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Evening star., 1917-09-14
REGULATIONS GOVERNING ENTRANCE
OF PUPILS TO SCHOOLS OF CAPITAL

grade schools not in the local
bew hours of M and
at their
al
school pupils Washington schools from of
of which will be
and faculty member of admissions
the eighth grade last enter high
Will schools at Monday
to
will
who will years old that date
Washington school last
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ALLIED DIPLOMATS TO DINE.
Former President Taft to Be Chief
Speaker at Banquet.

Former President Taft. as the head
of the League to Enforce Peace, is to
be the principal speaker at a banquet
in honor of the diplomatic representa-
tives of the allies of the United States.
rendered by the Southern Commercial
Congress- October IS and Il, in the
Hotel Astor, New York.
This banquet TO the diplomats will
be the first of it's character, bringing
together, as a unit, the official repre-
Isentatives of the countries now allied
with the United States in war. Jules J.
, Jusserand, the French ambassador. as
dean of the diplomatic corps, will make
the response for the allies. Thirteen
countries will be represented, through
their diplomats accredited to the
United States, and covers viii be laid
for 1000 at this epochal international
event,
Evening star., 1917-09-14
IN LIST OF GRADUATES.
Americans Pass Tests in Artillery
Officers School in France.
Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917

PARIS. France. September IL de-
layed).-Some of the Americans who
were formerly in the American ambu-
lance service or in the foreign legion
have just graduated from the famous
Fontainebleu artillery officers school.
Most of them expect to receive COM
missions in the United States artillery.
They include Alden Brooks. short story
writer. John Monroe, Gordon Ham
mersly and Alexander Henderson OF
New York; William Crocker of San
Francisco, who stroked the Yale crew
in 1914, Clare Torey of San Francisco
and Robert Judson of Boston. both of
whom were members of the Belgian
commission; Louis Hall Of Dartmouth.
whose brother was the first American
ambulance man killed: Dorsey stephens
of Los Angeles, Cal. and Preston Lock-
wood of ST. Louis, Nc.
The last two named. graduate Rhodes
scholars from oxford. who Joined the
French army, are now commissioned
second lieutenants. They are leaving
today for the United States artillery
training camps. where they will assist
in the instruction of American officers.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Library Official Sails for France.

AS first step toward supplying
travelling libraries to the troops in
France. Walter B. Briggs. assistant Ii
brarian of Harvard University, has
sailed for France He will study con-
ditions and report by cable TO the Ii
brary war council on the most efficient
means of providing and caring for the
libraries to be shipped. In the mean
time. thousands of volumes already
collected are being boxed ready for
shipment at the New York Public Lii
brary. The task of the library war
council. of which Frank A. Vanderlip
is chairman, is to raise S1,000,O00 to
carry on the work Of supplying camp IL
braries- .--.- 3.
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Chairman Opposes Transfer.

Chairman a. J. DriscoI of the exemp-
tion board at the Dunbar High School
this afternoon declared himself abso-
lutely opposed to the proposed change
of location for board No. >. In addition
to the question of the dignity of such
boards, he declared, public schools
should be willing To- give such boards
the best at their command in the work
of selecting the nations soldiers. In
Mr.. Driscdls opinion public schools Of
fer admirable places for the location
of such draft boards, with their valu-
able papers, and he declares that it
would seem unreasonable for the gov
ernment to rent rooms for exemption
boards when public schools could rem
der such service
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CONTRACTS FOR DEsTROYERs.
Tentative Agreements, Pending Ac.
ton by Congress. Are Drawn.

On the expectation that Congress will
quickly appropriate the necessary
$500 10000 for the great destroyer
have been drawn with the Cramps. the
wards at New York, Fore River, New
port News and the Union Iron Works
al San Francisco on a percentage basis
not yet fixed, with the understanding
that the full force of the government is
behind every concern to facilitate the
most rapid construction. The compa-
nies have been given to understand that
whenever necessary the government is
prepared to assist in the enlargement
OF facilities and to commander mate
rials.
All specifications have been agreed
upon and arrangements made for clos
ing SubcontractS without delay.
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No Further Action Planned.

No representations either to Sweden or
to Mexico, it is stated, will be made by
the United States in connection with
the conduct of the Swedish representa-
tive in Mexico City, but it is regarded as
not improbable that the Mexican gov
eminent may make it the occasion for
action that would show its sincerity in
the matter of neutrality.
Won Eckhardt's part in the latest chap
ter has been no surprise. This govern
ment has known of his activities long
before the discovery of the evidence
given by the Zimmerman note, and since
then his activities in propaganda had
been watched carefully. That he was
heading a big organization that had for
its object not only propaganda, but espi-
onage. has been suspected. and those
suspicious have been conveyed to the
Mexican foreign office in the hope that
it might take steps that would check any
viola ton of neutrality.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
NOT A TRAITOR STATE"
Wisconsin Governor Blames Senator
La Toilette for Undeserved Title.

SUPERIOR, , Wis. September IL
while l am governor of this state,
there will be no peace meetings which
will serve to handicap the govern
ment," declared Gov. Z. L. Philip in
an address at the tri-state fair here to-
day. He said he would adhere to tho
nolicv announced when he gave IN
structions to the sheriff in Hudson not
to permit the holding of the Peoples
Council meeting there recently.
The governor scored wisconsin, se-
nior senator, to whose utterances in
the upper house of Congress he at-
tributed the reputation Wisconsin had
gained in the east of being "the traitor
state" a term he declared the state
had proven undeserved.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
24,0O0 THREATEN STRIKE.
-.r
Labor Trouble at San Francisco Put
Up" to Government.

SAN FRANCISCO, September IA
threatened strike involving twenty-five
unions affiliated with the iron trades
council of San Francisco, and affecting
approximately ., 1000 men, has been put
up to the federal government SO far as
lilc ,ainornIa Metal Trades Association
is concerned, it was announced here.
The strike is set for Monday. Consider
able government ship building would
be affected.
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Recent Appointments.

Recent appointment of new consuls-
Vivian l.. Nicholson of New Orleans
La: Stewart f. Mcmillan of Arkansas
City. Kan; Maurice c. Pierce of Mad
ison. Wis: Jonh @. Sanders of Austin,
Tex: Francis r. Stewart of New York
city. William O. Thornton of Atlanta
Ga: Gilbert K. Wilson of Browns
Vile, Tex; Eugene C. A. Reed of Day
tona. Fla: sydney Smith, El Paso, Tex.
James Il. Stewart of Santa fe. n NJ
Charles y. Willard of kins1ey, Kan
Harry +. Hawley of Brooklyn, N y
HasSell H. Dick Of South Carolina, now
consular assistant: Harry A. Mcbride
of Michigan. now consular assistant:
George f. Bickford of Washington, now
Interpreter and vice consul at Shang-
hal; Eugene II. Doonan Of New York
now interpreter and vice consul at
Kobe.
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Assumes Serious Aspect.

With the opening of the schools Mon
day the question of what to do with the
exemption boards in the school houses
has become acute, eliminating in the
conference this afternoon at the Dun
bar High School between Provost Mar
shall Donovan, in charge of local draft
work; Assistant superintendent of
Schools Roscoe c. Bruce. in charge of
colored schools: \. j. Driscoll, chair
man of the exemption board for divi-
sion No. =. and officials of the Dunbar
High School.
The situations at the Western, Busi-
ness and Eastern High schools and at
the Franklin and Henry D. Cooke
schools. where are located exemption
boards for divisions Nos. I, S. IL. l and
9. respectively, are similar. but no way
near so acute as that at the Dunbar
High School.
Exemption officials of the board at
that high school. who have been selec1-
inGS men for the National Army for the
past two months, expressed keen dis
approval today over the proposition of
the high school officials to move them
down into the basement.
The draft officials, who, it was stated,
have been giving their efforts to the
government without charge, at large
financial losses to themselves in many
cases, feel that they have right to the
best that the local public schools can
offer them in the way of quarters. AS
one official expressed it today, There
is d certain amount of dignity attach
ing to the work of boards in selecting
ment to serve our country.
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Stand of the Allies.

The diplomatic representatives of the
allied powers have issued a statement
denying allegations made by some of
the newspapers that they are taking g
steps either to support Gen. Kornilof' S
action or to hinder his suppression,
which, the statement adds, is contrary
TO the role of the allies with respect to
Russian internal affairs
The representatives of all the en-
tente powers in Petrograd," says the
statement, "are in sympathy with the
great democracy of their ally, and Of
fered their good services in order to
avoid the shedding of blood in civil
war;
The statement gives the text of
verbal note presented to the minister
of foreign affairs by Sir George Bu-
chanan, the British amba ssador, acting
dean of the diplomatic corps, and pro-
ceeds:
The representatives of the allied
powers met. under the presidency of
Sir George Buchanan. to deliberate on
the situate created by the conflict be-
tween the provisional government and
Gen. Korniloff- Conscious of their duty
to remain at their posts for the defense
II necessary, of their nationals, they at
the same time consider it of the high
est importance to maintain the union
of all the forces in Russia for the con-
tinuance of victorious war This
view, they unanimously declared was
in the interest of huma nifty, and anx-
fous to prevent irreparable calanities
they offered their good services with
the noble aim of serving the interests
OF Russia and the work of the allies"
Evening star., 1917-09-14
DIVISION NO. 5.

The local board for division No. will
practically close it's certifications to
the District board tomorrow. The
board today certified twenty-five cases
of discharge and tomorrow will certify
eleven more cases of physical disquali-
fications. This will leave three cases
to be acted upon. two of which by local
boards out of town, to which the cases
were transferred.
The cases just certified are among
those of ninety registrants examined
at the end of August.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
KNEW OF AK MURDERS.
State Witnesses Testify Killings
Were Discussed Before Discovery

RED OAK. Iowa, September 1.-Two
witnesses for the state testified today
in the trial of Rev. Lynn G. J. Kelly
that the Villisca axe murders were dis
cussed in a town forty miles from VII
1isca more than thirty minutes before
the crime generally is known to have
been discovered.
Both witnesses testified that Kelly.
who iS charged with murder in connec-
ton with the crime was a party to
the discussion, but one witness said
another person was talking about the
murders before Kelly Joined the dis
cussion.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
EXEMPTION BOARDS
FACING. QUANDARY
Authorities Need the Rooms
Now Occupied in High
School Buildings.
SOME OBJECT TO CHANGE

Disposition of exemption boards To-
Gated in the public chools assumed pro-
portions in a somewhat serious degree
when officials of the District govern
ment. the schools and an exemption
board gathered at the Dunbar High
School this afternoon to settle the case
of board No. 2, which is now occupying
the clerks office, on the first floor of the
high school.
officials of the school want the ex-
emption board moved down into the
basement. and officials of the board
want to stay where they are or be
given offices of value equal to the
large, light room now occupied.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Plans for Other Boards.

Board No. II. now occupying the kim
dergarden room at the Henry D. Cooke
School, will move into the principals s
room with the opening of school
Board No. Z, at the Western High
School, will move from offices near the
center of the first floor to adequate Of
fees near the entrance a the north of
the building. Draft officials of these
boards express themselves as well sat
iSfed with these changes.
The exemption board, No. /, at the
Franklin School, has been moved from
the third floor of that building into an
office in the basement, Assistant Supt.
of Schools Kramer said, who added
that the new Offices We're much better
In every respect than those vacated
and that members of the exemption
board were completely satisfied with
the change
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Raine Spencer. Hurt in Wreck, Dies.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill, September II
Raine Spencer Dayton Central League
ball player. died in n hospital here last
night from injuries received on August
% in a wreck on the Big Four railroad
at Mansfield, Ill
Evening star., 1917-09-14
DIVISION NO. 9.

The exemption board of the ninth di-
vision, headquarters at the Henry D.
Cooke School. has cleared up practical
ly all of its work. only two cases being
now pending. The latest figures for
this division show that out of the PSI
actually examined. los were accepted
and certified to the District board and
1874 rejected.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
House Favors Dismounting Cavalry

The House today passed a BILL urged
by the Secretary of War, to authorize
the President during the present emer-
gency TO organize professionally as field
artillery or infantry such regiments of
cavalry as he may designate.
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Nearly $4,000, 100000 in Year.

THE aggregate appropriation in little
MORE than a year. to make effective and
impregnable the nations first army OF de-
tense is. including pending estimates,
nearly two billion dollars.
II am not publishing military secret
when / say that while the increase in per
sonnel in the past few months has lar
s,,rna ssed the increase in material, there
are three times as many ships in COM
mission today as there were six months
ago; and that ships and more ships. from
enlarged and everenlaTging shipyards
are coming to afford a place on naval
craft to the thousands of patriotic
Young men who have crowded into the
Navy since the call.
Evening star., 1917-09-14

board Of the seventh division. head
quarters at Western High School They
are Andrew Williams, 1901 33d street
northwest, and Edward Mascole. 2716
9th street northwest.
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Needs of School Emphasized.

On the other hand, Dunbar High
School officials find themselves greatly
in need of their offices, and claim that
they will have to carry on the clerical
work of this large school out in the
halls unless the exemption board agrees
to move into the quarters in the base
ment offered them. The school official S
say the proposed quarters in the base
ment would be convenient to the armory,
where physical examinations of drafted
men are carried on. Officials of the
draft board claim the room offered them
is without light or air. and not BETTING
the dignity of a board.
The situation has been known to
District officials and officials, of the
public schools for more than a week.
Provost Marshal Donovan had high
hopes this afternoon of getting the
parties to the contention Together
before the day is over.
Ultimate disposition of those draft
boards located in public schools is in
the hands of the board of education
which granted permission to the Com
missioners for the use of the schools
wnere boards are now located.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Changes Made in Quarters.

Exemption board. No. II, located for
the past two months in the drawing room
of the Eastern High School, will be
moved into a small room on the third
floor of the school building with the
opening OF school Monday. DR.. Willard
F. Small, principal. announced today
The room to be occupied is the Office of
the high school paper.
Atthe Business High School exemption
board No. faces q situation all its
own, and as yet does not know its fate
The board now occupies a teachers room
which will be sorely needed when school
opens Monday. If this room is taken
away from the exemption board it's Of
ficials will have to work in an alcove,
it is said, with no place to lock up their
valuable papers.
1t has been suggested that this board
be moved into the old Central High
School
Evening star., 1917-09-14

Plans for the esta blishment of an
electro-therapeutic hospital unit AZ
near as possible to the front In France
have been approved by the America1
Electro therapeutic Association,
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Typhoon Damages U. S. Consulate.

A typhoon at Annoy. China, severely
damaged the American consulate and
killed many natives. the State Depart
ment today was advised. No foreign
ers were killed.
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Accepted Men Number 1855.

Figures obtained from local boards
today showed that 1.455 men have been
accepted for the Districts quota Re-
JeCtlons have numbered 2,206. Cases
pending number 12S. Detailed figures
Evening star., 1917-09-14
RECENT PROMOTIONS
IN CONSULAR SERVICE
Men in Foreign Fields Given Higher
Rank-List of Appoint
ments.

Recent promotions in the consular
service are announced as follows: AL
phonse Gaulin Of Rhode Island, now
consul general of class four. to be con-
sui general of class three. Edwin S.
Cunningham of Tennessee, now a con-
sui general of class five, to be consul
general of class four.
Consuls of class five to be consuls OF
class four-Arminius T. Haeberle OF
Missouri. Calvin Milton Hitch of Geor-
gia. John E. Kehl of Ohio. George II.
Pickerell of Ohio, Charles s. Winans
of Michigan.
Consuls of class six to be tonsuls of
New York. Philip Holland of Tennessee,
William w. Masterson of Kentucky.
Frederick Simpich of Washington,
Adolph \. Williamson of District of
Columbia. John Q. Wood of Hawaii.
Promoted to Glass Six.
Consuls of class seven to be consuls
of class six-Homer NJ. Byington of
Connecticut. Clarence Carrigan of Cali
fornia. Harold u. Clum of New York,
Alfred w. Donegan of Alabama. w.
Rodericl> Dorsey of Maryland. Charles
NJ. Freeman of New Hampshire, Ross
Hazeltine of Indiana. Walter H. Sholes
of Oklahoma.
hal to be consul of class six-Mahlon
Fay Perkins of California.
To Glass Seven.
Consuls of class eight to be consuls of
class seven-B. Harvey Carroll, jr., of
Texas, Oscar s. Heizer of Iowa, Wilbur
Keblinger of Virginia, Carl r. Loop of
Indiana, George X. Stiles of Maryland.
Hl,. - IL
el of New York. Milton B. Kirk of Illi-
nois. CASTOR Smith of Louisiana. James
3. Young of Pennsylvania
To Glass Eight.
Consuls of class nine to be consuls of
class eight-Charles II. Albhecht of
PENNSYLVANIA John S. Calvert of North
Carolina. Ralph r. Chesborough of Wis
consin. Horace J. Dickinson of Arkan-
sas. Maurice p. Dunlap of Minnesota,
Thornwell Haynes of Alabama, Thomas
MacGowan of Tennessee. William A.
Pierce of Mississippi. Elliott Verne
Richardson of New York. G. Russell
Taggart of New Jersey. Henry T. Will
cox of New Jersey. Thomas d. Bow
man of Missouri, Harry Campbell of
Kansas, Thomas D. Davis of Okla
homa Edward A. Dow of Nebraska
George G.. Duffee of Alabama, Tracy
Lay of Ala bama. Arthur Mclean of New
York. George S. Messersmth of Della
ware Horace Remillard of Massac chu-
setts. Addison f. Southard of kentucky,
Alfred r. Thomson of Maryland, G.
Carlton Woodward of Pennsylvania.
To be consuls of class eight-Ba ylor
L. Agerton OF Fort Worth. Tex; Rob-
ert r. Bradford Of Omaha. Neb.; Nor
ton F. Brand of Grandin. n. D.:
Lockett C. Ely of Knoxville. Tenn
George D. Hopper of Danville, Ky;
George l.. Logan Of Arkadelphia, Ark.
Charles Z. Asbury of Farmersburg Ind
John K. Bradley of Anderson. Okla.
James p. Davis of Tennille. Ca; Sam
pie B. Forbus. Nitta Yuma. Miss: Paul
Kna benshue of Toledo Ohio: Arnold
A. Mckay of Maxton, \. c.
Recent Appointments.
Evening star., 1917-09-14

Henry Edward Legler. librarian of
the Chicago Public Library, is dead. He
0o0 0ftY-six years old. .---.-
Evening star., 1917-09-14
Fronts Left Undefended.

VI Avskentieff. minister of the Inter
Tor, said that as result of the kornilod
revolt all the Russian fronts for three
days remained without the least de-
fense and without command. The
severest penalty. he added. ought to be
inflicted on Gen. Kornifoff. He said
the government would do nothing to
mitigate his fate.
The governments task now. NJ.
Avskentieff continued. would be to
struggle against counter-revoluntiona
attempts, safeguard national liberty
and defend the country against the for
eign enemy.
NJ. Tseretelli. former minister of the
interior. said the ministerial coalition
had given good results and that IL ought
to be maintained. but only on condition
that all elements tending to paralyze
its function should be excluded from it.
He insisted on the necessity of immedi-
ately dissoIving the fourth duma.
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DIVISION NO. 7.

Two more men have been certified to
the District board for service in the
new National Army by the exemption
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Terestchenko to Remain.

Foreign Minister TereStchenko. ac-
cording to an announcement made by
the Russian official news agency, Will
remain in the reorganized cabinet. re
placing NJ. NekrasoT as minister of
finance.
The evening newspapers say Premier
kerensky reproached the constitutional
democrats for their passive attitude so
long as Gen. Korniloff seemsd to have
q chance of success. The pfemier has
commissioned VI. kishkin to negotiate
with the Moscow industrial circles In
order to obtain their support of the
Hoyernment and, If possible. the entry
of business men into the cabinet If
this plan succeeds the cabinet undoubt-
edly will be much strengthed and the
bad results of the revolt may speedily
be remedied.
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ANOTHER SWEDISH
DIPLOMAT CAUGHT
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the bestowal of the decoration which
l strongly recommend in view Of the
circumstances detailed above.
Won ECkHARDT."
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Bishop Harding Present.

Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts 10
chairman of the commission. the other
bishops in attendance being Bishop
Harding of Washington, Bishop Knight.
chancellor of Sewanee University
Bishop Mccormick of western Michi-
gan. Bishop Perry of Rhode Island and
Bishop Roose of southern Ohio.
The commission will maintain perma '
nent headquarters in New York city
and the work there will be under the
direction of Rev. DR.. George Craig
Stewart. elected today as secretary of
the commission. Dean 'Bratenahl of the
National Episcopal Cathedral will be
the Washington representative Of the
commission. and much of the work of
cooperating with the War and Navy
departments probably will devolve on
him.
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