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Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-14
OUTLINES WHY
SCHOOLS NEED
GREATER FUNDS
George Fox, Superintendent Of
Education, Gives Standard Of
Teaching Corps, And Addi-
tional Buildings AS Among
Several Reasons.
SALARIES ARE SMALL;
TEXT BOOKS HIGHER

Why the County Board of Ed
ucation of Anne Arundel county
was moved to ask the Board of
County Commissioners to make
provision in the forthcoming levy
to take care of an increase of
more than 100000 needed for
school purposes for the fiscal
year is set forth in a detailed
statement issued today by
George Fox, county Superinten-
dent of Education. AS hereto
fore stated in the columns of The
Capital, the budget submitted by
the Education Board calls for a
total of $329,531.73, as compared
to $204 ,S0S.75, last year.
Reasons Summarized
Superintendent Fox summarizes the
reasons for increases in the budget as
follows
i. The tremendous increase in
new homes and consequently
more children in the districts
along the electric car lines and at 4.
Brooklyn Heights.
2. To the raising OF the
standard of the teaching corps.
3. To the demand and need for
additional school buildings.
4. To the demand and need for
| high school facilities at Glen
! n,trpfa IIaru,ouo o,d ntha-
tions of the county
s. To the increase in the cost
OF text books.
6. To the demand for improve
ments urged by the various pat
rons' clubs and by the boards OF
trustees of the various schools In
the county M
As To Teachers Salaries
The first two of these come under
| the head Of Institutional service.
White teachers salaries will require
| $14.750 more next year than this.
Many Of the classes are now running
so to 60 pupils to the teacher. This is
entirely too many for efficient work.
At least one additional teacher will be
needed at Annapolis; two at Glen
Burnie; two at Linthicum Heights,
and one at Millersville. Five new
! teachers will be required to take
care of the $50 pupils now going to
the schools of Baltimore city. Unless
we take care Of these pupils we must
pay Baltimore city tuition at the rate
OF about $50 per child.
First grade Normal School gradu-
ates receive 81 900 to 1000 per year.
while provisional teachers get from
5000 to $500 per year. We will have
IS girls graduate from the State Nor
NAL School They will come to us IA
first grade teachers and under the law
will take the places of the provisional
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Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-14
Soviet Note Satisfactory
(By The Associated Press.l

LONDON, May 14-In British Off
cial circles the reply Of the Russian
Soviet government to the British note
is considered as avoiding a rupture
satisfaction is expressed at what the
British consider an about-face on tbs
part OF Moscow and its attitude to-
ward Great Britain.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-14
NINETEEN TAKE DEGREES
NLOCAL TRIBE REDMEN
Class Adoption Last Thursday
Marked Beginning Of Big
Membership Drive
MANY BIG CHIEFS HERE

On Thursday evening last Chesa-
peake Tribe No. 80 held its class adop-
ton and dedication of its wigwam as
previously announced in these col
umns. A class of nineteen was adopt
ed IN the degrees, and the work was
beautifully performed by the degree
team Of Mazinita Tribe No. 1876 of
Chase, Md, led by Past Sachem
James f. Gibson.
Great Chiefs Present
The Great Chiefs Council of Mary
land. consisting of Great Sachem ]. w.
Wood, Great Junior Sycamore G. w
Brown, Great Chief OF Records DR..
j. c. Littleton, Great Keeper of
Warmpum f. c. Afford. Chairman OF
State Finance Committee Geo. Hoff-
man, Great Sannap William A. Cole
and Chairman OF State of the order.
R. l.. Mcdonald were present, and
long talks of interest TO the Red Men
were given.
Delegation OF Redmen from Ozark
Tribe No. 1S4, of Odenton, Md: Poto-
mac No. 81, Montezena No. SO and
Mondwin No. 1877, of Baltimore, were
also present. and gave great encour-
agement to the local tribe.
Membership Drive Started
A full membership of Chesapeake
Tribe greeted the visiting brothers
and the prediction was freely made
that the drive for membership would
be fully successful.
The renovation Of the hall was ad-
mired by the brethren and compares
favorable with the hall of any fra
ternal order in the state
Later in the evening refreshments
OF corn and venison were served and
the guests of Chesapeake departed
feeling well satisfied that a new era
of Redmanship had been installed il
the hunting grounds of Annapolis.
In the near future another clas.
adoption will take place and as tn,
heart of the Redmen have been stir.
red in these hunting grounds il
promises to be a rather larger adop.
ton of palefaces.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-14
DOLLS AND DOLLS AT
CIRCLE PLAYHOUSE
Children To Appear I'm Doll
Land" Under Auspices Of Lo-
cal "" Tomorrow
MATINEE AND NIGHT

"Oh. I'm nothing but a big wax
doll.
Not supposed to have feelings at
all.
I'm stuffed with sawdust and
worried with a string;
You take me up, and shake me
up,
I'll never say thing,
For I'm nothing but a big wax
doll"
Dolls. dolls, dolls! The stage is
full of them. There are the king and
queen dolls and the ladies-in-wait-
ing. japanese dolls, Fat Sing, the
Chinese coolie and group of Chinese
playmates, tin soldiers that march so
straight with their guns at their sides,
and boy dolls that gallop in on stick
horses, and-of course plenty OF
fairies and clowns. The tiny charac-
ter dolls dance in such stilted fash
ion that one wonders If they are real,
live little girls. And the cart-wheels
and hand-springs that some OF those
girl clowns can make is enough to
cause many a boy TO envy their agil-
ity. And the Quaker dolls! To see
them is TO love them.
Then The Two "Naughty" Girls
Not least among the cast of over a
hundred children, are the two little
naughty girls who have been left
alone in a dark room until they prom
ise to be good. Here they are visited
by the Fairy Queen who. takes them
to Doll Land where they are enter
tanned by all the fairies and dolls, but
it is in Doll Land that they learn
that "the duty of all children is to,
first of ALL obey!"
This musical play is to be given to-
morrow, at the Circle PLAYHOUSE
There will be matinee at 4 O'clock
with admission charges of 25 cents
for children and so and rs cents for
adults. The evening performance
will begin at s. o'clock and the tick
cts are now on sale at the "Y" for
so cents and rs cents. Seats re-
served.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-05-14
M|DD|ES CRAB
THREE EVENTS
Of SPORT CARD
Lacrosse, Field And Track, And
Rife Teams Come Thorugh
With Victory, But Ball Toss
ers And Racquet Wielders Go
Down In Defeat.
PITTSBURGHERS SWAT
BALL HARD AND TIMELY

- Midshipmen athletes won three
out OF Eve contests staged at the
Naval Academy Saturday after
noon. While the lacrosse play
crs were having a hard time de
fcating the rivals of Johns Hop
kins University by 6 to 3, the
field and track athletes also en-
countered stiff job in downing
Penn State ny to 51A points.
.Ihe rifle team came out on top
in an intercollegiate match, in a
field of six other competitors.
The baseball team, however, suf-
fered another defeat, Pittsburg
winning a hard hitting game, l2
to 10, and the tennis team was
Unexpectedly defeated by the rae
quet men, Massachusetts, Insti-
tute Of Technology, A to 2. The
desperate lacrosse drew the larg-
est gallery of spectators.
Visitors Stage Rally
Pittsburgh used the willow with
more telling effect, hence the defeat
OF the midshipmen. The game was
see-saw AFFAIR all the way, twice be-
ing tied up.
When the visitors went to bat in the
ninth the count stood all. Staginf
a rally, they got four runners across
- ~ = PpSafbii,e1. For a time IL 4looited as
though the middies would overcome
his lead, but they fell two short of
he mark. lfu
Though both teams were charged
with several miscues, in addition to
A,ame errors of judgment. the hard
sting and uncertainty made it of the
ectacular order. Bothateams were
kmpelled to use two twirlers. Curry
lo started for the Smoky City lads
4 ls slammed hard in the opening
il anne. and was compelled to give way
Swetonic. who proved steadier and
t himself out of some tight places
Peterson Could No. Last
bsPeterson, pitching his first game in
r, rec weeks beca~se of an illness
. plugged along in fair shape until the
sixth frame, when the Pittsburghers
went out in front by punching three
hits for as many runs. Kelly, NGvy's
ACE, relieved him, but he. too. rocked
din the ninth, and besides was poorly
Nsapported.
4 Pitt felt safe. indeed. after it had
4put the four runs across in the ninth
egiving II that much of a margin. Three
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Dispatches of late news
are published in The
Evening Capital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

The executive committee ap.
pointed by the potentate consisted
Of: Leonard p. Steuart, Wisdom
D. Brown, Harry r. Cary. Arthur
E. Cook. officers: and e. p. An
drews. L. Whiting Estes, Jarnes
c. Hoyle, Thomas 2. farrell, Car
ter B. Keene, Ellwood p. Morey,
F. Lawrence Walker and Harry
Stamford.
This committee, at first mcet-
in once a week, has for several
months been holding two meet
ings a week to conduct the inf
mite number Of details connected
with the work Of the thirty-two
committees. The work has pro-
ceeded accurately and effectively
throughout, with hardly a Jar In
the movement Of this vast ma,
chine, and when the story is told
later, the accomplishment Of this
city will appear as one Of the
most remarkable ever reported in
an American municipality.
The committee was incorporated
under the name Of the Almas
Temple, Washington, d. c., 1923
Shrine Committee, announcement
to that effect being made on
September 1. On September i
the imperial potentate, James S.
McCandless. accompanied by a
number of other imperial officers.
came to Washington to select the
imperial headquarters. The Willard
Hotel was named as headquarters
for the imperial divan, and the
Washington Hotel as the head.
quarters for the imperial repre-
sentatfves.
Congress became interested In
the imperial convention toward
the close Of the last session,
when a resolution was adopted by
both branches appropriating $780,
900 for the use of the District of
Columbia in defraying expenses
for additional police officers.
A second joint resolution turned
over to the use Of the Shrine COM
mittee all the public grounds, and
authorized the War and Navy
to furnish all needed
materials and equipment for the
entertainment Of the vtsteorn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05
Elaborate Preparations
Made Long i'm Advance of
Session for Big Conclave

John T. Vivian, r. r. Vecchiolli,
L. e. White and Sidney West.
FOUND THE MONEY.
Thomas e. FARRELL, it is to be
recorded, from that day to this
has been constantly at the fl
nancial helm, inspiring those as
ISOLATED with him with his enthu-
siasm, driving persistently toward
the goal that has brought about
the present spectacle in Wash
ington. There were many who
predicted at the time that Wash
ington could never raise a fund
of 100000, and when it came to
the matter of 100000 later to
provide for the entertainment of
the Imperial Council, the problem
seemed like a mountain, but it
has been solved through the dog
ged determination, intelligence
and optimism of Mr.. FARRELL.
AS the Potentate says: This
Is the man who has made 1t pos
sible, for II he had not secured
the money, Washington could not
have brought this wonderful
event."
The campaign to raise the $780,
600 was finished in a whirlwind
drive by the end of May, 1922,
and approximately all the princi-
pal business institutions of Wash
ington were represented on the
list of subscribers. The success of
this campaign had a marked in
fluence in the preparations for
the attendance of the AImas Tenn
pie Units at the session in San
Francisco.
SPECIAL TO COAST.
The Alnaas Temple Special left
for San Francisco on June 4, with
great demonstration Of enthu-
siasn on the part of the citizens.
The whole city was confident of
the success Of the effort to secure
the convention for Washington.
Then on June is a message came
from the Pacific coast that Wash.
lngton had been chosen by the
Imperial Council for it's place of
meeting for 1923. This was the
second time the National Capital
had been chosen. the other oc.
casion being in 1900, when the
convention attracted compare.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

"ARLY in February, 1922,
active steps were taken to
A secure the 49th Session Of
the Imperial Council for Wash
ington this week. Illustrious
Potentate Leonard p. Steuart Sc
cured the assent of John Poole,
president Of the Federal National
Bank, to act as chairman Of the
finance committee. A general
committee was formed headed by
Frank B. Milburn, with Harry F.
Cary as vice chairman, and COM
posed Of one hundred members,
with an executive committee OF
nine.
At the City Club on May 81,
1923, final action was taken look
ing to the active campaign to
secure the prize for Washington.
It was determined to launch a
drive to secure a fund of 800, 900
as a guarantee in extending the
invitation of Washington to the
Imperial Council.
Plans for securing this guaran-
tee fund were perfected at once,
and Potentate Leonard p. Steuart
appointed the permanent commit
tee which was composed Of the
following: Thomas e. FARRELL,
chairman; Ross p. Andrews, e.
8. Brashear, H. Clifford Bangs,
Grant S. Barnhart, Charles E.
Berry, George E. Baker, John j.
Boobar. C. Fred Cook. J. Harry
Cunningham, Harry F. Cary, Karl
Corby, j. Frank Campbell, John
Dolph, Archie Douglas, George e.
Emmons, L. Whiting Estes, Will
liam w. Everett, w. J. Eynon,
William F. Guide, Walker l.. Gary,
Ernest r. Gasch, Samuel Hart,
Clyde r. Hancock. James C. Hoyle,
Morris Hopkins, George w.
Harris. Joseph r. Harris, w. H.
Harrison, Frank e. johnson,
Harry O.. Jarboe, Harry @. Kim
ball. Arthur A. Lithgow, Ernest
c. Lee, Peter Latterner, w. r.
Moses, H. c. Moses, Joseph III.
Milans, Arthur D. Marks, Frank
+. Milburn, Joseph e. Mercy
nolds, Townley A. Mckee, How.
ard r. Norton, H. s. Omohundro,
Roger O'Donnell, julius I. Peyser,
George Pitt. Harry c. Rand, w.
G. smallwood. Harry Standiford,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05
SHRINE NEWS CHIEF is WIZARD FOR KEEN IDEAS

1.-TWO hundred callers in one
day and all turned away sat
II isfied.
That's the record, but not an
unusual one. for the man who has
handled the publicity end Of this
great Shrine session, a monument
tai task in itself, but complicated
beyond all estimation by the pres
sure Of other business.
Charles D. Warner, a veteran
newspaperman. thirty-third degree
Mason and Shriner for many
years, has been swinging one of
the most powerful and thoroughly
organized publicity campaigns
ever put over for an event Of this
kind, unaided.
Up to the time Of the beginning
of the session approximately 1000
columns of publicity had been
given in the Washington news
papers alone, according to the
record of the Almas Temple ex-
ecutive committee.
The amount Of material used
through the country in papers
and magazines cannot be esti-
mated. Most of 1t has emanated
from Warmers office
GETS OUT "ALMAs ALIBI."
In addition he has had the task
of getting out the "Almas Alibi,"
the local temples monthly publ
cation, and of making plans for
various Of the temples cere.
monials and events.
Masonic publications, magazines
of all kinds. newspapers, the wire
services, photographers and the
Photographic services, including
the motion picture men, have all
dealt with the committee through
Warner.
Arrangements for handling news
of the session itself by reporters,
correspondents and photographers
were all made by the indefati.
gable worker. Providing passes.
press cars, seats and press stands
and press boat, have been among
the burdens he has had to handle.
Aside from all this grind and
routine he has taken time to turn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

four-acre chess board, and a
notorious baby raffle," which re-
suited in the swearing out of
several warrants and turned out
to be not a brutal relic Of the
black days of history, but a
beautiful tribute to the Shrine
hospitals for crippled children.
TAKE SOUSA ON DECK.
He created a fake John Phiun
Sousa, who directed the Alnas
Temple band to a state of nerv.
Gus collapse and was then re.
vealed.
His fertile imagination brought
about the magnificent Dance of
the States, the massed band, and
the conception of the Garden of
Allah.
From the beginning he has
been trying to impress upon the
people Of the country the i'm.
mensity of this session and the
need for concerted action on the
part of the people of Washing.
ton to make 1t a success.
He is one Of the few men who
nave been in constant touch with
every phase OF the situation,
working in harmony with every
one of the thirty-two committee
chairmen and the members Of the
executive committee. To this was
added the work Of the citizens
committee later. All this infor.
nation he had to keep in store
for immediate use, in response
to demands for this or that bit
of information from his great
"clientele."
REGULAR FILING CASE.
His mind has, in truth, become
a veritable filing case, from which
he can extract at will information
about anything from what pro-
spective temples expect to apply
for charters to the number of
electric lights along the road to
Mecca, He can fish out anything
YOU may want to know about the
washington relics in Alexandria,
Washington lodge or tell you what
you want to know about the mental
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

the 1923 session were talked over
on the ship.
On August 10, 1922, Harry
Stamford. past potentate Of
Almas Temple and past grand
master OF Masons of the Grand
Lodge Of the District of Column
bia. was appointed executive Sec
rotary, a post which he has held
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05
ALMAS TEMPLE MEN WORKED HARD TO RECEIVE inf

lively little attention, the member
ship Of the order then being only
$4,000.
Leonard P. Steuart accompa-
MED James 8. McCandless, the
newly elevated potentate. with q
number Of other distinguished
Shriners on a trip to Honolulu,
and, during the voyage, plans for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

to this time. Headquarters for
the executive secretary and his
official staff were provided in
the Homer building, rooms being
donated by William Montgomery,
president Of the Acacia Mutual
Life Association.
The second appointment made
by the potentate was the naming
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

1.-TWO hundred callers in one
day and all turned away sat
- isfied.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05
We IMPERIAL DIWAN

Of Ellwood P. Morey as chair
man Of the hotel and housing
committee. Mr.. Morey is deputy
Of the Supreme Council Of the
Scottish Rite for the District
Of Columbia, and has devoted his
time practically continuously to
the duties Of his committee.
The general offices Of the com.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05

makeup of the chairman. Pullman
cars and shimmying lizzies are in
his inexhaustable index.
And now, if you don't believe
he is busy, read this and be con-
vinced:. About a month before the
session Mr.. Warner became a
grandfather. It was his first Of
tense Of the kind and he was too
proud to celebrate. But the baby
was born in Wilkes-B Barre, Pa, and
he has been so busy he hasn't had
time to go there to see 1t yet!
That's Busy. plus.
Mr.. Warner was born In Mar
shall, Mich. in-but what's n
date between friends?-and grad
uated from the University Of
Michigan in 1891. He was engaged
in the newspaper game in Chicago
up to 1918 and was Washington
correspondent for the Christian
Science Monitor from that time
until 1918. During the war he was
special assistant to Secretary of
State Lansing. He handled the
publicity for the Chinese delega-
ton to the arms conference. He
ia q life member of Oriental Con-
sistory, Chicago. was a member Of
Medinah Temple. Chicago. and is
now o member OF Almas TemDle,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-05
Work Extended Over More
Than Year Beginning
Made i'm February, 1922

mittee were opened on August Is
on the second floor of the Homer
building, when Harry Stamford,
executive secretary; Ellwood p.
Morey, chairman Of the hotel and
housing committee, and Thomas
e. farrell, chairman OF the finance
committee, opened their offices.
The monumental task was faced
in a businesslike manner, and the
hotel associations were at once
marshaled and have since that
time manifested civic pride III
making the event Of 1923 a sue
cess in every way.
Chairman FARRELL and Executive
Secretary Stamford gathered
about them efficient forces to con-
duct the details Of organization.
BY October the illustrious po-
tentate had formed a complete
organization, consisting Of thirty
two committees, to prepare the
entertainment which is now pro-
vided in all its completeness.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-21

"Here is truck gardner who lost
$4,000 francs worth Of cold frames.
He claimed 10000 francs damages,
ard has collected 10000"
Cafe Owner q Millionaire.
The deputy next indicated an I'm
mense factory at Turcoing and said:
Before the war, that corner be-
longed to a little cafe keeper. The
building was worth 5000 francs and
was his whole fortune. Now he II 4
millionaire"
Another example cited was the case
Of a certain hunt club on the north
coast which owned stretch of sand
dunes for rabbit hunting. This land
originally was acquired for q few
centimes square yard. az 1t was
valueless for other purposes During
the war stray shot slightly damaged
dixie on the water front and the
club asked 344,0O0 francs damages. Il
actually received more than that, and
now, instead of few acres of barren
sand, II has a beautiful park. with
trees, tennis courts and casino.
II Ii only just to say, from the gev-
ernment's viewpoint, that the paying Of
large claims first has been deliberate
policy, adopted in order to get the fac
tories going and provide work for the
population in the devastated regions.
This. however. while 1t probably will be
settled In the coming session Of the
chamber Of deputies, will undoubtedly
figure largely In next springs chamber
elections.