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* ' No. 809?No. ZlJ&xx* post office Washington. D. C.
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HSU PLOT
{REVOLT IN U.S. BY
' A GENERAL STRIKE
Plan Third Internationale
J Branch Here to Unify Two
Americas.
MORAL AND MATERIAL
AID FOR RED STRIKERS
Scheme of World-Wide Dimensions
Bared by Officials?Have
Fact With East.
By tbe Associated Press.
Establishment in the United gtates
of a branch of the Third Internationale.
with the object of unifying the
activities of the revolutionary organizations
which function on the two
American continents, was ordered by
the Internationale at its Moscow
meeting late in July, it has .been
learned by officials here.
To further *>>6 spread of bolshevism
In the wests >misphere, resolutions
were adopteo " ^^scow, the advices
received here . \ pledging support,
both moral a material, to
* strikes, either econon. Nr political.
Material aid is to be "bed the
strikers in money paid by Vjneri
can branch or the interna t \ I
Secret instructions adoptt- \J
Moscow meeting are said to pi.
for a general strike of workers, pai
ticularly railroad men and miners,
"if their capitalistic governments
f show any indication to strangle the
revolution." All revolutionary sec?
tions, the instructions state, "are
formally directed to support the Russian
soviet if they proclaim a evolutionary
war."
Part of World Campaign.
Spread of bolshevist doctrines to
the United States is part of a worldwide
campaign, the advices received
here declare. One of the resolutions
adopted at Moscow asserts that "the
activities of the Third Internationale
abould not by any means be limited
to the territories of Europe, but
should be extended to India, Afghanistan,
Tufkey, Persia, Korea, China,
Indo-China and the Latin American i
. countries." s
In this connection the secret in- <
{ tractions providh for continuation
by the Third Internationale of tts ac
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tivlties independently of the treaties
of peace w^iich may be signed between
soviet Russia and the principal powers
and without regard to the re-establishment
of economic and diplomatic
relations which may result from these
treaties.
H
Treaties With Orient.
The Third Internationale, In addition
to ittf definite plans for the
United States, according to the advices,
is to establish bureaus in Barcelona.
8paln; -in Paris or some Other
French city; in London and in the
mining district of Wales. The local
revolutionary parties in Germany,
Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Jugoslavia, Rumania, Bulgaria
and Scandinavia are instructed to establish
their branches at their own
discretion.
Conclusion of a secret treaty between
the soviet government and the
-awrosnntativPH nf the DeODlea
of the east at a recent meeting in
Baku is reported in official dispatches
received here. Conferences have been
held with delegates from the eastern
nations, as well as a number of Americans,
the reports say.
Agreements have been reached, the
reports add, for the spread of bolshevism
in India, Turkey, Japan and
China, with the object of undermining
the power of.Great Britain, and to a
lesser extent the influence of France
In the east. Uprisings in India and
Turkey are planned with the aid of
the Soviets, it being agreed that Constantinople
be ?iven eventually to
Bussia.
Lenin's Secretary Arrested.
CHICAGO, September 25.?Witty
Bchachman, formerly secretary to
Nokolal Lenin, was arrested late today
in a raid by the police bomb
, equad on communist headquarters. A
quantity of literature, including a list
eaid to contain the names of several
hundred radicals working in this
country in the interest of -the Russian
soviet government, was seized.
Letters from Lenin, correspondence
between communist party leaders and
French syndicalists and Russian comynunists
and several secret codes also
, "Were seised, according to the police.
ANTI-RED RIOT AT POLA.
Labor Exchange and Socialist
Newspaper Offices Fired.
LONDON, September 25.?The popu*
lation of Pola, the former Austrian
naval base on,i the Adriatic, set lire
to the Labor 'Exchange and the of**
tha cacin lict notweAona. T3
lentarln, to avenge the death of a
carabineer allegedly shot by socialists,
according to a dispatch to the Rome
hlessaggero. forwarded by the Central
hlews correspondent at Rome.
Nationalists at Trieste, the Central
>'evs message adds, stormed a steamer
and threw into the sea portraits of
2>enin and Trotsky. As a result of
this, the seamen of Trieste, declared a
?trlke.
Beer Poured Into River.
CHICAGO, September 25.?Twentyfcne
thousand bottles of real beer were
poured into the Chicago river here
4loday by United States deputy marshals.
The beer was confiscated from
auMiooakeeear in August, U1&.
I
Features Taken Up
By Millerand in
French Message
Salient features of President
Millerand's proclamation, read
before the national assembly
of France yesterday, follow:
"Make of the leasee of nations
an end to the era of great
wars, and to constitute the
army and navy ns a part of
our policy to maintain our prestige
at the height to which It
has been llfltd by our victory.
?
"-Not the least desirable results
of the struggle of long
months, which blood-soaked
our soil should be a reduction
of military service.
"French diplomacy will take
cnre that the Interests and
rights of the nations resuscij
tatcd by the allied victory shall j
be rnpfctfd.
"Justice will be none the lean
certain to rexult in powerlessnes*
and defeat if it in not napported
by force.*'
MILLERAND MAKES
PLEDGE TO INSIST
ON TREATYJERMS
Total Execution of Pact
?romise of New President
Jn Acceptance.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, September 2*5.?In his proclamation
read before the national as
sembly today President Millerand declared
the present foreign and Internal
policies of the government,
approved by the chamber of deputies
and the senate during the last eight
months, would be continued. He said
he had accepted the presidency in
order to continue these policies with
more strength and continuity.
"The nation is forever attached to a
republican administration," President
Millerand asserted. "Parliament will
choose the most opportune moment
for modification of the present constitutional
laws. Before starting
these modifications, however, we must
carry out a more important task ?
that is, total execution of the agreement
entered into and signed by our
adversaries at Versailles. The treaty
is a new charge upon Europe and the
world.
"French diplomacy, invariably loyal
to alliances cemented forever by blood
shed in common, will take care that the
interests and rights of the nations
resuscitated by the allied victory
shall be respected."
Learns Lessons From War.
"In calling, as it .did, the premier to
the chief magistracy Premier,Millerand
said, "the national assembly has
frankly testified its willingness to
maintain and pursue, externally and
internally, the policies Ahe two chambers
have not ceased to approve during
eight months. I have accepted
the post of duty and honor where you
have placed me only with the intent
LU OCl YC Willi ftltttlCi vU CV LAV CilCSo
and continuity.
"Prance has learned lessons from
the war, and those of her children
who died for her will not have given
in vain such an example of the most
sublime self-sacrifice. Upon their
graves a new Prance has been born.
She repudiates internecine dissensions
and disillusioning quarrels to consecrate
herself entire to order, work and
unity, under the protection of free institutions,
for the development of her
greatness and prosperity.
Universal Suffrage Master.
"The nation is attached forever to the
republican regime, which, after remedying
the errors and faults of personal
power, has completed its work
in reconstructing the unity of the
fatherland. Universal suffrage is the
master, and its will is expressed by
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HERMIT OF C
LEAVES HIS ]
Special Dispatch to The Star. I
MORFOT^K. Va.. Sentember 25.?
After spending: ten years on Watts
Island, in Chesapeake bay, with
only the sands and his books for
company. Charles H. Hardenburg
of Trenton, N. J., a former law
student of Princeton University, is
returning to civilization this week.
He is reported to be a friend of
Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to
President Wilson.
Charles Hardenburg wagered
with a friend tfiat he could spend
ten years on an island without the
I companionship of man or woman.
| He was broken in health, and had
been advised to go away. "Solitude
is the greatest medicAe a
man can take," he said several
days ago. "A man is never without
company when he has things
to read and nature and the wonderful
work of Providence to think
about. I have learned much, and
now I am going back to my people."
Mr. Hardenburg was twenty-four
years of age when he first became
the sole occupant of Watts Island,
which Jm located in the
Chesapeake bay seventeen miles
from the mainland, the nearest
towns being Crisfield, Md., and
Onancock, Va. The island contains
iuuf seres, and lies between Ian-.
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News Note: Senator Harding
REDS PLAN ATTACK
BEHIND SCREEN OF
UTHUANjAN LINES
Poles Warn League dan No|
Longer Tolerate_Dan:
gerous Situation.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 25?The
bolshevik preparations for an attack
upon Poland are being: made behind
the Lithuanian frontier under cover
of alleged Lithuanian neutrality, creating
a situation too serious for Poland
to tolerate, it was declared in a
message sent recently by Poland to
the league of nations regarding the
Polish-Lithuanian differences. The
message "was embodied in a cable dispatch
received ^y the Polish financial
mission to the United States tqday
from the Polish ministry of foreign
affairs.
Explaining Poland's position in the
dispute, the message to the financial
mission declares the propositions
made by the Poles to the Lithuanians
at their recent conference in Kalwarya
were Jjf strict conformity with
the decisions of the league of nations,
and that since the failure of the negotiations
the Lithuanians have been
increasingly obstinate. In spite of the
league's decision, they have not withdrawn
their troops from the Suwaiki
region and have given no assurance
that they could or would observe
neutrality in case of bolshevik aggression.
The dispatch adds:
Receive New Note.
"We have received a telegram from
the Lithuanian government consenting
to submit anew the Polish-Lithuanian
dispute to the league, but the
intention of carrying out the terms
of the decision of the league council
is not expressed. We have replied
that the military situation created
by the failure of Lithuania to observe
the decisions of the league of
nations and the rupture of the negotiations
at Kalwarya forces us to
reserve all liberty in military operations."
x
Tne message sent to me league of
nations by Poland is quoted as follows:
"On account of the failure of the
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1HESAPEAKE
LONELY ISLE
I gier Island and Fox Island. There
is no means of transportation except
by rowboats and launches.
After Hardenburg had been a
| resident of the island for a few
years the lighthouse keeper at
Watt's light was removed and a
stationary gas light to warn and
caution the passing ships was installed.
The light required a constant
supply of gas, and as
Hardenburg was the closest resident
he was appointed by the
government to keep the tanks
filled, a pipe having been run
from the lighthouse to the island.
His great benefactor, Charles
Taylor, the lighthouse keeper,
gone, Hardenburg's code of signals
in time of distress of no
further advantage. Hardenburg's
previous expe'rlence had taught
him that he must have some one to
succor him in time of great stress.
He, therefore, got in communication
with the lighthouse keeper of
Tangier light, and, after explanation,
it was agreed that Hardenburg
would extinguish the gas
light when in need of help.
The people on the mainland and
neighboring island admired him
for his grim determination-. He
was familiarly known as "Charlie
of the Lonesome Island."
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lE'S A PRECEDENT FOR 1
: says he would rather be a farme
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miff,
BANKERJBINN.Y.
Long Famed for Philanthropies?Figured
in Big
Railroad Deals.
NEW YORK, September 25.?Jacob
H. Schiff, widely known banker and
philanthropist, died at his home here
tonight.
Mr. Schiff's death was due to arterio
sclerosis. He was stricken she months
ago, members of the family said, but
had not suffered to any extept until
August, when he was compelled to return
home from a sojourn In the
White Mountains. His condition gradually
became worse and he was confined
to his home ten days ago.
The name of Jacob H. Schiff has
been associated with the financial history
of New York and of this country
for a quarter of a century. At intervals
in that time Mr. Schiff took
an active part in the financial development
of some of the leading- railroads
and utility corporations in the United
States.
Backed by foreign capital, Mr.
Schiff and the firm of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co. supported the late E. H. Harriman
in the great financial adventure
by which the Union Pacific railroad
was reorganized in 1897 and, in the
subsequent transactions by which the
Union Pacific obtained control of the
Southern Pacific and other railroads.
This operation is regarded as one
of the most important in which Mr.
Schiff engaged as a banker. It involved
a vast sum of money, possibly
hundreds of millions of dollars, gave
Mr. Schiff a prestige among New York
banking houses which endured for the
remainder of his life, and it contributed
to make E. H. Harriman the best
known railroad organizer in the
United States.
Another important enterprise which
Mr. Schiff undertook as head of his
firm was the placing in this country
of a> large Japanese loan when Japan
went to war with Russia. Some years
later Mr. Schiff expressed regret that
he had been instrumental ih providing
funds which helped to place Japan
among the leading nations of the
world as a military power. |
Born at Frankfurt, Germany, Janu- j
ary 10, 1847, Mr. Schiff was educated I
in Germany, and when eighteen years j
removed to New York, where he en- J
tered upon his business career, be- j
ginning as a bank clerk. !
Mr. Schiff had been director of sev- j
eral of the leading banks, trust, life |
insurance, railroad and utility com-1
panies, including the Union Pacific
railroad and the Western Union Telegraph
Company. His firm, Kuhn,
Loeb & Co., acted as fiscal agents for
some of the leading corporations of the
United States. ?
For more than a score of years Mr.
Schiff was prominent in various forms
of charity and philanthropy.
Mr. Schiff had one son, Mortimer
L. Schiff, also a member of the firm
of which his father was the head,
and one daughter, Mrs. Felix Warburg,
wife of another member of that
firm. . ;
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ife >
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;r than anything in the world.
SUES FOR MONEY
SAYS WOMAN GOT
OY SPIRITS HELP
Dr. Hubbell Thought Clara
Barton Sent Message
From Beyond Grave.
ROCKVTLLE, Md., September 25.?
Dr. Julian B. Hubbell, a former secretary
to Clara Barton, founder of the
American Red Cross, today filed suit
in the circuit court of Montgomery
county to recover from Mrs. Maybelle
Rawson Hirons, -who was an intimate
friend of MIsb Barton, p^serty,
cash and bonds valued at ?6,000,
which, he claims, he turned over to
drs. Hirons under the influence of
messages from the spirit of Miss
Barton.
Judge E<|ward C. Peter signed an
order temporarily restraining Mrs.
Hirons from disposing of any' of the
property mentioned in the proceedings.
The bill of complaint sets forth
that Dr. Hubbell for many yesfrs
cherished a hope to change the practice
of medicine so that physicians
would regard it their duty to keep
the well in health as well as to heal
the feick. His one great ambition,
next to changing the practice of
medicine, was to establish a suitable
memorial to Clara Barton, whom he
jiu.u eeiYcu tu Dcticmij tur mjriy
years, the bill continues.
Says She Went Into Trance.
It is set forth that when Miss
Barton died in 1912 Dr. Hubbell
owned real estate at Glen Echo
valued at $50,000. costly household
furniture and a claim against the
town of Glen Echo for $5,000. The
bill of complaint alleges that early
in May, 1914, Mrs. Hii^ns visited the
Hubbell home at Glen Echo and expressed
much interest in the memorial
project.
It is charged in the petition that on
this occasion Mrs. Hirons simulated
a trance, during which she claimed to
have established communication with
the spirit of Miss Barton. According
to the bill of complaint, Mrs. Hirons
said the spirit of Clara Barton directed
her to teill Dr. Hubbell that she
(Mrs. Hirons) had come to help him
carry out his plans for the memorial.
It is further alleged that Mrs.
Hlrons told the doctor It was the wish
of Miss Barton's spirit that he turn
over his property to Mrs. Hirons in
order to secure her co-operation in
the memorial undertaking.
Cohtinuing, the petition sets forth
that Dr. Hubbell was moch affected
by the death of Miss Barton and
was greatly influenced by any communication
received by him purporting
to come from his deceased friend.
Dr. Hubbell believes, according to
his petition, that it is possible for
departed spirits to hold communication
with their friends in this world ,
through certain persons denominated
as "mediums."
The petition states that because of
his devotion to Miss Barton and the '
professed devotion of Mrs. Hirons to
Miss Barton, Mrs. Hirons acquired
and exercised a controlling influence
over him and he accepted the communications
as coming from. Miss
Barton.
Overheard a Conversation.
On May 14, 1914, in accordance with
the suggestions and requests made
in the alleged spirit messages, the
petition states that he conveyed to
Mrs. Hirons the Glen Echo 'real estate,
$4,500 received by him under
Miss uarton s win, ?z,uuo borrowed
from relatives and friends and $4,600
in Glen Echo town bonds, all of
which was to be used to further the
memorial project.
The petition recites that Dr. Hubbell
had implicit faith in Mrs. Hirons
until about sixty days ago, when, it
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MEREDITH NAMED
AS CONTRIBUTOR TO
STARS AKDSTR1PES
Richard H. Waldo Says Secretary
Was "Assessed"
*
$2,500 to Aid Paper.
The name of Secretary Meredith"-of
the Department of Agriculture was
given as an alleged contributor of
$2,500 to the financing of the Stars
and Stripes, a soldier publication here,
by Richard H. Waldo of New York,
before the Senate committee investigating
campaign expenditures yesterday
afternoon.
Mr. Waldo testified that he had been
told by Joseph L. Heffernan, organizer
of the Stars and Stripes Publishing
Company, that Secretary Meredith
had been "assessed" $2,500 for the
publication, and that Bernard Baruch
of New York, a strong supporter of
President Wilson and the league of
nations, had also been "assessed"
$7,000.
Earlier in the day, Mrs. E. M. Parks,
secretary to W. D. Jamieson, director
of finance of the democratic national
committee, admitted before the committee
that she held the controlling
interest in the Stars and Stripes Publishing
Company, but insisted that It
was an entirely non-partisan publication,
and that she had gone into it
merely as a business venture and to
help run a paper in the interests of
the men who had served during the
war. She said that she had put $48,000
into it, for which she had received
51 per cent of its stock.
Secretary Meredith, it was said at
his office .yesterday afternoon, was on
his way from Springfield, Mass., to
Harrisburg, Pa.
Hearing Here Ends.
The Senate committee which has
been investigating the "slush fund"
charges made against the republican
party by Gov. Cox, the democratic
nominee, wound up its hearings here
and Senator Kenyon, its chairman,
said that the inquiry had practically
been completed.
Before adjourning a subcommittee
consisting of Senator Edge of New
Jersey, republican, and Senator
Pomerene of Ohio, democrat, was
designated to meet in Dayton, Ohio,
October 7, to Inquire into the allegation
that Gov. Cox in 191$ received
a concealed campaign contribution of
15,000 from the Dayton Metal Products
Company. The committee had
hoped to have H. E. Talbot, former
president of the company, before It
today, but received a telegram from
his son saying that Mr. Talbot was
in North Dakota on a hunting trip.
The full committee, it was announced,
will meet in St. Louis October
18 to finish the investigation
which had been commenced in Missouri
earlier "as to Missouri affairs
only."
Many witnesses were interrogated
yesterday, among them T. Coleman du
Pont, republican national committeeman
from Delaware; Guy Mason, a
Washington attorney and representative
of the League to Enforce Peace;
W. H. Folwell, chairman of the republican
ways and means committee
of Pennsylvania; John L. Grayot,
chairman of the democratic state
committee of Kentucky; Mrs. E. M.
Parks, backer of the Stars and
Stripes; Richard H. Waldo of New
York; Edward E. Britton, private secretary
to Secretary Daniels of the
Navy; Frank L. Curtis, chief clerk of
the Navy Department, and Clarence
R. Pugh, vice chairman of the republican
state committee of North
Carolina.
Mrs. Park Makes Dental.
Mrs. Park, who is secretary to Mr. i
Jamieson, finance director of the
democratic national committee, indignantly
denied that the Stars and j
Stripes is conducted in a partisan
manner, or that it had favored the I
uemocrauc pany.
She was pressed by Senator Kenyon
to tell the committee where she obtained
the $4$,000 which she had put
into the Stars and Stripes. The witness
said that she had put $10,000 of
her own money Into the venture,
that she had raised $5,000 more on a
note indorsed by herself and her husband,
and had made a personal loan
of $4,000 from Mr. Jamieson, her employer.
She insisted that it was her
intention of paying back this loan.
Senator Kenyon wanted to know
where the balance of the money came
from. Mrs. Parks, while she admitted
that she had borrowed it from "democratic
friends," absolutely refused to reveal
the identity o^ these friends. She I
charged that the committee was "perse- ]
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AUTO PRICES
SLOWLY My
Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, September 25.?Automobile
prices are coming down,
but they are going to use a gradual
stairway for descent, and not
the steep toboggan advocated by
Henry Ford.
Captains the industry
emerged from behind conference
doors today to announce their
general policy in the price reduction
movement. All of them state
positively that there will be
neither an immediate or early cut
In their price lists.
They declared that the downward
trend of motor prices which
has been under way ever since the
high cost peak was reached several
months ago will .continue
through three principal mediums:
Qtey/iag efficiency of labor, conv
STORE OF CIDER
FATAL TO SPEED
IN CROP MOVING
What is termed "demoralization"
among- certain farm hands employed In
the vicinity of Emory Grove, near Rockville,
led to an investigation yesterday
which resulted in the discovery of six
barrels of hard cider and a quantity
of wine, and the arrest and imprisonment,
to await trial, of Samuel Clagett.
colored, charaul with having in his possession
into^^Bting liquor with the intention
of sowing it.
The discovery of the liquor may have
beneficial results, it is stated, and some
farmers around Rockville now are more
hopeful of harvesting their crops.
For the last week or so. it is stated,
the hired hands have been on a spree.
Instead of milking cows, they played
foot ball with the milk pails. Instead of
mowing the hay, they slept in the shade
Af tllr.
Things reached such a state that
Deputy Sheriffs Stanley Gingell and
Melvin D. Hutchinson were detailed to
investigate, with the results mentioned.
FOREIGN INTERESTS
GAINING IN FIGHT ON
U.S.SHIPPINGBOARD
Lack of Officials Blamed for
Headway Against American
Plans.
Continued opposition of foreign
trade interests to certain sections of
the merchant marine act is believed
vv/ uc iuaAiiig ucauw ay m me uniteu
States, notwithstanding the -rigorous
stand against transfer of United
States trade to foreign bottoms taken
by Chairman Benson of the Shipping
Board and Commissioner Donald, the
only two executives remaining from
the old board.
This condition is said to have arisen
from delay in appointing the board
of seven members authorized under
the merchant marine act. It is known
that Chairman Benson and Commissioner
Donald do not care to go ahead
with sale or profitable allocation of
the more than a score of ex-German
vessels now the property of the United
States, pending appointment of th<
full board. In. the meantime, the
Leviathan, the prise of the ex-German
fleet, is said to be depreciating in
value at an enormous rate per day.
Utilized as a troopship during the
war, she has lain practically since the
armistice at a New York dock without
use and without ample care, it is
said. Her luxurious fittings were
torn out when she was put to war use
and ship owners now declare her depreciation
has been so rapid and the
expense of conditioning would he so
great no American firm is in the market
for the vessel.
Others Put is Use.
The majority of the other vessels of
the ex-German fleet have been either
put in use by the Shipping Board or
allocated to private United States operators
at terms favorable to the Shipping
Board. The board, however, is not
in the shipping business in a strict
sense. It is the custodian of the eov
ernraenfs vessels built or acquired during
the war and is now seeking the most
advantageous means of disposing of
them. At the same time the merchant
marine act expressly provides that no
vessel now of American registry shall
pass into foreign hands, so that the Shipping
Board is coincidentally the custodian
and foster-father of the American
merchant marine.
Conjecture among shipping men
points to almost certain reappointment
of Admiral Benson as a member of the
new Shipping Board. Reappointment of
Commissioner Donald also is expected,
but rumor has it that he does not want
the job, and, if reappointed, will resign.
Secretary of Commerce Alexander
is said to be slated to becomo a
member of the board.
Efforts Increasingly Evident.
Meanwhile, shipping men say, efforts
of foreign trading concerns to
nullify the "teeth" in the merchant
marine act are becoming increasingly
evident and, in spite of vigorotfs action
by the present board, their propaganda
is beginning to make itself
felt. The situation on the Pacific
coast, however, is said to be better,
as indicated by a recent promise of
the bSard to allocate six major vessels
to ports in the northwest, notwithstanding
a threatening attitude
taken by an official of the port of
Seattle several months ago.
; TO DROP
\KERS STATE
sequent reduction in the cost of
producing- materials, and the reorganization
of plant forces from
steel mill to factory to meet operating
dentands on a normal
working basis.
An abrupt drop to, the pre-war
price iwel, they have decided,
would not only bankrupt scores
of automobile manufacturers,
dealers and material men under
present financial conditions, but
might easily result in an industrial
panic. The word that went out today
was. t
"Sit tight, make labor do a day's
work for a day's pay. Make a
gradual reduction to normal prices
possible by cutting overhead costs,
and give material producers their
chance to beat down the abnormal
values of everything that goes
into the motor car."
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ONLY VITAL SCHOOL
NEEDS RECOGNIZED
IN TRAIfOUDGET
Seat in Suitable Building for
Every Pupil Will Be Sought
by Local Board.
PLAYGROUNDS AND HALLS
DESIRED, BUT MUST WAIT
Fall Demands of Civic Association
Would Represent $30,000,000
Cost if Carried Out.
Congress will be asked to appropriate
funds only for vital necessities
of the District public schools the next
fiscal year.
More school pluygrOTfid space and
the addition of assembly halls to a
number of the buildings, demanded
by many of the civic associations,
will not be included in the estimates
of the board of education, which go
to the District Commissioners October
1.
This was learned yesterday from
.Dr. Prank W. Ballou, superintendent
of schools.
The paramount and vital needs of
the school system, as classified by Supt.
Ballou, are new school buildings, additions
to others and higher pay for school
employes.
These will be the salient recommendations
included in the school
budget. Many other minor, but essential,
improvements also will be
recommended in the school estimates.
seats lor i-uplls.
While Dr. Ballou is aware of the
fact that adequate playground apace
for the children And the addition of
assembly halls to a number of the
schools are necessary, he feels that
classroom accommodations are the
outstanding needs. It is his expressed
aim to afford "a seat in a suitable
building for every public school
pupil."
Failure to include the afinands of
the civic organizations for additional
playground space and assembly halls
in the estimates for the next fiBcal .
year does not mean that they are
being overlooked by school otfictalq.
1 All data submitted to the school board
1 at the public hearings last week are
' receiving careful consideration, and
> all urgent improvements noted.
It was estimated by one school official
yesterday that to provide all the
playground space, new buildings, additions
and other improvements requested
by the civic organizations, an
appropriation of $30,000,000 would be
necessary. Dr. Ballou and other officials
are confident that Congress
would never grant .JJlia amount.
Therefore they Vill' hold Uieir recommendations
for appropriations for the
schools down to the absolutely essential.
,
"More classrooms first, playgrounds
and assembly halls later," is the slogan
of the superintendent. Adequate
classroom facilities for every public
school pupil, in the opinion of Dr.
Ballou. are vitally necessary if a high
standard of education is to be maintained
in the District schools.
Better Pay for Employes.
Dr. Ballou also is a strong advocate
of better pay for all school employes
from officials down to janitors. A
recommendation for increases in
wages for all school workers will be
included in the estimates.
The superintendent feels that salary
is fundamental in establishing and
maintaining high standards of education.
Adequate wages, in his opinion,
attract the best talent.
The exact policy the superintendent
Will pursue in iuti&iug recuuimcuuations
for the school budget will be
outlined in a concise statement be
will read to the members of the
school board, sitting as a committee
on estimates at the Franklin School
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Specific reasons for failing to recommend
ipore playground space and
other seemingly necessary improvements
to the schools also will be
given in the superintendent's statement.
After the school board completesa
the drafting of the budget it will
begin work on an emergency deficiency
appropriation bill calling for
funds for school supplies. Thin measure
will be submitted to Congress
soon after it convenes in December.
Higher Prices for Supplies.
The last District appropriation bill
provided only $85,000 for supplies for
children in the elementary school*
for the school year ending June, 1921.
All but about $5,000 of this money
already has been expended, and because
of the increased cost of supplies
this year funds were not available
to purchase a sufficient quan- '
tity to last until after the close of
the first semester, February 1.
Before drafting the emergency
"measure. Dr. Ballou will definitely ascertain
how much money is needed to
furnish each school pupil with indisI
? -11? annennsiailnn
pensaoie sup^ueo. mc
of $85,000 allotted for this year allows
only slightly over $1.3S for each child,
while in the opinion of some school
[ authorities it should be about $2.50.
Supt. Ballou already has written to
superintendents in various cities
throughout the country to learn
how much it costs to furnish supplies
for children. Only a few replies have
been received, and they show that the
amount fluctuates between $1.50 and
$2.50.
LORD MAYOR' UNCHANGED.
LONDON, September 25.?A bulletin
Issued late tonight by the Irish
Self-Determinatlon League said that
the condition of Lord Mayor MaeSwiney
was unchanged.