains. Employes are forced to ferry to the building in small boats. As waters of the Black River rose around homes in East Poplar Bluff, Mo., is cut off by HEARST T0 APPEAL EMPLOYE RULING Boettiger Says Intention to Resist Labor Board De- cision Understood. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, January 16.—Publisher John Boettiger of the Post-Intelll~ gencer sald last night he had been | Informed the Hearst general manage- ment would appeal a Labor Relations Board's decision ordering William Randolph Hearst to offer reinstate- ment to two discharged employes. Discharge of Frank M. Lynch, pho- tographer, and Philip Evernard Arm- strong, dramatic critic, last Summer led to a strike called by the Seattle chapter of the American Newspaper Guild and suspension of the paper's | publication from August 13 to Novem- | ber 25 Informed of the Labor Board's de- cision, Boettiger said “I was advised at the time of my appointment as publisher of the Post- Intelligencer that the cases of Lynch and Armstrong would remain before the National Labor Relations Board, and that in the event of a decision in favor of Lynch and Armstrong an ap- peal to the courts would be taken by the Hearst general management. It is also stated to me that the members of the Guild participating in the dis- cussions with the management of the Post-Intelligencer, which resulted in a | settlement of the strike against the | paper, were fully aware of this inten- tlon. This understanding on the part of the Guild members has been con- firmed by members of the Guild with whom I have had conversation. “Therefore it is unnecessary for me to comment on the decision in so far as it affects the status of Lynch and Armstrong beyond stating that any further action in the matter will be these children were moved, by boat, to higher ground. Such scenes were common in the flood area of South- P east Missouri. —Copyright, A Wirephotos. QUESTION VALUE OFJACOBS REPORT School Officials Cite Scant Attention Paid Problems Peculiar to Capital. Finding the Jacobs Fiscal Relations Committee paid but scant attention to many problems peculiar to the National Capital and not found else- | where, school authorities today ques- tioned the value of the committee’s | appraisal of the District school system. This reaction developed particularly as to the committee’s conclusions that the total school expenses here are “considerably higher” than in sup- | posedly comparable cities; that while the enrollment is considerably greater. ! the teaching force is “about average.” Har- | picture presented. While not contesting individual de- tails offered in committee statistics, school officials were doubtful as to the The report said | the “number” of schools was relatively | $8 double, with suites priced at $15. | There are 112 Shoreham rooms which | will be occupied at the $12 rate. Total bill: $1,344, to say mnothing of 20 to 25 suites at more than $20 apiece per day. And there’s not a reservation to be had! Wardman Park asked and got $8 for a $5 double room and $5 for a $3 single room. They have made reserva- tions for more than 300 inaugural visitors. The Mayflower, charging regular rates of $4 minimum for a single, $6 | minimum for a double and $22 for a | | suite, will accommodate 700 to 800 | visitors. They have been booked for | | months. | | The Carlton, with its four-day | | minimum reservation requirement, signed up more than 200 people and It has been sold out since a week after | election day. Its rates are $4, $5 and $6 for single rooms; $8, $9 and $10 | for double rooms and $10 to $30 for suites. Prices at Restaurants. | Restaurants, most of them, are not | raising their prices. O’Donnell’s, the | Occidental and some of the other said, | “Regular prices as usual.” The Wash- | ington Hotel restaurant, however, is | eharging $2.50 for luncheon and the | | same for dinner on inauguration day, | 75 cents more than the regular price. | The diner has no choice. He must take the $2.50 dinner or eat else- | where. Dinner in the Shoreham ball | | room next Wednesday will cost $3 per | plate. The cover charge for those | who come to dance but not to dine also will be raised—to at least $1.10. Liquor prices in hotel bar rooms, dining rooms and in restaurants are going to remain pretty much the | ane. a survey indicated. Likewise, “minimums” and cover charges at night clubs, although mesi of these will be at the Saturday night and holiday rate rather than at week day | prices. Some of the most desirable viewing places for the parade are in Govern- ment buildings. These spaces cannot be bought. Justice Department is issuing special tickets to as many of its employes as possible. A special committee has been formed to try to distribute these tickets equitably. No employe may have more than one and | there is going to be no “special privi- | lege,” unless it is for a party of the | Attorney General's. The fact that a Justice employe may work regularly in one of the offices affording & choice view will be of no consequence. Those in charge of allocating space hope to accommodate at least three-fourths of the department’s 2,000-odd employes on the six floors of the building. To Allocate Space. The Treasury Department will allo- cate space to sbout 300 of its em- ployes on the colonnade on the west side of Fifteenth street. Additional hundreds will watch from the offices where they work regularly. The rest will have to scramble just like ordi- nary spectators. National Archives plans to issue special inaugural day passes to all of its 300 employes, who will be able to watch from windows opening on Pennsylvania avenue. | had to turn down at least 1,000. Post Office Department was “not sure” yesterday what it would de. . | 1arge, but school officials say the pres- | ent inadequate plant would be merely brought up to capacity needs should their 5-year $30,000.000 building program be accomplished by 1942. The Jacobs committee was not dealing with that problem. Must Understand Situation. To give an accurate and fair picture of the District school system, its costs and operation, according to school officials, it is essential that the unique characteristics of the National Capital be understood and explained. A mere comparison of statistical counts alone is not fair. This point was held of vital impor- tance because these special conditions all affect costs and methods. comment on the report was withheld, however, to permit further study of | the document. The committee found that the cost of the District’s day schools per stu- dent in the 1934-5 school year was $118.48, whereas the average for such costs in 13 of the cities with which the District was otherwise compared | | was but $100.62. “Total school ex- penses for the District,” it concluded, “are considerably higher than in other cities. Most of the excess arises from higher instruction costs and higher school plant costs.” There are many reasons for these conditions, officials were quick to say. Some of them were cited by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, when he appeared at a public session of the committee some weeks ago. At that time, it was recalled, the committee was advised that costs are higher here, for one reason, because all schools are constructed as fire- proof structures. This is held wise because of the added safety to pupils. Another element of cost is the sal- ary scales prevailing here under acts of Congress regulating Federal pay. Although the teacher salary schedules here are not among the highest among cities, the committee was informed that in many other places teachers | suffered a greater pay cut during the depression than in the District, and they were not restored as promptly. Another reason, officials say, is that the District traditionally has main- tained & dual school system, for white and colored, requiring duplication of many positions and increased outlays for buildings, maintenance and opera- tion. More Pupils Eorolled. The school enrollment in all schools in the District, the Jacobs committee reported, is considerably higher than the average enrollment elsewhere. “However,” it added, “the teaching force is about average, since the higher enrollment is offset by more children per member of the teaching force.” ‘The effect of this is seen in calcu- lations that teachers here have charge of an average of 38.4 pupils, whereas in the other cities the average is 34.5. This" condition is more strikingly shown in the committee report on junior and senior high schools, com- bined. District teachers in these schools have charge of an average of 40.2 pupils, whereas in the other cities the average is but 20.¢. Educators argue that the size of class should not be greater than 28 for senior high schools or 30 for junior | sunior and_senior high schools re- | | mained “about normal’ because of | the necessity of placing a heavy class | load on teachers in order o “balance | out” was a question school officials | could not fathom. i The committee declared “The num- | ber of high schools is large, even after allowance is made for the larger en- roliment.” School attendance records show that the six white and three colored high schools, having a rated total capacity of 14,950, actually now house 16.625 pupils. The white highs have a capacity rating of 11,300. but | MIDWEST FLOODS CHECKED BY COLD Hundreds of Families Still Prevented From Reaching Lowland Homes. actually have an enroliment of 12,240. Formal | The colored highs, rated for 3,650 pupils, actually have 4,385. | School Units Smaller. ! In its explanation the committee said individual school units are smaller than in the other cities. Dis- trict school leaders do not quarrel with that statement, but the commit- | tee already had been given the ex- planation. For one thing, until recent years high schools here did not enroll, gen- erally, more than 1.000 pupils, where- as In most cities high schools were built to house from 2,000 to 5.000. Moreover, Dr. Ballou said, for many years the standard elementary school unit here was an eight-room building with four class rooms on each of two floors. Some 75 to 80 such buildings were erecled. Then came the junior high plan and a change in construc- tion plans. The newer senior high schools are planned for 1,500 to 1.800 pupils, and some exceed 2,200. The junior high is planned as an exten- sible building with a first unit of | from 625 to 650 pupils and a maxi- mum of 1.250. And the newer ele- mentary schools are extensible type and can be built up from 4 to 16 or even 20 class rooms. Heavy Mid-year Load. One of the important reasons for comparatively higher school costs here is the extra pupil load that comes from the entrance, many at the middle of the school year, of hun- dreds of children of members of Con- gress, Capitol employes, of business and professional workers who live By the Assoclated Fress. CHICAGO, January 16 —The men- ace of dangerous floods in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys subsided today in the face of an advancing cold wave that checked protracted rains. High water still prevented many hundreds of families from reaching their homes in the lowlands and some streams continued to rise, but ob- servers said the crisis in most sections had passed. Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ken- tucky, Ohio and Missouri were the States harassed by the week's floods, caused by torrential Winter rains. 100 Families Sheltered. City and county officials at Poplar Bluff. Mo, sheltered more than a hundred familles who evacuated their flooded lowland homes. The turbu- lent St. Francis River ripped through levees in many spots, but damage was slight and no lives were believed lost. Four National Guard companies were assigned to the Southeast Missouri flood area, where many major high- ways were blocked. Two levees broke under the force of flood waters that swept over more than eight square miles of farmland in Union and Alexander Counties, IIl. The Kaskaskia River reached an all-| | taken by the executives and legal | counsel of the general management of the Hearst newspapers. | “With respect to the first two | points cited by the board in a so- called ‘cease and desist’ order, there 1s on the Post-Intelligencer no inter- | ference whatever, nor restraint, nor __ | coercion against any employe or em- | ployes ‘in the exercise of their rights | to self-organization.’ Neither is the | Post-Intelligencer in any manner whatsoever ‘discouraging membership {in the American Newspaper Guild, | Seattle chapter, or any other labor organization of their employes.' ” GUILD DENIES STATEMENT. | | et Says Appeal Intent Was Not Under- stood. SEATTLE. January 16 {# —Richard Seller, president of the Seattle Ameri- can Newspaper Guild, said his organ- | 1zation would discuss today with John =BM(Liger, publisher of the Post= Intelligencer, the National Labor Board’s ruling that the Hearst man- agement offer to re-employ two dis= charged employes. Boettiger, whose appointment came soon after the strike was settled, said he was informed guild members knew of his intention to appeal. Seller took issue Seller said Boettiger had been “mijs- informed” when he declared that ** * * it is also stated to me that members of the guild participating in the discussions with the management of the Post-Intelligencer * * * were fully aware of this intention.” “No such discussions were ever held between members of the guild and Post-Intelligencer representatives dur- ing the strike.” said Seller. “We have ,always thought the Post-Intelligencer would offer Frank Lynch and Ever- hardt Armstrong their jobs back. We still think they will.” | Seller, a reporter for the news- paper, said he “didn’t think the Hearst management would appeal the de- cision.” Foster time high last night, breaking a large | (Continued From First Page.) strip of the levee near Vandalia, Il | Several rural schools and three mines in the Illinois coal belt were closed. Thirty-five persons rescued al Marion, I, took shelter in a school building. Boat crews moved 75 fami- bench when Foster was playing: |Edward B. Evynon, secretary of the club, and Mike Martin, trainer. | Johnson, the only one living in this section who played with Foster while here during congressional sessions, | lies to higher ground near Harrisburg, ' he was with the Washington team be- and others. This is one of the special River Expected to Fall. characteristics of the National Capi- | tal. | Meteorologist W. C. Devereaux at | This requires an elastic system of Cincinnati predicted the Ohio River planning classes and courses, for would recede after climbing near the most of the extra pupil load comes | 52-foot flood stage. The midnight well after the opening of the school | level was 51.6, but flood danger was | year, in fact, just ahead of the Spring believed averted by falling levels of term, usually. | tributaries. Furthermore, the committee was| Many Kentucky streams were out f their banks. Henderson, below the told, & high type of educational serv- | © |ice is expected on all sides in the confluence of the Ohio and Green | Rivers, was hardest hit. Lowlands | National Capital and permanent resi- L2t ts 53 sl o5 156 wmace tamporary } there and at Louisville were flooded. | Freezing temperatures eased condi- | ones, expect it to be as good here as | | elsewhere, or better. | tions in Central and Northern In- | School officials agreed that the cost diana. Streams in Southern Indian: of such & system would be compara- | continued to rise. Thousands of low- tively high in some respects, but | land acres were innundated, closing they insist the quality of instruction dozens of schools and roads. justifies the cost. Government observers predicted the The committee report pays the Dis- | Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers trict system this tribute: “The system | Would reach a 24-foot crest—a foot sueceeds in keeping more children in | under flood stage—today at their | school for a longer period than is the Jjunction in downtown Pittsburgh. case in other cities.” It found that the | percentage of high school enroliment | |to total day school enroliment was 35.1 per cent, as opposed to a ratio of but 26.5 per cent for the other cities. TOWN HALL HONORS MARGARET SANGER Gotham Organization Awards Medal for Contribution to Enrich Life. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16.—Goth- am's Town Hall Club last night gave its annual medal to Margaret Sanger, birth-control proponent, as the mem- ber who in the last year had made the “most conspicuous contribution to the enlargement snd enrichment of life.” Chosen for the club's roll of honor were Willlam Beebe, the explorer; Henry W. Taft, noted Ohio-born lawyer; Mary K. Simkhovitch, social economist and chairman of the New York City Municipal Housing Au= thority, and Adolph Lewisohn, in- dustrial magnate and philanthropist. The choices were praised last night by speakers, who included Dr. Clar- ence Cook Little, Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, president of Vassar Col- lege, and aPnnie Hurst, president of highs. Just why the teaching force for Streams in other sections of Penn- sylvania were over their banks but a temperature drop last night relieved anxiety over extensive flood damage. | Toledo (Continued From Pirst Pllg.) confident that gas service will be con- tinued,” City Manager John N. Edy said after last-minute conferences failed to produce agreement. Warnings Issued. Company officials said cold weather would turn minor service disturbances into emergencies. Warnings also have been issued that a shutoff of service would mean a three-week delay before it could be resumed, as every main would have to be checked for air in the lines. Hugh 8. Kerwin, chief conciliator of the Labor Department, was gssigned by Secretary Perkins to attempt a settlement of the second such walk- out here in five months. The gas union struck in August, leaving skeleton crews on the job until Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Sec- retary of Labor, negotiated a tem- porary agreement a few days later. Another strike was threatened in No- vember over similar demands, but averted through intervention of the the Authors’ League of America. b 4 Toledo Industrial Peace Board. ¥ tween 1912 and 1919, probably will be | the only teammate present. | Born 49 years ago in Chicago, Fos- ter, whose full name was Edward Cun- ningham Foster, entered organized base ball with Rochester in the Inter- national League. He was bought by the Nationals in 1912 and immediately became a regu- lar, playing the full schedule of 154 games his first year. He was credited | by Griffith as being one of the main reasons why the team reversed its form of 1911, when it finished next to | iast, and that season ended up in sec- on ‘ Besides Johnson others in the 1912 | line-up were George McBride, “Ger- | many” Schaefer, Clyde Milan, Bob | Groom, Howard Shanks and John | Henry. A steady but not flashy fielder, Fos- | ter was best known for his ability to | bit in the “pinch” and drive the ball | through or over the infleld behind & | base runner. The hit-and-run phase | of the game was little used then, but | through Foster it developed into one | of base ball's best offensive plays. Traded to Boston. | In 1919 Foster was traded to Boston, where he played several seasons before being sent to the St. Louis Browns, where he finished his big league career. After retiring from base ball about 1922 he opened a welding shop at 1044 Wisconsin avenue, which he still operated, and took up residence in Cherrydale, V: As in the case of several other big leaguers, notably Billy Sunday, Foster became a leader in church affairs, teaching Sunday school and Bible classes in the Virginia community. Surviving, besides his mother, are his widow, two daughters, Betty, 16, and Anne, 12, and a son, Frank, 14. TODAY. Senate: May receive committee report on extension of stabilization fund and President’s authority to devalue dol- lar. House: In adjournment until Monday. Appropriations subcommittee cone tinues -hearings on rellef appropria- tion BilL £